Technical Purchasing Leader

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Summary

This position is responsible for performing, coordinating, maintaining, and improving all technical purchasing activities and transactions, as well as import and export processes and documentation.

This position plays a key role in ensuring SMARTECH has sufficient inventory for systems and spare parts, as well as serving as the interface with relevant suppliers and internal functions.

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Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead technical purchasing that includes finding new parts and suppliers according to given specifications and negotiating with suppliers.
• Serve as the liaison between engineering on parts definition and manufacturing, ensuring on-schedule parts delivery.
• Manage parts cost reduction initiatives and find secondary sources for suppliers.
• Track the entire purchasing loop: From quotation collection, PO preparation and sending, to receiving and inspecting goods, and coordinating customer shipments.
• Responsible for production parts availability according to production schedule.
• Responsible for spare parts availability according to defined stock quantities per installed systems.
• Maintain all equipment, components, and parts inventory for new and installed systems, and all other inventory such as R&D, LAB, etc., including inventory counts and interface with the finance team.
• Lead Import and Export processes and documentation from Smartech suppliers and customers (sea and air transportation).
• Handle returns to vendors and repairs.
• Perform special projects as assigned.
  
  

• Over 8 years of experience in purchasing and logistic activities.
• Practical, proven experience in purchasing and material processes.
• Practical, proven experience in import/export processes.
• Practical, proven experience in inventory and warehouse management.
  
  

• Ability to handle multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Negotiation skills.
• Highly organized, with strong problem resolution skills.
• Strong communication at all levels, internal and external interfaces (mainly suppliers).
• Strong computer systems skills (Priority, Excel, Word).
• High integrity, and strong engagement to the company.
• Self-managed, detail-oriented, service-minded personality.
• Fluent Hebrew and English.