Buyer

Company: Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited Job Area: Operations Group, Operations Group > Buyer General Summary: Places, tracks, and manages purchase orders and day-to-day procurement activities to support fulfillment of materials, parts, and other supply needs of internal stakeholders. Manages supplier relationship to send requests, negotiate costs, and ensure promise dates are met. Reviews requisitions or MRPs to anticipate internal supply and demand requirements and secure timely delivery of parts, components, or services. Works across teams to understand requirements, execute purchase orders, and address issues.  Minimum Qualifications: • Associate's degree and 2+ years of buyer, procurement, supply chain, or related experience. OR High School Diploma or Equivalent and 3+ years of buyer, procurement, supply chain, or related experience. Preferred Qua lifications: •     Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations, Supply Chain, or related field •    4+ years of industry specific buyer or procurement experience. •    2+ years of managing commodities, supporting manufacturing, or business operations experience. •    2+ years of experience in high-tech or semiconductor industry. •    1+ year of experience working in a large matrixed organization. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: •    Executes placement of purchase orders and uses various tools (e.g., Oracle, Agile, custom software) to input data and information into systems. •    Analyzes material needs and demands into rapid response systems for purchase orders with minimal guidance. •    Tracks, reviews, and fills small to medium size open purchase orders ensuring that obligations are fulfilled and materials are received on time to support internal needs with supervision. •    Reviews requisitions or material requirement plans (MRP) to anticipate upcoming supply needs (e.g., parts, components, services) and send requests to suppliers in a timely manner. •    Manages and follows-up with suppliers to ensure requirements and needs are being addressed in alignment with purchase order specifications and promise dates. •    Negotiates costs with suppliers, including pricing breaks, with some guidance to achieve cost reductions. •    Identifies issues related to purchase orders and works with team members to develop and recommend solutions. •    Escalates and works with senior team members to identify alternatives to replace obsolete or high cost parts based on general understanding of products, requirements, and supplier capabilities. •    Manages individual and project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with some supervision. •    Collaborates with team members and stakeholders to understand requirements, execute purchase orders and support team goals. Level of Responsibility: •    Works under some supervision. •    Decisions are moderate in nature. Errors are detected and corrected with relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships. May require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct. •    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question. Role may require basic negotiation and influence, cooperation, tact, and diplomacy, etc.  •    Works within the prescribed budgetary objectives of the department. Erroneous decisions, failure to achieve results may cause delays in schedules and result in the re-allocation of some resources. •    Most tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework. •    Creativity is needed to draft original documents, imagery, or work products within established guidelines.   •    Deductive and