Associate Buyer

Why WWT?

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

Founded in 1990, World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. With more than $20 billion in annual revenue, WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for large public and private organizations. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

With over 12,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today

Responsibilities

• Promote the World Wide Technology Core Values and Corporate Goals

• Daily processing of requisitions and purchase order placement

• Manage coordination of shipment of drop ship and cross dock orders
• Participate in customer reviews, drafting, and presenting data-based key performances indicators (KPIs)
• Collaborate with customer and suppliers to minimize costs of material introductions and phase-outs
• Act as point-of-contact for assigned projects' procurement needs
• Timely disposition and execution of action plan for non-conformance parts and returns.
• Execute RTV process flow as required
• Coordinate with Finance and suppliers to minimize backlog and/or discrepancy of invoices
• Interact with and support various customer requests
• Coordinate and communicate with suppliers, management, WWT warehouse, and WWT coordinators to ensure customer requirements are met
• Any other projects, duties and administrative tasks as assigned.

Business Skills:

• Have at least 1 years work experience in purchasing and price negotiation
• Supplier management experience.
• Understand and able to share experience in maximizing delivery conditions (INCO term 2010) and payment terms optimization.
• Understand audit compliance requirement and application within procurement context
• Good to have: Experience in managing commodities highly desirable
• Good to have: Experience in managing GST compliance for orders flowing through FTWZ and SEZ highly desirable

General Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point)

• Basic customer service skills

• Ability to read, write, and understand general work instruction processes
• Excellent decision making and problem solving skills: analyzing alternatives, evaluating risks, reviewing sequence of events

Behavioural Skills:

• Displays all required WWT core value traits
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Ability to generate and implement process improvement ideas
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated with high productivity skills
• Excellent internal and external customer service skills
• Ability to accept direction and meet deadlines
• Exhibits a strong passion for WWT supply chain

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Combined Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Bereavement

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All