Senior Procurement Specialist
Magrabi Retail
Total years of experience :12 years, 3 Months
Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating
requests.
Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials
when necessary and maintain the MRP environment on SAP.
Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or
cancellations.
Perform buying duties when necessary.
Contact suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages,
missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
Review requisition orders in order to verify accuracy, terminology, and
specifications.
Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.
Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates in order to determine the best bid
among potential suppliers.
Track the status of requisitions, contracts, and SAP orders.
Calculate costs of orders, and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.
Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and
that goods meet specifications.
Compare suppliers' bills with purchase orders in order to verify accuracy.
Approve bills for payment.
Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them
to gather information about products to be ordered.
Maintain knowledge of all organizational and governmental rules affecting purchases,
and provide information about these rules to organization staff members and to
vendors.
Monitor in-house inventory movement and complete inventory transfer forms for
bookkeeping purposes.
Manages the sourcing deals, contracts, delivery and quality for a complete procurement cycle, ensuring the commercial and cost saving benefits are realized at the P&L level and ensuring on time
delivery with the suppliers.
Focal communication point between the company & the vendors/suppliers.
Demonstrate expertise with respect to all procurement concepts, policies and procedures.
Evaluating change, improvement, lean processes and efficiency analysis.
Work closely with both domestic and international warehouses to ensure smooth and accurate shipment delivery.
Prepare logistics documents; including but not limited to return vouchers, pick, tickets, invoices, and C/O’s
Work closely with warehouse coordinator to process customer reorders
Respond to both internal and external shipment inquiries