Manager - Purchasing

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Developing and implementing purchasing strategies
- Managing daily purchasing activities, supervising staff, and allocating tasks
- Managing supplier relations and negotiating contracts, prices, timelines, etc
- Maintaining the supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation.
- Coordinating with inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
- Strategic Procurement & Sourcing Planning develop and implement procurement and sourcing strategies to meet business objectives, ensuring alignment with company goals and policies.

- Supplier Identification & Qualification: Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers to ensure they meet quality, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
- Negotiation & Management: Negotiate and manage with suppliers, ensuring favorable terms, prices, and delivery schedules.
- Collaborate with quality teams to ensure supplier compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including supplier insolvency, natural disasters, and regulatory changes.
- Team Management: Lead and develop a team of procurement and sourcing professionals, providing guidance, training, and performance management.
- Ensuring that all procured items meet the required quality standards and specifications.
- Preparing cost estimates and managing budgets.
Skills :
- Must have good knowledge of chemicals
- Strong negotiation and communication skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Must be familiarity with chemical industry trends, regulations, and standards