Senior Buyer (CLARKS)

Job Purposes

Responsible in identifying, researching, and evaluating suppliers to meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Research and assess supplier’s products to ensure compliance with specifications and organization’s quality standards
• Analyze supplier bids, tenders, and proposals to support and ensure effective negotiation for prices and delivery conditions
• Recognize and evaluate sales, promotional campaigns, and other opportunities to secure reduced prices
• Commit to purchases with terms of organizational best interest to support buying and merchandising, and business operations effectively
• Accumulate and analyze inventory requests, production schedules, purchase requisitions, orders, and relevant documents to ensure purchasing activities with demand for goods
• Track quality and timeline of goods supplied and status of purchase orders with vendors to ensure proper delivery
• Communicate and coordinate with internal customers, vendors, inventory, and relevant functions to ensure effective purchasing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Minimum 0-3 years’ work experiences in buying, merchandising, or related field
• Have computer skills, especially MS Office and industry standard purchase order software platforms
• Have analytical and strong negotiating skills
• Be detail-oriented

Additional Information