Purchasing Section Head
Saint Gobain Gyproc
Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months
-Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies and procurement policies
-Collect information on materials and production requirements available in the market.
-Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve the effectiveness
-Speed up the purchase orders by identifying and resolving the problems of the vendor or shipment.
-Negotiating contracts with suppliers and vendors
-Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
-Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
-Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
-Assess, manage and mitigate risks
-Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
-Determine the quantity and timing of deliveries
-Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand.
•Smart selection of approved supplier based on price, quality, service, support, availability, reliability, production, distribution capabilities and supplier’s reputation and history.
•Negotiate with supplier to achieve best material price offer, terms and best service.
•Review purchase requests received from planning department in terms of lead-time, quantity, need by date and inventory of each material to guarantee maximum value for the company.
•Prepare purchase orders on time with the required quantities and manages their approval process.
•Prepare price comparison to ensure the compliance with the agreed contract price and material purchase history reviewing calculations of international freight charges.
•Transmitted and prioritize approved purchase orders and supporting documents to supplier and receive order acknowledgement.
•Ensure that the goods are delivered on time and follow up with the supplier to ensure the compliance to the required shipping dates till the shipment delivery and collaborate with other parties in case there is any problem to solve it.
•Review approved supplier for each material on regular basis to ensure that there are a t least two approved supplier for each material and set an action plan to fulfill this objective.
• Establish new communication channel whether within the organization or external to facilitate the work.
•Update the purchase follow up sheet reflecting the status of purchase orders even they are ongoing or done orders.
•Follow up with all the departments who have ongoing orders to prevent low/no stock with the warehouse department.
•Supply R&D department with newly discovered or invented materials, chemical and manufacturing techniques used globally.
•Review and approve the supplier’s performance on regular basis.
•Assign tasks to subordinates and follow up with them to assure achieving the required objective.
•Ensure the implementation of HSE regulation
•Have a good working knowledge of Oracle.
•Reviewing requisition orders to verify accuracy & specification.
•Preparing purchase orders & responding to suppliers’ inquiry.
•Negotiate, make agreements & manage the suppliers (foreign/local) to ensure timely supply with best possible prices & to reach better payment terms.
•Comparing prices, quality & delivery date to determine the best bid among potential suppliers.
•Shipments follow up in order to reduce lead time & avoid delivery issues. Communicate with suppliers to get required documents for clearance & shipping conditions.
•Handling & monitoring of claims to factories & suppliers for defective, shortage and missing materials.
•Maintain and review purchasing files, report price lists, track the status of requisitions, contract and orders, locate suppliers.
•Monitor contractor performance.
•Deals with anything relating to the ordering of goods & packing suppliers for an organization.
•Have a good working knowledge of SAP.
Studying purchase requisitions after receiving them from the planning Dept., negotiate prices & best availability date, creating the order, then following up the order with the supplier to achieve the requested delivery dates.
- Contacting the forwarder to arrange for pick up of goods. Check weekly what is available in our forwarder warehouses to consolidate different orders from different suppliers in the best way and with the best price. This includes 6 shipping points in Europe and The US. (This step is eliminated in the case of C&F, and CIF)
- After Receiving the original documents from the supplier through the bank or through the courier data included must be checked. Documents to be delivered to the Accounting Dep. To arrange for the payment when the invoice is due. And the information of payment should be delivered to the supplier once payment take place to make sure that money were transferred safely, with no problems.
- Once goods are received in the warehouse of the factory, a process of following up needs to take place to find out if there are any claims to be reported to the supplier if needed.
•Ground Services manages general operations airside such as loading and unloading, baggage build up, weight & balance.
•Preparing load sheet and trim sheet for passengers’ flight.
•Arranging and handling flight plan for Cargo flight.
•Cargo services handles cargo throughout the terminal.
•Making reservation.
•Preparing Balance Sheets
•Net Sales report and Expenses
•Accounts receivable analysis
•Accounts Payable analysis
•Recording any entries related to banks’ transactions
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