Lead Buyer – Electronics

As Lead Buyer – Electronics, you play a key role in ensuring the continuity, quality, and cost-effectiveness of AME’s electronic supply chain. You are responsible for guiding the purchasing team and for sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing electronic components, equipment, and materials that support production, operational, and development needs.

In addition to supporting daily operations, you ensure early involvement in product development and timely procurement under optimal conditions with regard to cost, delivery performance, reliability, and quality standards. Through strong supplier relationships and a proactive, hands-on mindset, you have a direct impact on bottom-line performance, supply reliability, and ultimately customer satisfaction. Your “can-do” mentality helps Applied Micro Electronics operate effectively in a dynamic and complex supply chain environment.

Your tasks

Managing and optimizing the procurement of electronic components and materials is at the core of your role. You operate at both operational and tactical levels, while also contributing to longer-term supplier and cost strategies. In this role, you work closely with both internal stakeholders and external partners across the supply chain.

You are responsible for:

• Sourcing and procuring electronic components, assemblies, and related materials to support production and development

• Guiding and supporting the procurement team in daily activities and decision-making

• Selecting, onboarding, and offboarding suppliers, including component suppliers, distributors, and logistics partners

• Evaluating suppliers based on price, quality, delivery performance, reliability, and risk exposure

• Negotiating pricing, contracts, lead times, payment terms, and long-term agreements

• Proactively resolving supply issues such as shortages, delays, or quality concerns

• Identifying cost-saving opportunities and alternative components or suppliers

• Coordinating closely with internal stakeholders including Production Planning, R&D, Quality, Finance, Warehouse, Program Management, Sales

• Collaborating with Production on should-costing and VA/VE initiatives

• Identifying opportunities for inventory reduction related to MOQs, lead times, and VMI

• Ensuring compliance with company policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements

• Staying informed on market trends, component lifecycles, and supply chain risks

Through these activities, you actively contribute to cost reduction, lead time improvement, supplier delivery performance and quality (PPM), spend under contract, and the reduction of supplier-related risks

The ideal Lead Buyer combines solid procurement expertise with a proactive and structured way of working. You are comfortable dealing with complexity, take ownership of decisions, and know how to balance operational continuity with improvement initiatives.

On a personal level, you recognize yourself in the following:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a preventive mindset to avoid recurring issues

• High attention to detail and accuracy

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced EMS environment

• Strong organizational and communication skills when working with suppliers and internal stakeholders

• Business acumen with a clear understanding of interfaces and a willingness to take on challenges

Looking at background and experience, we see the optimal profile as:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field

• 10–15 years of experience in tactical and operational procurement within an electronics manufacturing environment

• Strong knowledge of electronic components such as ICs, passives, connectors, and PCBs

• Experience working in MRP-driven purchasing environments

• Familiarity with customer-controlled BOMs and AVL/AML structures

• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and MS Excel

• Solid understanding of lead times, MOQs, LTAs, and supply constraints in electronics

Who are we

AME specializes in the development and manufacturing of innovative, sustainable, and high-quality electronic products. Driven by technology, we focus on finding the best possible solutions by combining expertise in electronics, mechanics, and software development.

Our teams work closely together on products and projects in areas such as Internet of Things, Power Conversion, and Sensing & Actuating. We distinguish ourselves through a high degree of automation, vertical integration, and strong data management systems, allowing us to support customers throughout the full product life cycle.

Why join AME?

• An open, direct, hands-on, and pragmatic working culture

• A technology-driven organization focused on delivering reliable electronic products from idea to realization

• An international working environment with skilled and committed colleagues

• Flat organizational structure with short communication lines

• Opportunities for personal and professional development within your role and beyond