• Initiate sourcing activities in North America, Central and Latin America, EMEA, Asia and the Philippines
• Conduct tenders, biddings, price & terms negotiations, vendor qualification, selection, and accreditation
• Build vendor relationship and manage their good standing, control vendor performance and agreed KPI, and by checking compliance to agreed stipulations during the order process
• Identify improvement opportunities and value adding activities with focus on improving turn-around time and increasing efficiency
• Participate and support the teams Process Improvement Projects together with identified POCs of different Functional Groups: Corporate, Shared Services, Operations and Operations Support Teams in support of the company or managements initiatives
• Ensure compliance of internal clients to the new process and makes use of measurement tools to determine effectiveness
• Initiate sourcing, bidding, negotiations, and vendor accreditation of newly developed suppliers who will supply products and services to the company
• Manage and control the procurement processing of assigned commodities and sites including payables to vendors
• Receive and acknowledge purchase requests, process purchase orders, contact vendors for quotations, follow up on outstanding purchase orders, check goods delivered, and issue items to requestors
• Identify and resolve potential purchasing problems; follow up to ensure timely and accurate product delivery
• Coordinate with other internal parties when in need of help regarding issuance during odd hours
• Constantly review policies to include best practices from other industries
• Comply with all the tests and audits that will be conducted by internal and external auditors
• Conduct continuous improvement diagnosis through regular review and compliance process audits
• Maintain files and records of materials, prices, inventories, and deliveries
  
  
  

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer or Engineering or equivalent related experience
• Three years experience in purchasing and commodity sourcing with five years preferred
• SAP other ERP systems knowledge/experience preferred
  

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