Purchasing Supplier Development Purchasing Associate

Purchasing Associate

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world's most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We're looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

Toyota's Purchasing Supplier Development (PSD) Buying Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Purchasing Associate.

The person in this role will support PSD Buying groups with administrative tasks, supplier follow-up, and system processing.

The person in this role will support PSD's objective to develop our outsourced supply base to ensure overall best cost, quality, manufacturability, and operational self-reliance.

What You'll Be Doing :

• Execute buying Operating Procedures (OPs) including issuing Requests for Quotation and dispatching Purchase Orders (PO).
• Process and manage SAP / Ariba PO data.
• Weekly report management.
• Supplier follow-up to confirm data, request information, and late requests status.
• Document & update business process OPs to improve divisional efficiency.
• Manage document distribution, organization, and retention.
• Resolve day-to-day supplier issues related to system communication failures, urgent / rush PO's, payment issues, late assignments, etc.
• Support company events such as Annual Business Meeting, etc.
• Overall administrative duties (travel, catering, expense reports, meeting scheduling).

What You Bring :

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What We'll Bring :

Belonging At Toyota :

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members' efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.