اخصائي مشتريات
شركة سليمان البسام التجارية
Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months
- Purchase officer:
• Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
- Bundle the company requirements based on customer insights received from category managers
- Negotiate net net net purchasing prices and all conditions terms on demand of each format
- Agree with vendors on the contractual framework, purchase conditions, warranties, returns levels, SLA…
- Regular review with relevant stakeholders ( vendors & category teams)
- Request customer insights from vendors
- Match with internal data and integrate into vendors negotiations
- Quantify and qualify the market situation and potential for the category with market research and vendors data for negotiation purpose
- Ensure understanding, acceptance, and following of vendors of the strategic positioning and category roles
- Integrate the format specific platforms/modules into the vendor strategy and negotiation
- Actively search new business opportunities, business models, services or products for negotiation purpose
- Negotiate promotional space & visibility to maximize other incomes & negotiate special offers and deals.
- Develop and execute negotiation parameter according to vendor classification ( Income & Condition related )
- Negotiate and monitor vendor service level and stock availability at stores and DC, and take corrective actions if needed.
- Increase payment terms to achieve negative working capital.
- Responsible for processing purchase requisitions for more complex products.
- Issuing purchase orders ensuring best quality and price as well as timely delivery to end users.
- Conducting continuous research for the purpose of alleviating the company purchasing, negotiation position and product variety.
- Maintaining relationships with suppliers and partners as per the pre-established SLAs.
- Implement the Procurement and Contracts policies and procedures
- Count physical inventories and cycle in accordance with established policies, guidelines and procedures
- Arrange for meetings with bidders for further clarification and negotiation of proposal
- Ensure that the database of suppliers, tenders, and contracts is continuously updated for future referencing and maintenance purposes
- Build and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure optimization of the procurement process and performance
- Develop simple contracts in coordination with Legal Affairs ensuring alignment with legal and contractual policies and regulations
- Negotiate simple technical and non-technical contracts and agreements with bidders, suppliers and relevant Departments ensuring alignment with requirements
- Renew or terminate contracts after due date if directed by Supervisor
- Identify breaches in contracts and coordinate with Legal Affairs for litigation
- Coordinate with other Sectors in order to obtain purchasing requirements for the year
- Receive complex purchasing requests including item description, quantity, need by date and delivery location from different departments and ensure alignment to annual plan, budget, and stock availability
- Order simple materials, products, equipment, etc. for all Departments as per required specifications
- Develop complex request for quotations (RFQ) in order to obtain a quotation
- Benchmark prices on a quarterly basis to review similar prices in the market
- Conduct market research for new suppliers in order to obtain the lowest market prices
- Keep abreast the latest market trends in terms of technical specifications of the products to be procured
- Handle complaints related to defects, shortages, missing parts and work on resolving them