Senior Purchase Executive
Manages procurement execution for robotics engineering and manufacturing, sourcing components, negotiating with suppliers, tracking deliveries, and maintaining purchasing records. Requires at least two years of hardware or manufacturing procurement experience, with strong BOM, quotation, ERP, and supplier-management skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Convert approved purchase requirements and bills of material into RFQs, commercial comparisons, purchase orders, and delivery plans.
- Source mechanical, electrical, electronic, fabricated, machined, and standard industrial components from qualified suppliers.
- Negotiate price, lead time, payment terms, minimum order quantities, warranties, and delivery commitments.
- Follow up with suppliers, logistics partners, engineering, quality, and finance until materials are received and accepted.
- Maintain accurate purchase order, quotation, vendor, delivery, invoice, and payment records in an ERP or procurement system.
- Identify shortages and schedule risks early, propose alternatives, and escalate decisions with evidence.
- Support vendor onboarding, supplier performance reviews, cost reduction, and localization initiatives.
- Ensure purchasing follows approved specifications, quality requirements, and internal controls.
Requirements
- 2+ years of purchasing, procurement, sourcing, or supply-chain execution experience in a hardware, manufacturing, automotive, industrial, or engineering environment.
- Ability to read bills of material, specifications, drawings, and commercial quotations.
- Practical experience with RFQs, purchase orders, negotiations, expediting, invoice reconciliation, and supplier follow-up.
- Proficiency with spreadsheets and an ERP or procurement system.
- Clear written and verbal communication in English.
- Strong organization and attention to detail.
- Ability to operate with urgency in a fast-moving engineering environment.
Nice-to-haves
- Procurement experience with machined parts, sheet metal, wiring, electronics, motors, batteries, sensors, or industrial equipment.
- Vendor development, cost reduction, or new product introduction purchasing experience.
- Diploma or bachelor’s degree in engineering, commerce, supply chain, or a related field.
Skills
Procurement, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Rfqs, Purchase Orders, Supplier Negotiation, Expediting, Invoice Reconciliation, ERP, Spreadsheets, Bills Of Material, Mechanical Components, Electronics, Vendor Development
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