Senior Procurement Officer
Integral Services Company
Total years of experience :10 years, 8 Months
Liaising between suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and customers.
•Choosing the vendors and their management.
•Negotiating the various aspects with new and existing suppliers to improve processes.
•Deal with non-supplied, under orders, over orders and damaged goods.
•Maintain positive working relationships with suppliers to assure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met.
•Discovering profitable suppliers and initiate procurement partnerships
•Identifying potential suppliers, visiting existing suppliers, and building and maintaining good relationships with them.
•Conduct business review meetings with key stakeholders to assess risk, review future strategies, and identify potential cost down and improvement opportunities.
•Review current processes for procurement and make recommendations where appropriate.
•Provide periodic reporting for management on purchasing, controls and processes.
•Identify cost reduction opportunities to achieve financial goals.
Forecasting likely levels of demand for services and products to meet the business needs and keeping a constant check on stock levels to maximize business efficiency.
•Conducting research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality.
•Negotiating and agreeing contracts and monitoring their progress - checking the quality of service provided.
•Forecasting levels of demand for services and products to meet the business needs and keeping a constant check on stock levels.
•Conducting research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality.
•Responsible for identifying, planning and managing logistics operations to meet organizational goals.
•Comprehensive knowledge of database software, project management applications, spreadsheet, and complex text document.
•Knowledge of handling equipment and packaging used to ship and store merchandise.
• Plans, controls, coordinate, evaluate and integrate Procurement & logistics activities which include procurement of equipment, supplies, services, transportation and control of personal property.
• Processing payments and invoices
• Reviews letter of credit documents to determine compliance with international standards.
• Responsible for planning and scheduling appropriate modes of transportation based on daily needs.
• Responsible for all types of custom documents - Export & Import.
• Clearing all types of cargos from seaports, Airport.
• Ensures that the documentation is accurately processed, distributed and released to forwarders, carrier, agents and customers in a timely manner
• Coordinated and supervised uploading of shipments
• Verifies terms of credit, such as amount, insurance coverage, and shipping conditions to determine compliance with established standards.
• Performs tasks like preparing data entry and confirmation of key milestones like arrival, departure, and customs clearance as per the specifications of Customer Standard Operating Procedures
Implement procurement strategy and policies.
•Monitoring and forecasting stock levels.
•Researching and identifying new products and suppliers.
•Assessing tenders from potential suppliers.
•Negotiating prices and agreeing contracts.
•Making sure that suppliers deliver on time.
•Preparing all invoices & delivery notes as per the finish goods.
•Preparing all types of custom documents