Head of Foreign Procurement

Main Tasks:

• Supplier relationship management through phone/e-mail/face to face and supplier review meetings
• Interacting with suppliers to obtain deal sheets/contracts and to ensure suppliers adherence to those deals
• Price negotiations to get the right price, right product for imported raw & packing materials and Interact with internal customers (Supply Planning, Marketing, R&D, Production, Quality) to understand issues and to coordinate product/packaging development including innovations and new product launches
• Identify, negotiate and deliver cost saving opportunities
• Suppliers evaluation & selection and following up the formalities with local authorities to import goods from the supplier
• Developing reliable main suppliers & a contingency plan
• Understanding supplier capacities and development plan to ensure consistent supplies
• Contract preparation and taking it to the last stage including the approval process
• Setting up supply & confidentiality contracts
• Attending supply review meetings and executing areas related to procurement
• Supporting projects related to innovation / saving programs
• Developing market knowledge and utilizing it in taking sourcing decisions
• Improving payment terms / working capital and other buying terms
• Working on eliminating excess fat (lead times, payment terms, stocks in pipeline etc.)
• Interacting with finance to resolve issues related to supplier payments
• Interacting with internal authorities and foreign suppliers to solve sourcing issues including sanctions
• Collecting information to submit required reports
• Handling order cycle from specs finalization, sample, placing order, arranging shipment, bank allocation, custom clearance, delivering the goods to WH, collecting documents and making the payments
• Managing the procurement and inbound logistics team

Requirements:

• University graduate
• Good level of English
• High personal and professional integrity
• Excellent negotiation, communication and relationship management skills
• Strong strategic influencing and persuasion skills
• Effectiveness in working in a multicultural and cross-functional environment
• Action oriented-proactive approach
• Open for self-development
• Strong analytical thinking
• Ability to lead tenders
• Ability to make market analysis and get valuable information for global market
• Work in a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
• Relevant working experience