Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review Purchase requests and ensure it describes internal users' needs properly, and seek any additional data/documents from requestors if needed.
- Solicit competitive offers from approved suppliers/contractors and ensure all needs are communicated in proper and fair way.
- Issue purchase orders/contracts to awarded vendors and follow up delivery of products or services as agreed.
- Analyse all suppliers in order to select the most suitable suppliers who are able to deliver high quality products at competitive pricing.
- Negotiate with suppliers on lead-time, cost and quality so as to obtain the maximum benefit for the company.
- Manage suppliers to meet objectives related to cost, delivery performance, schedule and quality.
- Develop purchasing or sourcing strategies based on portfolio analysis and supplier preferencing study.
- Define and maintain documented category and supplier strategies using market and competitive data.
- Liaise with suppliers on delivery schedule so as to ensure on-time deliveries of products/services.
- Coordinate with Suppliers, End users and the Accounts department to ensure the Procure to Pay cycle is closed properly.
- Keep proper records of documents for easy reference.
- Review and manage the supplier base to ensure consistency with the sourcing strategy.
- Perform regular performance reviews with suppliers to drive continuous improvements.
- Ensure commercial, legal and contractual compliance in all procurement transactions.
- Adopt appropriate supplier management methodologies and procurement strategies to secure better prices.
- Coordinate with vendor on continuous quality improvement.
- Any other duties or reports as assigned by the direct manager.
Requirements
Bachelor’s in engineering, (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical or Civil) disciplines.
2-3 years’ experience in Procurement
Certification in Procurement/Supply chain or project management will be an added value.