Procurement Buyer

Advantest•Chandler, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Procurement Buyer is responsible for day-to-day buying, planning, and scheduling activities across four critical departments. The role manages supplier and commodity data and purchase orders in Oracle EBS, negotiates pricing and places orders to achieve quality and cost goals, and prioritizes continuity of supply. The buyer partners with engineering to address quality concerns and works with finance to ensure purchase orders and transactions comply with applicable standards and rules. The position coordinates with production, sales, purchasing, and suppliers to schedule raw-material orders around production demand. It supports material planning, purchasing, and production scheduling to ensure finished products reach customers on time; purchases finished goods from outside suppliers according to MRP requirements and customer order dates; confirms supplier delivery dates and expedites orders when needed; and updates MRP reports with revisions such as quantity and ship date.

Requirements

Experience with Oracle ERP manufacturing, purchasing, or procurement modules (Oracle EBS).
3–5+ years of procurement experience.
Understanding of basic APICS principles and ability to multitask in an ambiguous environment.
Ownership and problem-solving skills to resolve demand signals and TOC inputs across departments.
Advanced Excel skills, including data manipulation, pivot charts, and data mining.
Ability to perform consumption analysis and forward projections.
Strong teamwork skills and a collaborative approach.
Extensive knowledge of manufacturing and assembly practices.

Nice To Haves

Procurement experience in a machining environment.
Technical understanding of the semiconductor industry and ability to learn Advantest product and material types.

Responsibilities

Manage supplier and commodity data and enter purchase-order information in Oracle EBS.
Negotiate pricing and place purchase orders to achieve the best quality and cost.
Secure continuity of supply.
Partner with engineering to proactively resolve quality concerns.
Work with finance to ensure purchase orders and transactions comply with standards and rules.
Coordinate with production, sales, purchasing, and suppliers to schedule raw-material purchase orders to meet production demand.
Coordinate material planning, purchasing, and production scheduling to support timely delivery of finished products to customers.
Purchase finished goods from outside suppliers in accordance with MRP requirements and required customer order dates.
Confirm supplier delivery dates and expedite orders when necessary.
Enter revisions, such as quantity and ship-date changes, to update MRP reports.
Perform inventory stocking analysis, including fill rate, OTD, and ZB analysis.
Analyze consumption and project future requirements.
Manage suppliers proactively and work across departments to resolve demand signals and TOC inputs.