The Procurement Leader is responsible for overseeing and guiding the procurement and shipping functions to ensure efficient and timely acquisition and delivery of materials and finished goods. This role involves strategic planning, supplier relationship management, inventory control, quality assurance, and system management to support the company's operational and financial goals.
Responsibilities:
1. Supervise and instruct the purchaser/shipping assistant to deal with the purchasing/selling work efficiently, deal with the special situation in time, ensure the correctness and timeliness of the purchasing material/finished goods.
- Direct staff to coordinate closely with the receiving department and accounting department to ensure that orders are delivered in full and paid on time.
2. Analyze purchasing/shipment needs, supplier/customer capacity and develop purchasing/shipment plans.
- Analyze the supplier market to properly evaluate the current supplier capacity and prices to see if they meet the company’s business better and contribute to saving purchasing costs.
- Analyze the customers demand proper support and satisfy shipment schedule after confirmation with PPC.
3. Manage and maintain relationships with suppliers.
- Directly manage and maintain relationships with major suppliers.
- Guide, direct and assign staff to maintain relationships with suppliers under their management responsibilities.
- Develop plans for periodic or ad hoc supplier evaluations.
4. Purchasing and inventory control.
- Ensure that there is enough quantity of raw materials as well as necessary resources for the company’s production activities by effectively controlling inventory.
- Develop inventory plans.
- Negotiate prices, negotiate terms of contracts/agreement and confirm purchase according to the company’s purchase regulations. Direct and guide staff to negotiate prices and negotiate for small and medium value contracts.
5. Quality control.
- Continuously check the quality and performance and evaluate the reliability of suppliers. Ensure suppliers meet the company’s requirements and are consistent with the purchasing strategy.
- Resolve supplier/customer complaints based on quality problems from QA/QA team.
- Manage purchasing staff/shipping assistant in compliance with purchasing/shipment regulations and policies, ensuring adequate timely, good priced and transparent goods.
6. System management:
- Manage objectives, planning and task schedule.
- Generate procurement management reports, ERP software utilization.
