Procurement Manager at Recare

Job Description

• We are looking for highly skilled people with deep industry/consumer knowledge and experience to drive our mission to empower individuals to embrace their unique sense of style.
• The Procurement Manager will be responsible for leading the procurement team and managing procurement of quality products for the companies within budgets and ensure cost savings.

Responsibilities

• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Ensure continuous supply of required materials and communicate any supply problems whichmay pose a risk or impact the business.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers/vendors and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract
• Compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, project management principles, purchasing policies and procedures.
• Assess tenders and quotations from potential vendors/suppliers.
• Prepare purchase orders in line with final negotiations with selected suppliers and in line with organisational targets and requirements.
• Ensure 100% compliance to internal policies and processes.
• Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
• Assist internal and external customers by interpreting laws, policy, codes, and regulations pertaining to procurement.
• Work collaboratively and negotiate and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding supplies and initiatives and advise of impact of change on purchasing and production activities.
• Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact.
• Build, maintain and manage vendor/supplier relationships and ensure good communications.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of relevant services.
• Ensure that all purchases are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
• Undertake research on and evaluate existing and new suppliers.

Requirements

• B.S / HND (Accounting, Business Administration or relevant field)
• 10 years experience as inventory manager or similar position.
• Excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods.
• Working knowledge of inventory management software
• Ability to accurately track inventory and create reports.
• Relevant qualifications will be a plus.