Buyer, Taguig

The Buyer is responsible for handling material planning and procurement of the organization from sourcing of suppliers to acquisition, ensuring continuous support to production to ensure on-time availability of cost-effective materials, spare parts, and jigs and fixtures, and within inventory level targets.

A. PURCHASING

SUPPLIER ACCREDITATION AND QUALIFICATION

• Communicate the accreditation requirement by sending the Supplier Accreditation Minimum Requirement Checklist to ensure compliance to TPC accreditation requirements.
• Communicate the Code of Conduct by sending the TPC Code of Conduct to suppliers to ensure compliance to TPC Code of Conduct and environmental requirement.

SUPPLIER COMPLIANCE

• Conduct Supplier audit/visit in collaboration with QA&R to ensure 100% compliance and consistency in providing high-quality materials and services.
• Communicate problems or concerns about the supplier's commitment based on Discrepant Material Report to ensure corrective action.

CANVASSING, SELECTION AND AWARDING

• Canvass Supplier through comparison and negotiation for the best purchasing package in terms of quality, price, delivery, payment terms, and services.
• Select a Supplier by evaluating requirements to recommend a supplier with the most competitive price quotation.
• Update and maintain the database of Suppliers and materials by processing, monitoring, filing forms and documents necessary purchase commodities for easy reference.

PURCHASE ORDER

• Generate a Purchase Order based on approved purchase requisition (PR) to purchase needed materials.
• Purchase materials based on approved Purchase Order (PO) to support operations needs and customer requirements.
• Coordinate with shipping and traffic regarding incoming shipments or materials and services to deliver the materials on-time.
• Facilitate meetings and discussions through a telephone conference or Supplier visit to address TPC concerns related to purchase and/or commodity issues with end-users and suppliers.
• Follow-up end-user in collaboration with Warehouse to close buy-off and PO Transmittal to Finance.
• Follow-up with the Supplier for items with RTV disposition based on the issued Discrepant Material Report (DMR) to ensure closure or replacement.