Procurement Manager
Lime Concepts
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :11 years, 11 أشهر
Work closely with the brands that are under the Lime portfolio and be the focal point of contact in the business.
Manage the company’s forecast and planning functions with respect to inventory levels, sell out’s and market demand.
Negotiate contracts, terms and deadlines to ensure that Lime gets the best deal and pricing possible.
Manage a team of three whose job functions revolve around logistics and supply chain. Approve and monitor all purchase orders, expenses and shipping costs relating to brands and shipments.
Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
Highlight and devise methods to clear aging stocks to reduce Lime’s liability and inventory levels.
Create plans which include pricing adjustments in order to achieve required outcomes such as increased sales or reduction of excess stock while managing margin and profits.
• Estimating and establishing cost parameters and budgets for purchases.
• Create and maintain good relationships with vendors/suppliers.
• Making professional decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Maintain records of purchases, pricing, and other important data.
• Review and analyze all vendors/suppliers, supply, and price options.
• Develops plans for purchasing equipment, services and supplies.
• Negotiate the best deal for pricing & supply contracts to ensure that the products and supplies are high quality.
• Assist business units in assessing budgets prior to procuring goods and services.
• Obtaining quotations, preparation of purchase requisitions and accurate processing of purchase orders.
• Investigating qualitative and quantitative discrepancies between goods ordered and goods received.
• Being the point of contact for all customer returns issues and the ability to clearly communicate and represent L’Oréal.
• Providing post- sales support in regards to quality issues, shipment discrepancies, returns.
• Improving the business processes to minimize returns.
• Prepare weekly & monthly reports of returns analysis in respect to customers & sales persons.
• Issuing financial credit notes to customers and adjusting any discrepancy in value.
• Maintain and manage a database of all product returns.
• Verify and inspect all forms, reports and records relating to product returns.
• Proactively ensure order processing and follow-up until the delivery.
• Efficiently answer to the clients requirements (deadlines, shortages, information, disputes)
• Record, analyze and follow up the disputes situations in accordance with the supply chain manager, the sales team, controlling teams and the physical distribution.
• Regularly communicate towards the hierarchy in case of problems and implement adaptive corrective actions.
• Creating orders and preparing delivery notes in SAP for orders placed by clients.
• Handling orders of key accounts like the landmark group, the athlete’s foot, sun & sands sports and black station accounts.
• Preparing invoices for shipments ready to be packed, coordinating with accounts and the warehouse regarding delivery notes.
• Invoicing delivery notes in SAP.
• Creating orders for PUMA creative factory, marketing and working closely with retail.
• Creating and amending purchase orders for deficit stock. Cancellation of articles both locally and internationally.
• Analyzing stock, reporting deficits & cancellations. Carrying out month end checks. Ensuring that invoices billed during the month tally with SAP.
High school