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Purchasing Engineer
Posted on Nov 3, 2026
The Impact You'll Make
As our Purchasing Engineer, you’ll play a key role in supplier management and project procurement activities to ensure supply continuity, cost competitiveness and successful execution of NPD/CD projects.
What You’ll Be Doing
1. Project Support (CD/Sustaining/NPD)
• RFQ，Supplier selection, production capacity assessment
• Facilitate project planning and execution at supplier side
• Project ramp up/down at supplier side
• Track supplier project milestones and escalate risks to ensure project delivery on time.
2. Supplier management - performance, delviery, quality and capacity
• Support implementation of global purchasing strategy and ensure supplier execution to meet business needs.
• Drive supplier improvement actions on quality, delivery, responsiveness and productivity.
• Proactively monitor vendors' production capacity and develop it based on demand in advance
• Proactively execute supplier relationship and risk management
• Price maintain and management
• Support supply chain to ensure on-time delivery and right quality
• Follow up supplier action plans and ensure timely closure of issues related to delivery, quality, capacity and cost.
3. Cost Reduction
• Conduct cost analysis and benchmark
• Cost reduction and negotiation
• Productivity track (ITT pipeline : ideas generation → execution → database upkeep)
• Support VAVE initiatives
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree or above, preferably in mechanical engineering, mechatronic, supply chain, or related disciplines.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in direct material purchasing, supplier management, or project procurement.
- Preferred experience working with suppliers in mechanical components, fabrication, casting, machining or HVAC industries
- Able to communicate independently with global stakeholders in written and spoken English.
- Strong communication, coordination and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient in MS Office , and good presentation skills are required. Power BI experience is a plus.
What You'll Get from Us
- We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
- You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
- We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
- You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.