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Essential Functions

  • Prepare, solicit, and evaluate technical requests for quotation documents.
  • Acts as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts for all responsible purchases.
  • Acquire materials, supplies, packaging, and services, placing purchase orders for goods that have requisition approval.
  • Maintains constant contact and coordination with end users, suppliers, subcontractors, and freight companies to ensure compliance with each contract.
  • Provide cost analysis data to management for strategic decision making
  • Manager new model material, component, equipment, or tooling readiness projects.
  • Foster and develop a “Development Partner” philosophy to select, develop and manage suppliers:

Ethical Behavior, Mutual Trust, Respect, Candor, Continuous Improvement. 

  • Act as a primary contact for supplier negotiations and contracts on assigned commodities. 
  • Assist plant and suppliers in continuous improvement efforts. 
  • Act as primary contact in resolving issues that the plant has with suppliers.
  • Coordinates with Engineering, Quality Assurance, Production Control, Manufacturing, Maintenance and Aisan Engineering and Purchasing to investigate and screen potential suppliers to determine if suppliers meet the Aisan technical requirements.
  • Manage, develop and implement Supplier Performance measures for quality, cost and on-time delivery improvements.
  • Conduct market research, evaluation, and selection of new and current technology options.
  • Ensures that contractual language for capital contracts protects company interests.
  • Develops comprehensive project resources and mobilization plans.
  • May approve purchase orders in responsible management’s absence.
  • Supports Kaizen and continuous improvement activities to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and improve processes
  • Other duties as assigned

 

Additional Functions

 

 

Job Dimensions (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities or KSAs)

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Proficient in constructing analytical tools for decision making using Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Technical aptitude and inclination.
  • Strong interpersonal skills; able to forge internal customer and external supplier relationships
  • Deadline and results-oriented
  • Working knowledge of budgeting methods and financial controls.
  • Able to lead productive and efficient meetings, and direct activities of buyers and Procurement support staff.
  • Working knowledge of exchange rate conversions and raw material indices.
  • Intermediate working knowledge of injection molding, metal stamping, forging, extrusion, and metal forming processes.
  • Able to efficiently identify quotation inconsistencies and potential errors based on general market knowledge, and comparison to other quotations offered to FPI.

 

Minimum Qualifications

Education Requirements

  • BS in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related STEM discipline or minimum 3-years Supply Chain, Purchasing / Procurement, or related experience.