JOB ID 27899

Procurement Manager | Purchasing Manager

  • Manufacturer, Machinery, Equipment
  • Supply Chain Management, Purchasing
  • Kanagawa
  • ¥8,000,000~¥12,000,000

■ Manufacturing and sales of electrostatic and non-electrostatic painting equipment and systems
■ Construction industry
■ All business incidental to and related to the above items

Responsible for overseeing four members in the purchasing department, building a stable and competitive supply chain by formulating and executing purchasing strategies, selecting, evaluating, and managing suppliers, promoting cost reduction, and quality improvement. Lead the entire purchasing function while collaborating with manufacturing, engineering, and quality departments as well as global purchasing teams.

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Job Description

  • Responsibilities
    Responsible for formulating medium-term purchasing strategies and annual purchasing plans, formulating procurement policies by category for direct, indirect, outsourced processing, equipment, etc., cost reduction including VA/VE, managing purchasing KPIs, supplier QCD evaluation, new development, and certification, price negotiation and contract management, coordination with overseas suppliers, management of a four-member purchasing team, standardization of purchasing processes, management of purchasing costs and budgets, addressing supplier quality issues, component selection and supplier recommendations for new product development, collaboration with global purchasing teams, and management of procurement master data in ERP.
  • Requirements
    ・Over 7
    years of practical experience in purchasing and procurement in manufacturing ・At least
    3 years of management experience among the above ・Track record in supplier selection, evaluation, and price negotiation
    ・Experience leading
    cost-reduction projects ・Experience managing a team
    of about 4 people ・Business-level English proficiency (communication with overseas suppliers and global headquarters)
  • Preferred
    ・Experience
    purchasing painting equipment, industrial machinery, and automotive parts ・Experience using
    ERP systems (such as SAP, Oracle) ・Knowledge
    of quality management systems such as ISO 9001 ・Purchasing-related qualifications
    such as CPP (Certified Purchasing Professional) ・University degree or above (Business Administration, Commerce, Engineering, etc
    .) ・Knowledge and experience in import-export trade
  • Location
    Kanagawa
  • Salary
    ¥8,000,000~¥12,000,000
  • Attractive
    Points
    Japanese company with global opportunities, Overseas business trip, Foreign capital company, Make use of languages, Weekends and holidays off, Management Position

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