Buyer I

TE Connectivity's Purchasing Teams are responsible for obtaining materials, components, equipment and services, gather quotations, examine bids, and award contracts. They perform cost analysis and volume planning for commodities, evaluate vendor reliability and develop new supply sources where required. They coordinate purchasing activities with the manufacturing and engineering departments to maintain inventory at planned levels and monitor cost, schedule, and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value. They also look for and recommend cost saving proposals including make vs. buy analysis, alternative sourcing, and vendor evaluation criteria as well as develop specifications for new contract orders.

Job Summary:
This role is responsible for the purchasing of goods from international suppliers. Not only does this role source the materials for the operations team but work with freight forwarders and logistics companies to ensure the arrival of the product. This role has a strong focus on international procurement working with international vendors.

Main Responsibilities
- Review, generation & control of demand requirements for purchase orders both local & overseas through SAP
- Confirmation of price & availability of goods/services
- Produce weekly reports for use with regular meetings with Overseas suppliers
- Review weekly reports for data integrity to ensure accurate and up to data on product movements
- Monitor status of Purchase Orders (PO's) with International Suppliers.
- Manage International Cargo and coordinate multiple freight forwarders (Airfreight and Sea freight).
- Obtain Shipping Documents from International Supplier.
- Generate Drop Shipment Invoices to end Customer as Shipments arrive at Boarder
- Prepare Air Freight quotes as requested.
- Collate Shipping Documents and send to Customs Agent for Clearance with NZ Customs.
- Manage direct shipment of cargo to the customer's site
- Co-ordinate and manage on land logistics with the transporting of cargo to required location site
- Work with finance to reconcile Suppliers Invoices issues.

Qualifications
- Diploma/Degree in Business - desirable
- Knowledge and Experience
- 2 years SAP system experience - desirable.
- 5 International purchasing experience.

Personal attributes and Job competencies
- Superior communication and interpersonal skills with an aptitude for building strong internal and external relationships
- High level of planning and organizational skills
- Strong negotiation skills with problem-solving attitude
- Demonstrated analytical abilities
- Excellent time management skills
- High attention to detail & accuracy driven
- Ambitious and driven
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of programs.

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- Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation