Dedicated Procurement Manager with over 4+ years of experience in global sourcing, vendor management, and strategic procurement processes. Successfully negotiated 100+ contracts, leading to an overall 25% cost reduction for the company. Skilled in leveraging data-driven insights for decision-making and fostering long-term supplier relationships. Recognized for leading cross-functional teams and implementing innovative procurement solutions
Purchase and Planning
- Coordination with the sales head for the forecast
- Plan the key material as per the forecast
- Coordinate with the international supplier for the material
- Plan all the Local EBOM material as per the plan
- Monitoring inventory levels to ensure that materials are available to meet production requirements
- Production Planning as per the material availability and demand of sales team
- Handling overall purchase of the company
- Achieve cost savings through negotiation and utilization of volume discounts.
- Handing the costing, pricing and commercial
- Monitor and control purchasing budgets and ensure cost-effectiveness in all procurement activities.
- Ensure procured goods and services meet or exceed the company's quality standards.
- Collaborate with quality control teams to address and resolve issues related to procured items
- Introduce new vendors to the organization and final as per requirement
- Coordinate with logistics teams to ensure timely and efficient delivery of goods
- Manage and arrange documents for the logistics team for the custom clearance
- Monitor and control expenses to ensure alignment with the budgeted figures
- Regularly update and maintain all planning documentation
- Provide timely reports on planning progress, achievements, and challenges to senior management
- Create Purchase order
Vendor Management
- Identify potential international and local vendors based on business requirements
- Oversee the onboarding process, ensuring all relevant documents, contracts, and agreements are in place.
- Arrange regular meetings with the big suppliers
- Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with vendors
- Ensure that products or services procured from vendors meet the set quality standards.
- Manage database of all the vendors
Coordination with Factory Team
- Daily meeting with the factory coordinator
- As per plan, set the target for the production
- Visit the factory twice in one week
- Weekly meeting with the factory team
- Solve the issues of the factory
-Review factory cost monthly and make it effective
Team Management and Internal Coordination
- Handling 7 departments i.e Purchase & Planning, QA, Production, Warehouse, R&D, Project, Support
- By Weekly meeting with all the team leaders of the departments
- Solve the issues of all the departments
- Review and monitor performance and evaluate quarterly
- Ensure the team has access to the necessary resources, tools, and training to complete their tasks effectively
- Develop a positive and collaborative team environment.
- Address and resolve any conflicts or disputes promptly and constructively
- Facilitate open channels of communication within the team, ensuring clarity in task expectations and goals
- Make processes and implement in the team for better performance
- Team assessment
Coordination with Finance and HR team
- Coordinate with the finance team for payments of all the vendors
- Coordinate with the finance team for LC process
- Coordinate with the finance for many types of documents
- Coordinate with the HR for hiring for team
- Coordinate with HR on behalf of team members
ERP using : Oracle
-Handling major existing customer accounts
-Sales team coordination and handling the sales team
- Coordinating between operation team and sales team
- Coordinating with vendors
- Prepare Customer presentation
- Vendor Management
- Establish and maintain relationships with third-party service providers (e.g., carriers, warehousing companies).
- Collaborate with suppliers and transporters for smoother operations
- Negotiate with carriers for cost-effective shipping rates
- Implement strategies to reduce logistics costs while ensuring operational efficiency
- Evaluate and monitor vendor performance to ensure service quality.
- Pricing for PTL customer
-Handing all the quotations and agreements of PTL customers.
- Generate the Invoices of customers.
- Making the performance report of the operation and sales team and submit to high level management
ERP using : Own developed ERP
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