Junior Buyer

Position Purpose

Sealed Air Philippines is looking for a Junior Buyer! The Junior buyer will coordinate daily multi-site procurement operations, field-based material sourcing, and contractor relations.

What You'll Do

1. PR Management: Assist across departments in creating and verifying Purchase Requisition for all purchases.
2. PO Management: Prepare, validate, and issue approved Indirect Purchase Orders to vendors while handling all supplier communication.
3. Order Tracking: Proactively monitor open orders and update suppliers records to ensure on-time delivery and real-time status visibility.
4. Strategic Sourcing and Canvassing: Lead market research, commercial canvassing, ocular inspection, and price benchmarking to discover economical suppliers, negotiate optimal pricing, and secure alternative channels for critical or hard-to-find items.
5. Risk Management & Business Continuity Planning: Formulate and execute a dual-sourcing strategy for critical and single-source items to eliminate supply chain vulnerabilities and ensure business continuity for both sides.
6. Contract renegotiation and value engineering: Review expiring high-value vendor contracts to proactively lead renegotiations for better payment terms, volume discounts, and service level agreements (SLAs).
7. Supplier Audit Support: Coordinate the selection of scheduling requirements for new vendor audit, while supporting the evaluation process.
8. Financial Administrative Support: Validate supplier invoices against Purchase Orders and delivery receipts to resolve discrepancies for prompt payment processing.
9. SAP and ISAIAS Vendor Master Data Management: Execute and perform the complete Vendor and Item Code set-up/extension process. Conduct quarterly supplier information audits and monthly master list updates.
10. Inter-site Logistics: Package, track, and arrange safe transmittal of documents, materials, and supplies to/from Makati Office and Cavite Plant.
11. Receiving Operation: Physically or systematically receive indirect purchases deliveries for ordered products, specifically managing other capitalized and expense outright transactions.
12. Contract Archiving and Monitoring: Systematically log, index, and secure all executed vendor agreements into the database while tracking expiration dates, warranties, and auto-renewal milestones for timely compliance review.
13. Operational Agility: Execute specialised workload support and perform other duties as assigned and approved by the Department Head.
14. CAPEX Procurement Planning: Partner with department heads during annual budgeting cycles to forecast indirect procurement needs, specifically structuring timelines for major Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) projects.
15. Internal Audit and Policy Compliance: Conduct bi-annual internal mock-audits of purchasing files, three-way match records, and master data logs to guarantee 100% readiness for corporate or external financial audits.

Qualifications

• Diploma/Bachelor's degree in any relevant discipline, 2-3 years experience in Procurement particularly indirect purchase a plus.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving abilities.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.