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Job Responsibilities Manage purchasing activities and material planning to support production requirements. Coordinate with Production, Suppliers, Logistics, and related departments to ensure material availability and smooth production schedules. Review customer forecasts and production plans to determine material requirements and purchasing schedules. Create and manage purchase orders based on demand forecasts and production needs. Monitor supplier performance, shipment schedules, and delivery status to ensure on-time material arrival. Handle and verify purchasing, shipping, and import/export documentation, including invoices, packing lists, and related documents. Maintain appropriate inventory levels while balancing supply continuity and inventory costs. Support production planning activities by monitoring production schedules, capacity utilization, and material readiness. Analyze material shortages, supply risks, and production constraints, and coordinate corrective actions with relevant stakeholders. Collaborate with internal teams to ensure efficient planning, procurement, and inventory management processes. Prepare reports related to purchasing, inventory, material planning, and production planning as required. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related fields. Experience in Purchasing, Material Planning, Production Planning, Supply Chain, or related functions. Familiar with demand forecasting, material requirement planning (MRP), purchase order management, shipment coordination, and inventory control. Understanding of production planning, capacity planning, and supply chain processes. Experience with ERP/MRP systems is preferred. Good analytical, coordination, and problem-solving skills. Good command of English, both spoken and written. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Experience in the Electronics industry is a plus. Interested candidates please send your update resume, current and expected salary with contact details to: ManpowerGroup Thailand - Eastern Seaboard Branch 44/59 Room no.302 Moo 11, T.Nong-prue, A.Banglamung Chonburi 20150 Contact no. 065-727-3005 / Email: pattaraphon.s @ manpower.co.th Contact person: Pattaraphon Sonsawang - Recruitment Consultant Manpower recruitment license No.Chobor.03/2554 Ref: BH70751
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Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore account for 642 of the open purchasing roles on WorkMundi. If you're looking in those regions, you have real volume to work with. The US has 130 open positions. Check where your target employers are hiring before you apply.
About 59% of purchasing ads are written in English on our board. That's a useful signal: it tells you which postings to prioritize if English is your working language, but it says nothing about whether the job itself requires you to speak it. Read the full job description.
When you interview for purchasing, expect to explain how you've managed a vendor relationship that went wrong. Hiring managers want to hear a concrete example: which vendor, what broke down, and what you did to fix it or end it. They're testing whether you can handle conflict without burning bridges.
The employers posting most are Private Advertiser (43 jobs), Veterans Health Administration (16), zffriedric (11), and avnet (10). These names tell you where volume hiring is happening—worth researching their interview style and culture before you apply.