Job Description
Job Title: Purchasing Analyst
Location: Palo Alto, CA, 94304
Duration: 3 months
Schedule: M-F 8-5 Pacific with up to 3 evenings per week for international calls and work as late as 10 PM Pacific time
This Role Is Hybrid with 3 days each week on site at location on req
Job Description
- Most Important Skills/Responsibilities:
- Experience with ERP systems and purchase order processing
- Ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to details and deadlines
- Purchasing Analysis to manage material readiness/clear-to-build (CTB), PR/PO management,
Role Summary
Our Electrical Hardware Technical Program Management team is seeking a proactive Purchasing Analysis to manage material readiness/clear-to-build (CTB), PR/PO management, and reports that will be used by engineering and purchasing stakeholders to assess build status and risks to meet ECU delivery requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Create high volume of essential purchase requisitions and purchase orders
- Responsible for ensuring that requisitions are completed accurately and meet corporate guidelines
- Interact with management and departmental stakeholders to meet project goals
- Manage supplier relationships and lead negotiations to obtain more desirable purchase prices
- Perform detailed analysis of data to identify areas of opportunity for cost reductions
- Create and maintain dashboards to provide visibility to upper management on various topics and issues
- Identify potential suppliers which will improve the overall competitiveness of supply chain
- Ability to milti-task and manage multiple projects while effectively prioritizing competing demands.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering preferred or equivalent experience
- Experience with ERP systems and purchase order processing
- Ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to details and deadlines
- Proficient in Microsoft Office with knowledge of Excel
- Effective communication skills and customer service approach
- Action-oriented and solution-driven and able to work in a fast pace environment
- Highly accurate and detail-oriented
Job Tags
Work at office, Afternoon shift, 3 days per week,