foreign & Local buyer
LEONI Wiring Systems
Total years of experience :2 years, 10 Months
Working at LEONI Wiring system Egypt SAE. (A German Manufacturer of Automotive Harnesses) as a foreign & Local buyer (Purchasing Dep.) from 1/1/2012 till now.
Job Duties:
- Controls the purchase of goods and services of non-production items (foreign & local) from cycle beginning till orders booking.
- Determines the optimum source of supply from suppliers taking into account price, delivery, and general market condition and organization standards.
- Arrange shipping & Follow up goods consolidation to forwarder.
- Arrange delivery of goods from port to warehouse (Clearance & Tracking).
- Co-ordinates with other departments to ensure that contractual agreements meet all quality standards, commercial terms, health and safety and other relevant standards.
- Actively resist cost increases and reduce major cost drivers.
- Raise and maintain Purchase Orders and other relevant information on the appropriate systems ensuring information are accurately recorded.
- Resolve problems arising with suppliers.
- Follow Up with supplier to ensure prompt delivery; cost and quality meet the requirements.
- Seek the development of current supplies through continues monitoring of all aspects the supply process and establishing meaningful measures of performance.
- Ensures that orders and payments are in line with authorization limits specified by the company.
- Review and take action against non performing suppliers.
- Carrying out filing and general administrative duties.
- Undertakes other tasks assigned by the purchase manager.
- Represents the department in the meetings with the other departments.
- Monitor and follow up shipments with consolidating shipping points to determine most cost effective shipping methods.
- Confirms local market availability, determines contractor service value and product / service reliability relative to cost, plans, organizes, and coordinates acquisition alternates, as appropriate.
- Expeditiously transmits requests for proposals and quotations to vendors, in person, e-mail, phone or fax.
- Ability to negotiate, analyze and make decisions is vital to the organization's overall success.
- Confer with staff, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.
- Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine need for changes.
- Review catalogs, industry periodicals, directories, trade journals, and Internet sites, and consult with other department to locate necessary goods and services.
- Interview vendors and visit suppliers' plants and distribution centers to examine and learn about products, services and prices.
- Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
Key Skills and Competencies:
- Ability to identify, evaluate and recommended suitable alternative sources of supply.
- Experience of reviewing sales, forecasting stock requirements & placing re-buys.
- Familiar with producing management reports on supplier performance.
- Experience of working closely with merchandising & quality assurance terms.
- Able to manage key suppliers to insure a high level of service from them.
- Effective communicator & net worker.
- Excellent admin and organizational ability.
- Knowledge of business principals and core values
1. Trained at Arab Group for Accounting Consultations Auditors & Financial Consultants year 2006.
2. Trained at CIB bank (back office Dep.) during 2007 and 2008.
3. Served at the military force (Borders guards' forces) for one year (from 1/10/2010 to 1/12/2011) at the office of the chief-of-staff of Borders guards' forces.
• Holds a bachelor of International business administration from Sadat Academy for Management Sciences and authorized from The University of New Brunswick (Canada) • GPA: 2.65 • Grade: Pass Courses: • Tactical Negotiation Skills. • Time Management. • Anticorruption. • Antitrust Law
• Graduated from Sadat Academy for Management Sciences (Canadian Stream) Year 2010