Senior Specialist, Purchasing/Procurement

Nordson India Private Limited

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China - Shanghai - No. 3111 Ling Kong Bei Road Until 8/22/2026 3+ years exp First posted June 9, 2026 Last posted June 9, 2026
Job description

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Identify the suitable supplier for certain projects based on business requirement and mass production performance within current supplier base or any other potential supplier if current suppliers can't fulfill the requirement.
  • Understand engineering drawing, specification, BOM. Familiar with raw material market trend, manufacture process to generate and develop cost breakdown templates to reflect cost driven.
  • Be able to develop commodity strategy to build stable and competitive supply base(total cost, quality, lead time, delivery, technical etc).
  • Daily purchasing activities, place purchase order, follow up purchase order, solve shortage material in short term and long term. 
  • Manage supplier performance to ensure the quality, delivery and cost are met.
  • supplier audit to ensure selected vendor meets business requirement.
  • Participate and take on additional assignments and projects as required.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Identify the suitable supplier for certain projects based on business requirement and mass production performance within current supplier base or any other potential supplier if current suppliers can't fulfill the requirement.
  • Understand engineering drawing, specification, BOM. Familiar with raw material market trend, manufacture process to generate and develop cost breakdown templates to reflect cost driven.
  • Be able to develop commodity strategy to build stable and competitive supply base(total cost, quality, lead time, delivery, technical etc).
  • Daily purchasing activities, place purchase order, follow up purchase order, solve shortage material in short term and long term. 
  • Manage supplier performance to ensure the quality, delivery and cost are met.
  • supplier audit to ensure selected vendor meets business requirement.
  • Participate and take on additional assignments and projects as required.

Education and Experience Requirements

  • Bachelor degree or above, major in mechanics is preferred.
  • A minimum of 3 years sourcing working experiences, major in machine parts sourcing is preferred.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

  • Strong ability of drawing & specification reading; cost analysis; negotiation; project management.
  • Have multi-commodity sourcing capability, especially for machining.
  • Small volume and high mix products experience.  
  • Teamwork spirit, responsible, quick learner and under pressure skills.

Travel Required: Domestic 10%

About this role

Summary

Manage supplier selection, cost analysis, procurement activities, and develop commodity strategies.

Job title

Senior Specialist, Purchasing/Procurement

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

manufacturing

Location requirements

Shanghai, China; not remote

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

drawing & specification readingcost analysisnegotiationproject managementmulti-commodity sourcing

Preferred skills

MachiningHigh mix low volume productsteamwork

Specializations

sourcingcost analysissupplier managementMachining
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site