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Strategy and Development:
- Overall responsibility for Purchasing and Cost Estimating activities across the business.
- Create and implement best practice purchasing vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve business performance.
General and Task Management:
- Responsible for managing relationships and negotiating with key suppliers at a senior and strategic level.
- Negotiate contract terms with key suppliers to ensure value for money, quality standards and delivery terms with technical and operational input from stakeholders if appropriate.
Financial Budget and Control:
- Input and hold responsibility for Purchasing and cost estimating budgets.
- Prepare the annual Purchasing budget and forecasts and all Capital Expenditure proposals as well as ensuring compliance with customer and legal requirements. Manage the budget from identification to completion of projects.
Job Requirements
- BS degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration
- Must have at least five years solid experience in Procurement and Inventory Management
- Excellent fluency in English
- Proficiency with sourcing and vendor management
- Interest in market dynamics along with business sense
- Strong negotiation skills and wide networking channels
- Working experience with ERP systems
- Ability to gather and analyze data and to work with figures
- Solid judgment with ability to make good decisions
- Strong leadership capabilities
