[Position]
Korean Bilingual Procurement Specialist
[About Our Client]
A Leading One Stop Purchasing Solution Partner
[Job Description]
- The duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
- Identify sources for product/services in support of customer requests in a timely manner. Ensure proper product selections, matches, and/or alternatives.
- Make purchasing decisions based on customer need, market and competitor conditions, product specifications, supplier strategy, regulations, and business policy.
- Negotiate cost, terms and conditions with suppliers.
- Provide exceptional customer service by proactively contacting customer to resolve issues and to improve opportunity success rate.
- Maintain and report purchasing results and productivity measurements including number of quotes completed per day, cycle time, average mark up and buy/quote ratio.
- Communicate performance expectations and provide qualitative feedback regarding performance of suppliers.
- Support gross profit goals by negotiating and controlling product costs, lead times, freight terms and purchase quantity requirements.
- Maintain existing supplier relationships and initiate potential new supplier relationships.
- Communicate with HQ abroad (Korea) regarding imported items
- Support team members on product and source inquiries
Requirements
The following skills and qualifications are required for this position:
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Strong business acumen and decision making
- Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team environment
- Solid grasp of MS Office, ERP
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Insurance: Medical insurance/ dental/ vision/ life insurance/ disability insurance, etc.
- Paid vacation days
- 401K(Up to 4% Match
- Relocation support