Broad Function
Manage the day-to-day functions of the Corporate Purchasing Department.
Principal Responsibilities
- Organise and manage office furniture and commodity contracting activity.
- Maintain cost reduction programmes on all purchasing activity.
- Communicate cost-savings philosophy to purchasing staff.
- Compile and analyse trends in prices and supply of materials and services.
- Evaluate existing suppliers and develop and select new suppliers.
- Select sources of supply.
- Control the disposition of obsolete inventory (furniture).
- Insure that materials, services are purchased at specified quality, lowest price, within required lead times, and consistent with client considerations.
- Review purchase orders for conformance to company policy and conformance to applicable contracts.
- Give work direction and assistance to purchasing staff.
- Supervise the follow-up and expediting of supplier deliveries.
- Train new buyers and assistants.
- Visit suppliers sites to investigate supplier’s ability to meet quality requirements, specifications, and delivery dates.
- Maintain consistent and accurate purchase, price, and stock records.
- Prepare bid lists, evaluate bids, place purchase orders, and negotiate contracts.
Supervisory and Budget Responsibility
- Directly responsible for supervising the Buyers positions.