EDI/Agility Buyer

Description Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a global powerhouse in integrated manufacturing solutions serving the fastest growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. We are a global engine providing the end-to-end manufacturing backbone for the world's most essential and innovative brands. Whether it's autonomous vehicles, life-saving medical tech, next-gen aerospace, or AI/cloud infrastructure - our integrated solutions don’t just meet standards—they redefine them. What You’ll Do 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. What You’ll Bring 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…

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