About the role
Purpose of Position
- The senior procurement Officer manages the end-to-end sourcing and purchasing process. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that materials (for phone cases, packaging, and retail fixtures) are cost-effective, and delivered on/in time to meet CASETiFY’s aggressive launch schedules.
Job Description
- Sourcing & Vendor Management: Monitor suppliers for delivery of raw materials and finished goods. Maintain a database of reliable partners.
- Purchase Order (PO) Management: Execute and track POs through an ERP system. Ensure that quantities match demand forecasts provided by the Planning team.
- Inventory Control: Work closely with the warehouse and production operations teams to prevent stockouts while avoiding overstocking (which ties up cash).
- Quality Assurance (QA/QC) Liaison: Coordinate with the quality team to ensure that on-site goods meet the "CASETiFY Standard" .
- Market Analysis: Monitor purchase trends in raw material costs to forecast potential budget impacts.
- Invoicing: To operate and monitor the deliveries. To submit invoices and bills from suppliers and monitor payments.
- Financial Optimization: Identify cost-saving opportunities through bulk purchasing agreements and process improvements.
- Other tasks: Perform the tasks assigned within the team.
Requirement
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Experience: Usually 3–5 years of experience in procurement or purchasing, ideally within the consumer electronics, fashion, or retail sectors.
- Soft Skills:
- Negotiation: The ability to be "firm but fair" with suppliers.
- Detail-Oriented: High accuracy in managing delivery schedules and spreadsheets.
- Adaptability: CASETiFY moves fast. You need to handle last-minute changes to orders due to viral trends or new collaborations.
- Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables are a must).
- Experience with ERP software and data (like Oracle, or tableau etc).
- Languages: Fluency in English and Mandarin
- Working location: Great Bay Area/Willing to travel within Great Bay Area.