Procurement Assistant

· Analyze vendor proposals, negotiate and close contracts and provides recommendations to management.

· Ensure sourcing requirements are fully reflected in the purchase order and proper implementation of contracts.

· Practices Just In Time stock management and reduction in lead times.

· Develop and implement inventory strategy to support production requirements consistent with inventory guidelines.

· Purchases items that may require some assessment of quality and/or compatibility.

· Observe/identify purchasing possibilities.

· Reviews weekly output from internal customers such as Material Requirements Planning for requisitions.

· Maintains accurate master planning data in business systems.

· Participate in designing plans, systems, tracking mechanisms to help implement material requirements efficiently.

· Responsible for operational relations with relevant suppliers and administers ongoing supplier management programs.

· Make medium term forecast of cost price development.

· Attunes purchase orders with manufacturing.

· Advising Product Management and Supply Management in case of stagnation.

· Successfully troubleshoots most supply bottlenecks/ inventory delays independently. 

· Market scanning i.e. gain insight with regard to supplier markets, new market developments, etc.

· Market scanning, compare quotations, cost price analyses, negotiating, closing deals, supplier selection.

· Decide inventory strategy to ensure timely and adequate inventory flow.

· May recommend cost saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis, alternative sourcing and vendor evaluation criteria.

· Gets info from catalogues and personal contacts.

· Participates in coordinating activities with supply management colleagues

· Translate market developments and understand their impact on product flow, pricing and availability.