- Monitor purchasing contracts to ensure that the company receives all services and products as agreed, including vendor compliance with Service Level Agreements.
- Ensure existing vendor management policies and procedures are followed
- Control and monitor expenses against approved budgets.
- Following and enforcing the company's procurement policies and procedures.
- Maintains information files on the quality and price of items for reference in writing purchase requisitions.
- Files claims against carriers for loss or damage of materials, and processes receipt vouchers for claims collected.
- In charge of overseeing the daily operational purchasing needs such as planning, issuing and following up on.
- Create a database of vendors relevant to company needs; provide periodic economic data and forward-looking indicators
- Provide supplier identification, qualification and quality support; provide analytical support for complex sourcing activities.
- Responsible for all proper vendor selection, sourcing, accurate and prompt transaction processing as well as problem resolution.
- Responsible for shortages, overages, late or damaged deliveries and deviation from required specifications. Works to resolve problems or discrepancies.
- Maintains and develops a continual cost reduction program to motivate buyers and suppliers to seek cost savings or cost reduction opportunities.
- Estimate and establish cost parameters and budgets for purchases.
- Preparing budgets, cost analyses, and reports.
- Analyzes costs of transportation of commodities on vendors' bids and contracts to determine low bidders.
- Identify and implement opportunities for cost reductions and efficiencies.
- Review new vendor requests prior to engaging services.
- Participates in researching and writing specifications for items to be purchased.
- Plan and conduct sourcing events and negotiations in conjunction with the Legal department
- Keeps informed of market conditions and make purchases at a time advantageous from a cost and availability standpoint.
- Perform dashboard analysis and presentation of marketing, price, cost and financial analyses using various reports and data, and prepare narrative synopses for management
- Draft an appropriate service level agreement to properly evaluate the performance of suppliers, and report on this on a regular basis.
- Evaluate supplier performance based on quality standards, delivery time & best prices and ensure all the criteria are met according to Andalusia’s requirements and expectation.
- Responsible for payment terms negotiation, optimization and management.
- Reconcile or resolve order discrepancies with supplies and transactional vendor quality, service and invoicing issues or vendors complaints.
- Responsible for negotiating with local suppliers for contractual agreements on fixed prices, delivery terms, and standard quality
- Oversees the vendor’s quotation to ensure that they are in line with the technical and commercial specifications required for.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers; together with functional leaders, negotiate and finalize terms and conditions on contracts
- Work with relevant departments to manage inventory requirements specially coordinates with A/P team to ensure vendor data is up to date and accurate.
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