Buyer at Aivres Systems Inc. Buyer at Aivres Systems Inc. in Milpitas, California Posted in 2 days ago.

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full-time Aivres is a leading data center servers and storage solutions provider committed to delivering innovative technologies that propel the world's leading industries to new frontiers. We widely deliver and deploy cutting-edge hardware products and designs to major data centers across the US, supporting critical modern applications that include cloud, AI, big data, mass storage, and edge. Our unique JDM model enables open collaboration with partners and customers to develop purpose-built, performance-optimized solutions that tackle different workloads and overcome real-world challenges. We are looking for a Buyer to join our Milpitas office, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the planning, directing, and coordination of the purchasing any of the following: materials, equipment, facilities, supplies, etc. or as directed by the management.
• According to the company's operation needs, complete the source price comparison of various MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) in various departments.
• Be responsible for the inquiries, comparisons, purchasing and contract signing of our manufacturing equipment and some of assigned engineering transformation project.
• Be responsible for local supplier sourcing of packaging materials, negotiating about material pricing, contract signing etc.
• Place the order of packaging materials based on the tracking of production progress and follow up the arrival of the goods, submitting payment request according to the contract.
• Work with the suppliers to best serve the internal request, processing requisitions and purchase orders as needed leading the negotiation of contracts, terms, and pricing and ensure best prices and services are implemented.
• Be responsible for the pricing and insurance of local incoming logistics, involving customs clearance, delivery (including Hong Kong), and transportation (international and domestic) to our manufacturing site or warehouse.
• Take care of the other assigned vendor selection and contract negotiation to our new identified warehouse.
• Be responsible for coordinating with all departments including Finance and Legal, maintaining vendor relationships and negotiating rates/terms for purchases.
• Do weekly online payment (including individual import duty payment).
• Maintain purchasing instructions, policies and procedures, and ensure compliance.
• Manage, coordinate and support special projects as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree or above, 2 years or more of experience in a Procurement or Purchasing function, IT industry is preferred.
• Understand the whole procurement methodology, key points of strategic sourcing, bidding, order placement, contract signing, inspection before acceptance and payment etc.
• Have knowledge about warehouse and logistics, set up internal liaison with related department.
• Experience in sourcing and negotiating contract.
• Ability to influence others and communicate effectively.
• Ability to collaborate throughout the organization and with vendors.
• An ability to work under pressure and self-motivated.
• Bilingual Mandarin and English is highly preferred.

EEO Statement Aivres is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Aivres to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.