Re-invigorate/review/implement purchasing systems and lead a purchasing a team for local and overseas purchases

Systems
-Put in place ALL purchasing systems and policies in accordance to best practice and management requirement. Ensure 100% compliance

-ISO standards
-Ensure interdepartmental operations through systems and communication are put in place/enforced/operate to achieve efficient performance

Source
-Put in place company requirements
-Source in accordance to those requirements
-Source in accordance to supplier balance
-Price competitiveness
-Understand the quality/price balance per product (understand what you are buying)
-In accordance to stock holding and delivery timing requirements
-Ensure ongoing periodical factory review as required to identify strengths/opportunities/threats
-Review factories local and overseas as necessary or ensure the correct team member attends to provide feedback as needed.
– Document and file maintain

Audit
-Paper audit as part of the sourcing process
-Audit review suppliers to ensure suppliers are fit for purpose
-Ensure ongoing periodical audit as required to identify strengths/opportunities/threats

Testing
-Ensure testing are carried in accordance to company and customer requirement and are passed
-Ensure testing is up to date
-Ensure testing is understood with QC/R&D

QC
-Ensure QC review within factory or in company as required (in accordance to suppliers performance) with QC
-Put in place QC itinerary for factory reviews/audits/QC work as required
-Follow up with any NCR/CAR issues until closure
-Follow up with CN until closure

Procure
-Procurement balancing for new suppliers being brought in and existing
-In accordance to risk management of supply lines
-In accordance to price advantage and delivery advantage (playing to supplier strengths)
-Ensure order tracking and on time delivery; keeping information as ‘live’ as possible.
-Put in place JIT
-Put in place min stock
-Ensure stock rotation is occurring for stocked and procured items with stores
-Ensure timely purchasing

Maintain
-Maintain pricing files
-Operations systems

Report
-Monthly and quarterly reporting on purchasing – identifying best and worst performers along with issues of concern, opportunities and threats along with progress towards meeting the purchasing departments objectives
-Daily/Weekly to the planning/MRP department on deliveries

Corruption control
-Put in corruption control methods and maintain

Train team members
-Train all members of the purchasing team and any other necessary member on purchasing operations/systems etc
-Grade members on ability
-Hire & fire
-Responsible for quarterly team assessment

Any ad hoc task as and when given by your superior or the management from time to time.

Congratulations to the gentleman who has secured this position with his reputation as a non job hopper and the relevance of his work experience to the job! Thanks to all others who have applied for this position 🙂