Purchasing Manager

Summary of the Job: (Primary function of the job)

A Purchasing Team Leader drives procurement strategies, manages supplier relationships, and oversees team performance to ensure efficient, compliant, cost-effective and timely deliveries purchasing operations. She/he leads sourcing initiatives, negotiate supplier contracts, optimize vendor partnerships, and manage inventory.

• Team Leadership: Managing buyer work allocation, performance appraisals, training, and development for the purchasing team.

• Supplier Management: Negotiating with suppliers, evaluating performance to improve supplier performance and reliability, and driving strategic sourcing to reduce costs. Maintain relationships with suppliers to secure favorable terms and ensure consistent quality.

• Cost Optimization: Initiate cost-saving strategies, analyze spending, and prepare procurement KPI reports for management.

• Operational Excellence: Ensuring compliance with procurement policies, tender procedures, and financial regulations.

• Procurement Operations: Review and approve purchase orders, monitor team to track supplier on-time deliveries, and manage inventory levels to avoid stockouts or excess.

• Stakeholder Management: Coordinating with internal departments (e.g., planning, quality, manufacturing, production, warehouse/logistics) to meet operational needs and timely, quality delivery.

• Continuous Improvement Program: Streamlined, faster, and error-free purchasing processes from PO to DO to Invoicing; Optimized supplier delivery to achieve best total landed cost

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, or logistics.

• More than 10 years proven experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management, and > 3
  years with previous supervisory experience.

• Strong negotiation, analytical, and contract management abilities.

• Knowledge of ERP systems espeically in procurement module and MS Office.

• Excellent interpersonal skills for interacting with internal stakeholders and external vendors.