Purchasing Specialist / Korean Bilingual (MRO)

About the role

The Purchasing Specialist organizes, controls, and monitors purchasing activities for assigned materials—including machine parts, MRO, and packaging—at the Hanwha Q CELLS GA Plant. This position introduces purchasing strategies to maximize contribution to the operating result and works within a cross-functional team environment across the Hanwha Q CELLS GA Plant and other Hanwha Group subsidiaries.

Responsibilities

• Track the progress of purchase orders from creation to delivery.
• Check purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and goods receipts in SAP (including monthly AP closing).
• Determine purchase orders based on sales forecasts and stock levels.
• Manage goods receipt, article creation/modification, system flow, and other SAP transactions.
• Follow payment and financial issues with the Finance Department.
• Serve as the key contact for inventory management coordination.
• Manage out-of-stock and risk scenarios with quality, export service, packaging, and marketing teams.
• Negotiate with overseas plants and propose optimal logistic solutions.
• Report on annual expenditures and savings aligned with the business plan.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders on purchasing tasks.
• Negotiate competitive unit prices and contract terms with external accounts.
• Supervise supplier performance in lead time, reactivity, reliability, and flexibility.
• Participate in production planning and capacity optimization.
• Optimize inland and overseas transport to reduce costs.
• Manage purchasing tasks by supplier type to align with material properties.
• Maintain close relationships with suppliers on machine parts management, lead-time, expedition, and reception.
• Intensively manage suppliers during issues.
• Act as the key supply chain contact for assigned suppliers.
• Build collaboration networks with other supply chain services for process synchronization.
• Adhere to Hanwha Q CELLS policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Bilingual in Korean.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 2–5 years of purchasing or procurement experience.
• Strong knowledge of purchasing and/or procurement processes.
• Ability to travel by car and overseas.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, including non-climate-controlled areas.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the high-tech manufacturing industry and startups.
• Proficiency in Chinese (spoken and written).
• Proficiency in MS Office applications and SAP.