Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina Corporation provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the communications networks, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems, medical, multimedia, computing and storage, automotive and clean technology sectors. Sanmina Corporation has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world.

Job Purpose:

The EDI/Agility Buyer will be responsible for managing all activities of suppliers related to procurement and acquisition of materials and services to support the company plan at optimum cost, quality and delivery. Examine purchase requirements and shortages, obtained quotations, and examined bids to negotiate best prices. Work with engineers and suppliers for alternative manufacturing sources and cost reductions. Research products, source vendors, and negotiate price, terms, and delivery of a wide variety of technical products including capacitors, resistors, inductors, transformers, relays, fuses, diodes, IC’s, cables, connectors, etc to effectively ensure maximum quality and profit. Expedite and update open-order status reports for on time delivery. Serves as a liaison between manufacturing specialists and suppliers regarding late, damaged, and/or short orders. Reconcile discrepancies between PO receipts and Accounts Payable. Maintain data integrity of PO and parts databases: management of MRP planning data, reviewing MRP Action messages, and placing/rescheduling/cancelling orders with suppliers as required. Manage discrepant material disposition and recovery plans. Coordinate purchasing details with suppliers regarding pricing revisions, order cancellation, discontinued items, acceptable substitutes, delivery date revisions, invoice reconciliation. Expedite shortages to meet manufacturing need dates and update commit dates on weekly shortage reports. Review requisitions for accuracy, completeness and prepare and process assigned purchase orders. Ensure materials are pipelined and in stock to meet company requirements.

Nature of Duties/Responsibilities:

Operate flexibility programs effectively by maintaining control metrics with required parameters and supporting the plant with its requirements. The employee is responsible for adding parts to the program, to improve the agility spend, as well as helping to validate that the Blanket POs are placed in a timely manner at the correct price, all based on the negotiations and direct dealing with the suppliers. In turn, the employee is in charge of negotiating prices, and terms to seek to add parts to the agility program in search of generating positive PPVs and obtaining the most beneficial inventory turns and terms for Sanmina. The employee is responsible and leader for carrying out reviews with suppliers by Quarter that are within the Agility program and is the spokesperson for complaints, problems and supplier solutions. The Employee is responsible for ensuring that plant part numbers potentially identified to be added in the Agility program are correctly loaded with the correct attributes in Oracle, and maintained so when the information is released to the supplier the items contains the correct signal on a weekly basis.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor degree and/or APIC certification

8+ years purchasing experience / supply chain related experience in procuring electronic and electro-mechanical components, raw materials, and other production supplies including demonstrated strong negotiation skills with all levels of suppliers and internal

Interfacing with the Supply Chain organization and suppliers to increases participation in inventory management programs

Advanced proficiency in Excel, including V-lookup's and Pivot Tables. Power point, Word

CM background with direct customer interface

Good communication, writing skills and detail-oriented

Excellent analytical, organizational and problem-solving abilities

Skilled in coordinating and prioritizing multiple projects simultaneously.

Able to function in a very fast paced environment and can adapt to changes.

Teamwork and seek for continuous improvement.

Decision maker

Purchasing Process knowledge

MRP Knowledge (Oracle desirable)

Knowing ECOMPRAS (will be trained)

Purchasing KPIs - New buys execution, Weekly PO Reschedules (Pull, Push, Cancel, Reconfirm, RDL (Receiving discrepancies), Past due POs, MRB, RTV, AP issues (Credit holds with suppliers)

ECO process / RoHS knowledge

Agility Related Experience

End-to-end implementation for items in all Agility programs (RTF, SMI, VCI, JIT)

Run reports for all Agility programs (RTF, SMI, VCI, JIT)

Review proposed agility candidates and implement vendor managed inventory options to increase agility participation

Blanket PO releases maintenance (Quantity, Delivery date and Unit price according to Sanmina Global control items and customer control items)

PPV (Price per Variance) control for items / BPOs with price change

Supervision of weekly agility processes - EDI forecast reschedule - Firm Release confirmations – Forecast Response delivery commit review from vendors

Monitor weekly Forecast Response and Exception report, taking action to improve the supplier response rate and catching critical supplier response that would drive material E&O due to MOQ or other anomalies

Expedite critical items to pull in delivery date and supply related issues to the Agility program

Agility Inventory Turns metric review

Drive improved agility penetration thru additional vendors set-up, parts set-up with a goal of 35% to 45%

Explain and sell the benefits of Agility to the Suppliers – possess a detailed knowledge of the process in order to provide a thorough description of the agility program at both a top management level and technical level within the supplier.

Addendum upside demand flexibility % review with Regional Supply Chain team, apply and escalate with vendors and top management as required

Support regional team on Agility - EDI Agreements and Addendums monthly / quarterly maintenance, including LT liability confirmation

Agility process improvement

Support to purchasing department related to specific Agility issues by customer

Assist and work with Doc Control team on Agility item setup and maintenance in Oracle

Support BPO creation and technical support

Vendor Site setup as needed for Agility process via EDI or web Portal process (VCCS)

Weekly agility processes (with Plant purchasing team) - EDI forecast reschedule - Firm Release confirmations – Forecast Response review

Assist the EDI order change implementation

Web Portal training mainly for internal users but agility related training for external users as well (usefull reports, best practices)

Monitor existing agility candidates for disengagement when demand or supplier support does not meet minimum requirements

When customer push/ cancel the demand, work with vendors to confirm and negotiate materials' liability reduction to avoid excess exposure

LTB (Last time buy) orders when items are removed from the program

Demand component waterfall review by component for items with liability dispute calculation and clarification for high value claims

Excess and Obsolete analysis

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary Range(annual): $85,000 - $105,000 . Actual base pay within this range (determined at the offer stage) will be based on a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, and skills, and is just one element of our total rewards package. The total rewards package also includes a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business and, depending on the role, may include eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and participation in a discretionary bonus program.