- Understand the strategic goals of the organization and how purchasing/supplier quality function will help achieve those goals.
- Plan, direct and control the supplier activities of the organization to maximize the quality and reliability of direct materials and indirect goods and services supplied.
- Accountable for managing the purchasing and supplier quality team including responsibility for leadership, motivation, training and development needs.
- Develop and maintain strategic & beneficial supplier relations especially on all key commodities.
- Establish and approve sources of raw material and finished product supplies, receive quotations and secure bids locally via a transparent competitive bidding process.
- Undertake the negotiation of purchase contracts.
- Competitive benchmark bidding of all commodities (direct and indirect materials/services) on a regular basis.
- Maintain a program to constantly investigate and review alternate sources of supply for all direct materials and indirect goods and services.
- Monitor, review and report monthly on the performance of the department and to KPI’s.
- Document with supporting evidence all purchasing/sourcing decisions.
- Source all new purchase products in accordance with business case provisions.
- Support production, engineering and other departments in bidding/tenure process for new and/or modifications to equipment.
- Maintain an annual supplier quality improvement program for year on year improvement and to meet corporate or internal quality targets.