Sourceability

Digital procurement platform sourcing electronic components

Purchasing Supervisor

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeShanghai, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A diploma or bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain roles, including at least 3 years managing a team.
Strong sourcing experience in electronic components, such as integrated circuits and passive components, and/or electronic parts, such as memory and central processing units.
Flexibility to occasionally adjust working hours for global coordination.
Experience preparing reports or market insights to support business decisions.
Proficiency with standard office tools and basic analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

Manage sales escalations.
Ensure buyers work opportunities through the system only.
Ensure buyers upload all vendor quotes into the system accurately.
Ensure buyers meet the service-level agreement to respond to assigned opportunities within 24–48 hours.
Review price variance opportunities with the Market Intelligence / Business Analyst team before that team assigns the opportunity to a buyer.
Ensure buyers' workloads are manageable and evenly distributed, adjusting them when required.
Manage the sales order and purchase order process, including ensuring competitive global pricing, taking freight and tariff charges into account, and selecting suppliers that meet vendor-rating requirements.
Ensure purchase orders are placed promptly within the same working day; when that is not possible, ensure the reason or comment is updated in the system and communicated to Sales.
Ensure sales orders that cannot be fulfilled are followed up promptly with Sales and provide possible options to recover or close the sales order.
Ensure buyers update open purchase-order delivery status promptly and that parts are delivered as scheduled.
Ensure return-to-vendor requests are promptly completed and closed.
Work closely with Supplier Development Group to ensure identified channel partners are used by all buyers.
Work closely with Supplier Development Group on suspected counterfeit cases or buyer feedback about suppliers.
Work closely with Asset Management Group during the sales order/purchase order management process.
Ensure buyers actively interact with their assigned sales representatives to strengthen relationships and communication.
Work with the People and Culture team to maintain general office discipline, including attendance, punctuality, and professionalism.
Observe and assess individual team members' skills and motivation.
Work with the fellow Purchasing Manager to provide mutual support and coverage when required.

Sourceability® is a global digital distributor of electronic components transforming how modern businesses bring products to market. With innovation, quality and logistics as the backbone of the company, Sourceability’s cutting-edge products and services expedite the procurement process across a wide range of industries, including communications/cellular, consumer electronics, and auto manufacturing.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Manage Sales Escalations.
Ensure that buyers work opportunities through the system only.
Ensure that buyers upload all vendor quotes into the system accurately.
Ensure that buyers conform to the Service Level Agreement (SLA) to respond back to opportunities assigned within 24-48 hours.
Review PPV opportunities with Market Intelligence / Business Analyst (MI / BA) Team before MI / BA team assign opportunity to buyer.
Ensure that buyers’ workload is manageable and evenly distributed, if required, adjust accordingly.
SO/PO management process
- Ensure that we have the best global pricing.
  - Asset Management Group (AMG), Channel Partners.
- Ensure that freight and tariff charges are put into consideration.
- Ensure that supplier selected meets vendor rating requirement.
- Ensure that all PO are placed promptly (within the same working day).
  - If not possible, ensure that reason / comment is updated in system and communicated to Sales.
- Ensure that all SO that cannot be fulfilled will be followed up promptly with Sales and provide possible options to recover or close the SO.
- Ensure that buyers open PO delivery status is updated timely, and parts are delivered as scheduled.
- Ensure that all RTVs request are promptly completed and closed.
- Work closely with Supplier Development Group (SDG) to ensure that the identified Channel Partners are utilized by all buyers.
- Work closely with SDG on any suspect counterfeit cases or feedback from buyers towards Suppliers.
- Work closely with AMG during the SO/PO management process.
- Ensure that all buyers are actively interacting with their assigned sales rep to strengthen relationship and communication.
- Work with People and Culture (P&C) team to maintain general office discipline.
  - Attendance / Punctuality
  - Professionalism
- Talent Management
  - Actively observe and gauge the “Skill” / “Will” of individual team members.
    - Skill = Hard/soft skill: Communication, sourcing, negotiation, system/software proficiency, etc.
    - Will = Motivation / Drive / Determination.
  - Work closely with fellow Purchasing Manager to help, support and/or back each other up where required.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Diploma/ Bachelor’s degree, engineering, supply chain, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain roles (with 3+ years of experience managing a team).
Strong sourcing experience in electronic components (such as integrated circuits, passives) and/or electronic parts (such as memory, CPU).
Flexibility to occasionally adjust working hours for global coordination.
Experience preparing reports or market insights to support business decisions.
Proficient with standard office tools and basic analytics platforms.

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About the Company

Sourceability

Digital procurement platform sourcing electronic components

Sourceability helps electronics makers and distributors by providing digital supply chain tools. Its main offering is Sourcengine, a platform where customers upload a bill of materials (BOM) and receive quotes from over 3,000 suppliers worldwide, streamlining procurement and improving access to available components. The service model combines online purchasing with services like logistics and quality control, earning revenue from transaction fees, subscriptions, and value-added services. Unlike many competitors, Sourceability combines a global supplier network with a digital marketplace focused specifically on electronics, backed by years of recognition as a top distributor and a presence in multiple strategic regions. The company’s goal is to reduce component shortages and supply chain inefficiencies by making procurement faster, more transparent, and scalable for OEMs and other electronics businesses.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Acquired
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Doral, FL
Founded: 2015

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