Description:
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for complete procure-to-pay cycle
- Meeting with vendors to negotiate the best contracts for pricing and supply as per the market trends
- Review, analyze, and compare all vendors and price options to ensure the best deal through market intelligence.
- Develop plans for purchasing equipment, Raw and Packing Materials.
- Ensure necessary paperwork is done through company’s ERP such as purchase order, receipts, supplier invoicing, etc.
- Maintain records of pending/completed purchases, pricing, and other important data.
- Liaising with the warehouse team to ensure goods are received on time and monitor inventory as well as writing orders to refill stock.
- Track incoming inventory, and delivery arrival time, and note actual arrival time.
- Maintain and update a list of suppliers and their qualifications, delivery times, and potential future development.
- Maintain product specifications in coordination with the Q/A department and follow quality complaints & coordinate with supplier/vendor.
- Collaborate with financial team members on invoicing, vendor payments, and other financial matters.
- Prepare AOP and Strategic buying plans under the supervision of the Line Manager based on MRP, and price trends for local market ingredients.
- Arrange cost-effective procurement of raw materials and other miscellaneous items from local suppliers.
- Development of alternate Sources and alternate Ingredients to reduce cost and minimize dependency.
- Reduction in inventory carrying cost through VMI & and contract buying.
- Provide procurement support for production & and stores to ensure continuous flow of required Raw Materials.
- Monitor commodity, impacting market trends to establish insights for strategy development, execution & and risk mitigation.
- Manage and enhance supplier performance and support new supplier qualification to optimize supplier base for cost saving & and supply protection.
- Work with internal customers to gather & and assess requirements.
- Assist in ensuring compliance with established business procedures including cost, terms, supplier selection and advice Manager in case of any deviation Support implementation of Sourcing Strategies.
- Assist in reviewing, assessing, and negotiating supplier proposals and managing supplier relationships.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience in Supply chain and logistics or Procurement department.
- 2-3 years relevant work experience Preferable from FMCG, or Manufacturing
- Confident and Negotiation Skills
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel usage ( Reporting and Analysis)