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Renesas Electronics

Automotive-focused MCUs, SoCs, analog devices

Senior Staff Procurement/Purchasing Specialist

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeJapanNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least two years of practical experience in procurement, purchasing, contract management, or vendor management.
  • Work experience related to at least one of software, SaaS, IT services, general outsourcing, intellectual property, or licensing.
  • Ability to read and compare quotations, proposals, scopes of work, and key contract terms, and organize the issues involved.
  • Ability to coordinate effectively with requestor departments and stakeholders such as legal, information security, intellectual property, and accounting.
  • Ability to negotiate with suppliers on price, delivery schedules, scope of work, and contract terms.
  • Basic skills in spend and price analysis and document preparation using Excel or similar tools.

Responsibilities

  • Procure software, cloud services, general outsourcing, and intellectual property and licensing-related services for internal business use.
  • Work with requesting departments to confirm requirements, usage terms, contract scope, budget, and schedule.
  • Conduct market research; identify and evaluate suppliers; request quotations; compare and negotiate pricing and contract terms; and process purchase orders.
  • Optimize contract structures, usage quantities, pricing models, and renewal and termination conditions for new and renewed software and cloud services.
  • Coordinate scope of work, deliverables, unit prices, and acceptance conditions for outsourcing projects such as consulting, system development, and operational support.
  • Coordinate contract and risk reviews with legal, information security, intellectual property, and accounting teams; manage suppliers; analyze spending; and advance procurement strategies and process improvements.
  • Coordinate global procurement with procurement departments at overseas sites and affiliated companies.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience procuring software licenses or SaaS, IT services, consulting, development or operations outsourcing, or intellectual property-related services.
  • Practical experience with license agreements, outsourcing agreements, nondisclosure agreements, statements of work, or similar contracts.
  • Experience optimizing costs through right-sizing usage, consolidating contracts, competitive purchasing, or similar approaches.
  • Experience with category strategy, supplier evaluation, spend analysis, or procurement process improvement.
  • Knowledge of risk review relating to information security, personal information protection, subcontracting, or intellectual property rights.
  • Experience using English to obtain quotations, review contracts, or coordinate with suppliers or overseas affiliates.

About the Company

Renesas Electronics

Automotive-focused MCUs, SoCs, analog devices

Renesas manufactures and sells MCUs, SoCs, and analog/power semiconductor devices to OEMs, focusing on automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT markets. Its chips are building blocks that run embedded software and manage power and signals, and its Winning Combinations offer pre-tested system architectures to speed up design. It differentiates itself by growing through acquisitions to offer a broad, integrated portfolio and by moving toward a unified digital design platform to reduce integration work. Its goal is to become a leading supplier of these components and provide a single platform for electronics design that speeds time-to-market.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2002

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