- Plans and implements office systems, layouts and equipment procurement.
- Locates suppliers by using sources such as catalogues, internet and interviewing them to gather information about products to be ordered.
- Establishes personal networks.
- Establishes equipment needs and orders quantities.
- Reviews supplying requisitions for authorization, confers with vendors, selects products and equipments by testing, observing or examining items and estimating values of market prices.
- Compares prices, specifications and delivery dates in order to determine the best bid among potential suppliers.
- Verifies specifications of purchase requests, prepares equipments requisitions, inputs purchase orders, bids and services requests.
- Accepts requests, contacts vendors and records contract billing.
- Prepares purchase orders and sends copies to suppliers and to department originating requests.
- Prepares, maintains and reviews purchasing files, reports and price lists.
- Discusses defective or unacceptable goods, services or equipments with users, determines source of trouble and resolves disputes.
- Responds to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes or cancellations.
- Receives materials requests from concerned departments and processes them.
- Reviews and analyses special reports, summarizes information and identifies trends.
- Ensures data entry for the assets and follows it up on the software.
Requirements
- BA in business administration
- Minimum 2 years of experience
- Knowledge of applied procurement procedures.
- Knowledge of market trends, pricing, availability, capacity, technology, supplier capability relative to the product or parts assigned, processes and material related to assigned product.
- Knowledge of business contract law including offers, acceptance, oral and written contracts.
- Skills in managing a portfolio of suppliers.
- Skills in developing sourcing strategy relative to the product.
- Negotiation skills.
- Persuasive skills.
- Ability to manage database packages.
- English, Arabic, French (is a plus)
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