PURCHASE EXECUTIVE
DULSCO LLC
Total years of experience :24 years, 7 months
Responsibilites:
Responsible for review and analyze purchase requisitions
Supervising and leading the Procurement Team.
Monitor and control all the departments purchases of goods & services, and ensure its done as per company purchase policies and maintain good relationship with all suppliers.
Ensure the best rates & quality is obtained with best credit terms for all the purchases through competitive quotations.
Identifies and implements most cost effective and efficient way to purchase small and/or local items. Uses various methods and tools, such as procurement cards, and blanket orders to minimize cost and administrative time. Coordinates implementation of all purchasing tools.
Researches information and develops new cost-effective sources.
Cross checking PI prices, quantities, payment terms, incoterms, shipping terms, delivery dates and negotiating on prices if found anything higher before approving
Planning and supervising the day to day activities of the Departments to ensure that opening of L/C, registration of Purchase Orders, Insurance coverage of goods shipped, cargo clearance from port are being done on time to avoid delays, order cancellation by Vendors.
Carry out complete supply cycle for the purchase of materials / services, ensure staff necessities are met in terms of time lines, price, quality and specification
To pre-qualify new suppliers and evaluate the performance of the current ones according to the internal procedures, to enhance the Company's approved vendors' list
Arrange delivery on time with stand-by supplier, if confirmed supplier fails to delivery the goods on time.
Prepares monthly MIS reports related to purchases (Value Added Report, open orders report, monthly summary report ) and submit to Group Finance Director.
Maintain accurate records and documentation of all responses, purchases, contracts, correspondence and related follow-up
Develop and implement purchasing instructions, policies, and procedures.
Responsibilities:
Sending enquiries to various Vendors against Purchase Requests.
Follow-up with Vendors for quotations / Proforma Invoices.
Searching for and negotiating with local and international suppliers in order to obtain the best value for prices
Making comparative quote statements against quotations and confirming PI's to vendors after getting necessary approval from Purchase Manager.
Registering Local Purchase Orders for confirmed quotations / PI's.
Monitoring and following up on the delivery of ordered goods from suppliers
Receiving, following up and solving complaints from requestors and suppliers.
Arranging advance payments or opening new LC's to vendors as per PI agreement.
Check with finance dept/banks for bank facilities before opening new Import LCs
Follow up with banks for Import LC applications
Cross-checking LC hard copy once it received from bank and doing necessary amendment if requires.
Informing vendors to ship goods as per schedule or as per mentioned in import LC
Follow-up for shipment advices from vendors.
Cross checking with shipping lines for shipment arrivals.
Collecting Delivery orders well in advance to avoid demurrage.
Arranging to clear goods from port by collecting documents from bank on TR or collection basis
Finalizing Purchase Bill and forwarding documents for clearing.
Update material price list in system received from various suppliers
Attained internal and external meetings, to adopt procurement best practice.
Negotiating with shipping lines or agents for best rate for import as well as for export shipments
Good Negotiation skills with freight forwarders and liners & well versed with UAE customs formalties
Works according to established policies, procedures and administrative guidelines.
Works as a team within a multinational, multicultural environment having a high level of positive interaction with clients and employees of a wide variety of backgrounds
EMKE Group One of leading Retail Group in Middle East. Group operates popular brands of retail chain stores that include the renowned LULU chain of hypermarkets, supermarkets, department stores, and now shopping malls. Group's retail chains cater to over 320, 000 customer's everyday and enjoy over 32% of the total retail market share within the GCC With an annual turnover of US Dollar 3.1 billion.
Responsibilities:
Undertake sales forecasting and monitoring of inventory levels across select brands
Reduce carry over stock and improve stock turns
Timely delivery to merchandise to store warehouse
Enhance assortment planning processes
Improve working relationship with principals
Enhance continuity purchase processes for respective brands
Undertake assortment planning for each store based on past sales trend
Support brand managers/ asst. brand managers for pricing of merchandise
Allocate season stocks across store locations based on past sales trends
Interact with personnel of principals/ licensees to undertake purchase activities
Provide inputs to brand managers/ asst. brand managers for transferring of merchandise between locations
Communicating regularly with central warehouse staff regarding store needs
Conducting regular, structured central warehouse visits
Ensuring all aspects of forward strategic and seasonal planning are executed and communicated timely
Coordinate with principals/ suppliers for store / warehouse supplies & promotional material
Understand findings of customer surveys along with key reasons & discuss the same with purchase manager
Undertake brand related training for operations team on a regular basis
Support purchase managers to build and maintain relationships with principals/ suppliers