Advantest America is the North American subsidiary of Advantest Corporation, the world's largest provider of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) to the semiconductor industry. For over six decades, Advantest has led the way in developing new and innovative test and handling solutions for the global electronics industry. Advantest is seeking for an experienced Buyer Specialist.

The Buyer Specialist is at the center of activity for the Supply Chain working with our business units and contract manufacturers to develop sourcing strategies for new products and key commodities. This includes price negotiations, supplier review and contract preparation.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identification, research, enrollment and qualification of vendors.
• Oversee purchase requisition process, ensuring consistent use of policies and procedures, in conjunction with finance and procurement.
• Educate employees on procurement and purchasing processes, roles and responsibilities.
• Demonstrate continuous improvement in procurement and purchasing, decrease turnaround times, streamline processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Create and process purchase orders, in accordance with documented processes for purchasing of all controlled materials, non-controlled materials, consumable items, other supplies and equipment as needed.
• Communicate with Management and Stakeholders regarding purchase order status, purchasing volumes, capacity/material issues, remedial action plans and other reporting criteria through the generation of monthly metrics and KPI's.
• Facilitate cost savings, quality and continuous improvement projects.
• Review proposals, work with procurement for negotiation of pricing with suppliers, advise business on new vendor review and selection.
• Establish, review and execute vendor contracts (in partnership with procurement and Legal).
• Interact with suppliers. Maintain and enhance positive business relations with suppliers.
• Work closely with Accounts Payable and materials management teams to make sure all goods, receipts and invoices are posted against purchase orders in a timely manner.
• Maintain a high level of quality and compliance with regards to all aspects of purchasing.
• Support customer support engineering group with miscellaneous tasks which may include: logistics, RMAs, documentation, etc.
• Responsible for receiving hardware purchased.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Some travel may be required.