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With innovation, qualityandlogisticsas the backbone of the company, Sourceability’scutting-edgeproducts and services expeditethe procurement process across a wide range of industries, including communications/cellular, consumer electronics, and auto manufacturing. \nWe are looking for an experienced Senior Excess Buyer to become a vital part of our APAC Excess team.\nAs a Senior Excess Buyer, you will manage strategic and high-value excess accounts, lead complex negotiations, support Sales with proactive offers and coach the next generation of Excess Buyers. This role is the senior commercial expert level within the Excess team and is designed to prepare strong performers for future management responsibility.\nOur goal is to build a sophisticated team equipped with expert technical skills, commercial judgement and keen business acumen. Each team member adds value to the business, the customer and the wider supply chain.\nInsight on your impact\nManage strategic, high-value, global or complex excess accounts across assigned APAC markets.\nLead pricing and commercial negotiations for major excess opportunities and complex lot-buy situations.\nReview high-value, high-risk or technically complex excess lists and determine the correct commercial path forward.\nDevelop Tier 1 customer/supplier relationships through regular engagement, account reviews, site visits and long-term relationship planning.\nProactively offer excess opportunities to Sales and identify matched demand, cost-save and resale opportunities.\nSupport major opportunity reviews with Sales, BD, Finance, Logistics, Quality and leadership where required.\nCoach Junior Excess Buyers and Excess Buyers on negotiation, account ownership, list qualification, risk flags and Sales coordination.\nAct as a backup to the Excess Manager when needed, including account review support, escalation handling and KPI discipline.\nYour qualifications, your influence\nTo be successful in the role, you must possess the following skills:\nProven experience in electronic component sourcing, excess inventory, independent distribution, procurement, account management or related commercial role.\nStrong understanding of electronic component markets, manufacturers, MPNs, date codes, packaging, shortage/excess dynamics and customer requirements.\nDemonstrated ability to manage strategic accounts and negotiate complex or high-value opportunities.\nStrong commercial judgement, risk awareness and ability to escalate quality, compliance or financial concerns appropriately.\nAbility to work cross-functionally with Sales, BD, Logistics, Finance, Quality and management stakeholders.\nStrong coaching mindset and ability to develop less experienced buyers.\nExcellent CRM discipline and ability to maintain strategic account plans and opportunity records.\nPreferred skills and technical familiarity\nAdding additional insight, practical experience and a growth mindset will elevate your contribution in this role:\nExperience managing Tier 1 or strategic OEM/EMS/ODM/OCM accounts.\nExperience with high-value lot buys, proactive offers, cost-save opportunities and global account coordination.\nKnowledge of vendor qualification, traceability, COC requirements, quality risk and compliance expectations.\nAbility to run account reviews, prepare management updates and support KPI discussions.\nRegional language skills and ability to travel for strategic account development.\nInterest and readiness to develop toward Excess Manager responsibilities.\nBenefits\nCompetitive salary\nComprehensive health and wellness benefits\nOngoing training and professional development opportunities\nCollaborative and vibrant work culture\nPTO\nReferral bonus programme where applicable\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. \nIt is our policy to abide by all federal, state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on a person’s race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status, veteran status (including protected veterans), marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, familial status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4540,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Transportation & Logistics","Supply Chain","Electronic Components Distribution"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T12:39:37Z"}],"liveness":{"score":43,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.57,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":41,"expected_fill_days":47,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sourceability-senior-excess-buyer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sourceability-senior-excess-buyer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T02:25:24Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2139,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2861,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}