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Senior Operations Buyer

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Job ID 333283 Date posted 09/02/2026 Location : Nanjing, China Category  STRATEGIC SOURCING / PROCUREMENT Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Operations Buyer , will support and execute new sourcing strategies to support businesses and functions. In this role, you will conduct day to day operational activities, resolve process discrepancies and will provide ongoing support to receive materials on time according to requirements and build and foster relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

  • Create Purchase Order and send to supplier with accuracy and timeliness.
  • Support contract execution.
  • Follow up Purchase Order and ensure material delivery follow plant requirements.
  • Deal with price mismatch invoice issue.
  • Receive queries after PO creation, resolve the issues or navigate to correct team.
  • Handle complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
  • Inform the team manager of task accomplishments, report issues and status of individual or groups projects and act as a backup for the team managers in their absence.
  • Provide findings and insights with data to team manager.
  • Support working capital, data quality and process compliance improvement.
  • Initiative ideas and drive projects for AI, automation and process optimization.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of enterprise resource planning
  • Experience working in shared service operations
  • Minimum of three years of experience in procurement or invoice to pay processes
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