Purchasing Manager

- Using appropriate strategies to purchase the institution's needs at reasonable prices
- Discovering suppliers, starting contracts, and forming business and organizational partnerships
- Negotiating with sellers to secure quality terms and reasonable prices
- Approving requests for goods and services needed from different departments
- Finalizing details for purchase orders and delivery
- Reviewing and testing existing contracts and ensuring contract renewal dates
- Following up on requirements and providing reports on purchases and needs
- Collaborating with different departments to ensure clarity of requirements and budgets
- Building and developing the procurement department and creating procurement plans and formulating policies and procedures
- Providing each department's raw material needs and establishing an appropriate budget
- Building and developing an annual plan for the necessary raw material needs
- Continuously searching for new suppliers of raw materials used in manufacturing or operations
- Building and developing strong relationships with suppliers and maintaining them
- Creating a periodic plan at the end of each year and updating policies and procedures
- Building various structures and models used in the procurement department
- Keeping files of internal and external purchase requests, quotations, and contracts
- Maintaining constant communication with the warehouse management regarding stock shortages and the capacity of storage and the stock turnover rate
- Preparing orders received from different departments and sending them to approved suppliers and following up until receipt
- Reviewing suppliers' offers and responding positively or negatively
- Following up on changes that occur in raw material prices periodically
- Contacting the requesting party for the goods and following up on the required materials at the right time and in the right way
Conditions and skills:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- Experience in procurement management of not less than 7 years