* Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending;

* Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies;

* Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals;

* Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency;

* Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes;

* Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers;

* Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking;

* Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques;

* Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers;

* Determine quantity and timing of deliveries

* place and monitor material orders to suppliers, communicate and negotiate about prices, availability, delivery terms for new products etc.;

* Ensure the timely delivery of materials in accordance with production requirements (CTB), cost-effective and in accordance with the quality standards set at the segment level;

* Scout the components market for available stock to meet customer's immediate needs;

* Check the correctness of invoices and approve invoices based on placed orders;

* Analyze inventory and prepare risk reports for materials management;

* Track stocks/orders of materials to avoid excess; monitor suppliers performance;

* Address additional material and transport costs to customers;

* Responsible for the timely and accurate communication of Supply Chain related information to the customer and internal functions concerned;

* Gather quotations, examine bids, negotiate contracts, and make awards;

* Work closely with suppliers to achieve targets for on-time delivery, adherence to specifications, cost, and inventory including taking appropriate remedial action on problem situations;

* Work with engineering and SQA to draft and consolidate specifications;

* Reviews requisitions and MRP output.

* Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery.

* Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase.

* Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.

* Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.

* Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.

* Approves invoices for payment.

* Expedites delivery of goods to users.

* Analyse inventory levels. Prepares liability reports for excess and obsolete management.

* Gather quotations, examine bids, negotiate contracts and make awards.

* Plan, schedule and monitor the movement of materials through the production cycle.

* Interfaces with suppliers and customers to secure both delivery and the best market price.

* Makes tactical buying decisions.

* Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.