Job Purpose

Fulfill all the company’s direct procurement requirements at the most suitable price, quality, and quantity.

Accountabilities:

• Handle MRP purchase requests including requesting quotations from qualified and approved suppliers and choosing the best quotation to proceed with a purchase order
• Handle R&D requests for new items by contacting suitable suppliers, delivering required samples then following up between R&D and suppliers till closing the request.
• Create purchase orders after negotiating the best price with the supplier to enhance the cost reduction process.
• Follow up on the shipping process in coordination between suppliers & logistics to ensure the smooth workflow of the process.
• Revising shipping documents copy/drafts with suppliers and logistics and follow up on original documents delivery to our office or to our bank.
• Create inbound delivery tickets on SAP and align with Logistics for clearance till warehousing delivery.
• Follow up with Warehouse & Quality control departments to ensure the effective implementation of quality assurance.
• Finalize the suppliers’ payments in coordination with the finance department whether through cheques, bank transfers, or Letters of Credit.
• Qualify new suppliers for top-line materials & other items based on the need to maintain the database with new suppliers for further procurement.
• Evaluate the suppliers based on evaluation criteria such as delivery on time, the competitiveness of price, credit rating, and quality of service, and work on weak points to improve the supplier's performance.
• Attend procurement fairs to collect new suppliers’ brochures & business cards to add them to our database.