I have a big experience in procurement of goods and services for more than 10 years. My top skills and strengths are as below:
- Sourcing equipments and materials and buy them at the best prices, best quality and best delivery time.
- Knowledgable and organized.
- Strong data analysis skills.
- Details oriented person.
- Logistics skill.
- Negotiation of offers with suppliers to make best deals.
- Good management of supply chain.
- Sense of urgency and prioritizing tasks.
- Judgement and decision making skill.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good supply chain thinker.
- Good command on contracts and orders.
- Shipping and receiving of goods skill.
I have been working as a buyer and a purchasing supervisor since 2010 in a telecommunication company and following were my duties:
Supervise the purchasing team and directs on the daily tasks workflow.
Assist and supervise the daily activities of the purchasing functions. Preparing reports for costs and market conditions.
Resolving issues with contracts and supplies. Assisting in the setting up of the annually procurement plan.
Liaising with finance department for timely payment of bills.
Organizing vendor database through classification of vendors on the basis of criteria like cost, quality, timely delivery etc.
Planning and budgeting of purchase functions, involving cost estimation, contract negotiations.
Training new staff on company's purchasing procedures and programs.
Carrying out local and international procurement transactions and supplies of items/ equipment.
Performing and coordinating the purchase activities of researching, identifying and evaluating vendors for pricing, quality, delivery time and payment facilities, issuing purchase orders to successful vendors, track deliveries, check goods to ensure compliance with PO specifications, invoice and packing list and recording all purchasing documents involved.
Inviting and allotting tenders.
Working with other departments staff to generate specifications for new products.
Developing alternative local sources for imported materials which helps in cost saving.
Implementing systems of inventory management avoiding out-of-stock or over-stocking or wastage.
Developing of new vendors.
I can do the following services:
- Sourcing materials and vendors and bring savings and unique offers.
- Find many suppliers for the same products and choose the best one.
- Improve quality of product by coordination between buyer and manufacturer.
- Negotiate orders with suppliers.
- Follow up delivery from seller location to delivery destination.
- I can manage supply chain to ensure suppliers deliver the right amount of product at the right time.
- Make POs using ERP Software or in MS office programs.
- Use contracts to ensure that suppliers and manufacturers meet specifications and requirements.
- Making cost and specifications analysis reports.
I like my job in procurement of goods
