Buyer

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Basic customer service skills
• Ability to read, write, and understand general work instruction processes
• Excellent decision making and problem solving skills: analyzing alternatives, evaluating risks, reviewing sequence of events

BEHAVIORAL SKILLS:
• Displays all required WWT core value traits
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Ability to generate and implement process improvement ideas
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated with high productivity skills
• Excellent internal and external customer service skills
• Ability to accept direction and meet deadlines
• Exhibits a strong passion for WWT supply chain

BUSINESS SKILLS:
• Have at least 3 years work experience in purchasing and price negotiation
• Understand and able to share experience in maximizing delivery conditions (INCO term 2010) and payment terms optimization.
• Understand audit compliance requirement and application within procurement context
• Supplier management experience.
• Experience in managing commodities highly desirable
• Experience in managing GST compliance for orders flowing through FTWZ and SEZ highly desirable
• Promote the World Wide Technology Core Values and Corporate Goals
• Daily processing of requisitions and purchase order placement
• Manage coordination of shipment of drop ship and cross dock orders
• Participate in customer reviews, drafting, and presenting data-based key performances indicators (KPIs)
• Collaborate with customer and suppliers to minimize costs of material introductions and phase-outs
• Act as point-of-contact for assigned projects’ procurement needs
• Timely disposition and execution of action plan for non-conformance parts and returns.
• Execute RTV process flow as required
• Coordinate with Finance and suppliers to minimize backlog and/or discrepancy of invoices
• Interact with and support various customer requests
• Coordinate and communicate with suppliers, management, WWT warehouse, and WWT coordinators to ensure customer requirements are met
• Any other projects, duties and administrative tasks as assigned