Sourcing Engineer

You will be responsible for sourcing electronics components for manufacturing processes. Your role will involve identifying and prioritizing imported materials and local substitutes from local or non-local vendors. Negotiating suitable terms with vendors to reduce lead time and transit time will be a key part of your job. Developing best practices for material planning and vendor management, as well as finding alternate sources for electronic component procurement, will also be within your scope. You will need to verify bills of materials, collect quotes from vendors, compare quotes, and prepare quotes for customers following defined commercial and technical guidelines. Your duties will also include suggesting alternate parts to customers, providing technical support, reading datasheets, drawings, and technical documents. You will discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with vendors to determine the cause of problems and take corrective actions. It will be your responsibility to track purchase activities, analyze them periodically in terms of on-time delivery, cost, and quality. Maintaining a supplier database, evaluating vendor performance, resolving delivery problems, and complaints will also be part of your job. Additionally, you will maintain records of purchase price information for open market and contract purchases. Building and maintaining relationships with existing and new vendors, as well as reporting on sourcing activities in daily meetings to the team leader, will be essential. Fluency in English will be required for effective communication in this role.,