KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Procurement Operations
• Work closely with the business lines to understand details of procurement requirements in advance to build the procurement plan.
• Define the correct buying channel for each request, choose the best supplier in term of price, quality and lead time.
• Ensure that a PO is created correctly (PG info, currencies, quantity, etc.), follow up on any issues related to PO creation.
• Implement procurement processes to ensure efficiency, cost savings and best practices.
• Identify suppliers of goods and services from approved suppliers list.
• Request for quotes for materials and services (local/international) requested through purchase requestions. Then negotiate terms with suppliers such as price, quality of goods, deadlines, expectations, payment term, and incoterm etc.
• Create purchase orders on time based on agreed KPI and it has to tally these with purchase requests and quotes/ existing contracts or agreements.
• Request suppliers to acknowledge the receipt of purchase orders.
• Follow up with all suppliers to ensure the purchase orders are delivered on time as per the delivery date mentioned in PO. As well as ensuring GR done from all functional departments.
• Attend meetings with the business line to update them on open purchase requests and purchase orders.
• Organizing meetings with suppliers and business lines as needed to resolve supply of materials/ services issues.
• Initiating corrective actions on defective materials/services and following through the resolution with suppliers

Work Related Processes
• Purchase orders management
• Master data management
• Good return management
• Engagement with suppliers and services providers
• Local regulation and Trade Compliance and Customs compliance
• Risk assessment
• Internal service delivery
• Supplier collaboration