To plan, manage amp; execute specific category and/or Project-focused purchasing activities as directed by the Procurement Manager. This includes utilizing various resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and internal departments to deliver projects according to plan, timescale amp; budgetary targets. The Purchasing Officer will be responsible for the complete start-to-end supplier journey.
Requirements
- Manage and implement strategic sourcing initiatives to ensure delivery of company objectives and procurement strategies
- Develop market and commodity intelligence, making use of internal and external data to update sourcing strategies for the benefit of business improvement, innovation, and cost reduction
- Review/action purchase requests to ensure:
- The necessary authorizations are obtained to cut down on lead-time
- The appropriateness of the specifications and seeking clarification if/where required
- Responsible for ensuring the timely turnaround of approved PQs into POs (clarifying anything unclear on the PRamp;/r PQ with the team)
- Engage with stakeholders to agree prequalification and assessment criteria, devise specifications, contract terms, KPI’s and other instruments.
Negotiating commercial factors to achieve supply efficiency and effective cost control
- Influence vendors to meet requirements in terms of delivery time, conformance, and quality standards, assist requesters regarding order fulfilment (delivery follow up)
- Assist with forecasting / demand planning needs
- Engage with stakeholders to encourage vendors to prevent, detect and eradicate breaches of ethical standards.
- Create, review, and evaluate the performance of vendors against set KPI’s to ensure the company is receiving the expected performance as well as to highlight strengths, weaknesses and suggest improvements were necessary.
- Communicate with senior and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on the sourcing activities
- Ensure SLA targets are met for all major processes assigned
- Ensure departmental objectives are achieved
- Maintain business systems with accurate information to enable optimum department performance and reporting
- Identify reporting requirements and assist in the implementation thereof.
- Assist with developing, implementing, and continuous review of procurement policies amp; SOP’s
- Manage an equivalent aggregate level of spend more than AED x m p.a.
- Any other task, as reasonably requested, by Electra
General Obligations Towards Health and Safety Environment
- You will correctly use machinery, appliances, tools, transport, and all equipment issued by the company.
- You will correctly use personal protective equipment supplied by the company.
- You will not remove any safety devices for any machinery or installations.
- You will perform all tasks set forth by safety regulations and cooperate with Electra to ensure a working environment and conditions that do not pose any risks in terms of health and safety.