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General Purpose
- Manage all aspects of purchasing to efficiently and cost-effectively support organizational operations.
Main Job Duties:
- Developing, leading and executing purchasing strategies
- Tracking and reporting key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Build a good relationships with new and existing suppliers.
- Assist in day to day the purchasing activities.
- participate in vendor and supplier selection process with production department based on price, quality, support, capacity and reliability, availability, production, and distribution capabilities.
- Ability to revise the purchasing cycle as needed to receive purchase requisition, get quotations, negotiate prices, develop purchase orders through the team.
- Work with relevant departments to manage inventory requirements and cash management within budget.
- Participate in Negotiating contracts, monitoring the quality of service provided and Preparing supplier evaluation on regular basis.
- Forecast price trends and market situation regularly and review their impact on future activities.
Main Responsibilities:
- Establish and implement purchasing policies, procedures and best practices.
- Monitor ongoing compliance with purchasing policies and procedures
- Direct procurement policies to ensure all items are purchased and delivered within budget and time constraints
- Identify and source new suppliers and vendors.
- Manage vendor and supplier selection process based on price, quality, support, capacity and reliability.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers and vendors.
- Establish and update an approved vendor/supplier database.
- Develop, negotiate and administer purchasing agreements and contracts with suppliers in support of organizational requirements
- Monitor supplier and vendor compliance with contractual agreements
- Measure and manage the vendor and supplier cost, quality and delivery performance
- Oversee supplier compliance with internal quality standards and external regulations.
- Troubleshoot cost, quality and delivery concerns
- Manage risk relating to quality, cost, delivery and supply of purchases
- Introduce performance improvement measures for suppliers and vendors
- Work with relevant departments to manage inventory requirements
- Facilitate timely placement of purchase orders
- Develop and manage purchasing budgets and forecasts
- Monitor and reduce purchase variances to meet profit objectives
- Produce regular reports on purchase commitments, costs and delivery performance
- Oversee the operations and daily activities of the purchasing department
- Performance manage, develop and motivate purchasing staff
- Direct continuous improvement of purchasing processes in line with changing organizational needs and market conditions
Job Requirements
- Immediate hiring is a must.
- Excellent written and spoken English is a MUST.
- Knowledge of purchasing and supply chain systems, LEAN principles of planning and MRP/ERP systems often required with high competency level in MS Office applications
- Must have enough knowledge in importing products and clearing containers from the custom-house here in Egypt
- Excellent Negotiation & Communication skills
- Have a good networking skills
- Have analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Results-orientated