Manager - Purchasing

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Developing and implementing purchasing strategies

- Managing daily purchasing activities, supervising staff, and allocating tasks

- Managing supplier relations and negotiating contracts, prices, timelines, etc

- Maintaining the supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation.

- Coordinating with inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.

- Strategic Procurement & Sourcing Planning develop and implement procurement and sourcing strategies to meet business objectives, ensuring alignment with company goals and policies.

- Supplier Identification & Qualification: Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers to ensure they meet quality, reliability, and regulatory requirements.

- Negotiation & Management: Negotiate and manage with suppliers, ensuring favorable terms, prices, and delivery schedules.

- Collaborate with quality teams to ensure supplier compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements.

- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including supplier insolvency, natural disasters, and regulatory changes.

- Team Management: Lead and develop a team of procurement and sourcing professionals, providing guidance, training, and performance management.

- Ensuring that all procured items meet the required quality standards and specifications.

- Preparing cost estimates and managing budgets.

Skills :

- Must have good knowledge of chemicals

- Strong negotiation and communication skills.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

- Strong leadership and team management skills.

- Must be familiarity with chemical industry trends, regulations, and standards