Senior Purchaser - Head, Procurement Department
Eldiar Furniture Manufacturing & Decoration LLC
Total years of experience :14 years, 5 Months
Eldiar Furniture Mfg & Decoration LLC. May 2006 - present
(a DEPA United Group)
Mussafah Ind'l Area, Abu Dhabi
Senior Officer - Head, Procurement Department
Duties and Responsibilities
Line Manager
• In charge and / or accountable for all material procurement activities.
• Establish supply plans and purchasing directions.
• Drafting high quality, articulate proposals, reports and presentations.
• Update and provide report on the status of purchase requisition as well as purchase orders to top management on a regular basis.
• Supporting organizational change to improve business processes.
• Coordinating and working with all Departments Heads to find solutions to complex procurement issues.
• Involved in project tendering in coordination with Estimation Department by issuing material price list.
• Monitoring and forecasting price trends.
• Developed and lead purchasing department by mentoring its team members using the right and correct approach.
• Create department objectives as well as its team members.
• Identify the needed trainings required by the department for the development and improvement of the team members.
Order Management
• Assess and approve all bid comparisons and purchase orders as per DOA.
• Overseeing the execution of purchase orders by making sure it matches with the purchase requisition and provide remarks if required.
• Responsible for all overseas orders as well as raw materials and machine purchases.
• Performs technical review of the purchase requisition and disseminate it to buyers / team members.
• Canvassing, negotiate with suppliers and subcontractors regarding prices, delivery method & lead time.
• Managing petty cash transactions as well as employee ticket bookings.
• Synchronized supply chain activities, coordinating vendors and internal operation departments.
• Manages to assess budget versus actual purchase prices and implements necessary measures.
Networking:
• Represents the company in the market while purchasing materials.
• Bargain with the suppliers to attain best product and services with just in time delivery and reasonable price.
• Developed a friendly but professional relationship with suppliers for long term benefit.
• Maintain and increase supplier base through approved suppliers list.
• Monitor and evaluate suppliers.
Dunlop Slazenger Philippines Incorporated (DSPI) Aug 2004. - Sept. 2005
Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines
Procurement Officer / Buyer
Duties and Responsibilities
Canvassing / PO Preparation
• Picks out prospective suppliers and contacts them to request for a quotation for the item (s) on the Purchase Requisition.
• Co-ordinates with the end-user and the prospective supplier regarding any questions or inquiries concerning the items delivery lead time, price and technical specifications.
• Prepares the Purchase Order and routes it for approval once the end-user agrees to the proposed item to be delivered by the prospective supplier.
PO Administration
• Updates the PO central file as each PO is signed and sent out.
• Keeps track of the status of the order until it is eventually accepted and issued to the end-user.
• Informs the end-user of the status of his order especially if there have been any changes from the original agreed-upon terms.
• Prepares the necessary import documents for imported orders and facilitates its processing with the aid of a broker/forwarder.
• Coordinates with the end-user and the supplier in the event that the delivered item is rejected or is not fit to be received until an amicable settlement is arrived at.
Supplier Management
• Maintains the Supplier File by continuously scouting for new suppliers, certifying them having go through the accreditation procedures, and monitoring their actual performance.
• Initiates the disqualification procedure in any case the supplier is not performing accordingly to the standards stated in the accreditation and updates the supplier file.
• Maintains all payable accounts within reasonable levels with the intention of preventing the possibility of a supplier not accepting an order or delivering an outstanding order in the case of exceeded credit limit.