Responsibilities:
Research potential vendors to Compare and evaluate offers.
Negotiate contract terms of agreement and pricing.
Maintain updated records of purchased products, delivery information and invoices.
Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Quality department, Material Planning and Customer Service teams to understand requirements.
Ensure all material requisition orders, regular sales orders, and transfer warehouse orders are fulfilled on a regular basis within defined time lines.
Assist, support, coordinate and provide back up to all the procurement requests and issues raised.
Review quality of purchased products.
Maintain and update Oracle systems and track completion of entries by counterparts.
Process pricing analysis and feedback to Procurement Manager, report fluctuations, and suggest viable solutions to counterparts.
Prepare reports on purchases, including cost analyses based on established documented processes.
Suggest solutions for process improvements and product cost savings.
Identify process bottlenecks and implement solutions in a timely manner.
Provide constructive feedback.
Build and maintain good relationships with vendors.
Guide to work with finance, sales, and manufacturing team to determine best vendors and distributors and improve cash flow for the company.
Process improvement suggestions and recommendations.
Coordinate for closing NCRs from Quality and study and summarize financial impacts.
Suggest lean inventory methods and effective ways to manage inventory through lean inventory management.
Understand and execute all Supply Chain activities such as stock take, physical inventory count, inventory accuracy in allocation and consumption, material demand, sales order entry, and purchase order entry if needed.
Manage, track, and execute shipments from suppliers and to customers /Track orders and ensure timely delivery.
Attend trade shows and exhibitions to stay up to date with industry trends.
Maximize Utilisation of Reporting tools in Oracle Fusion to bring in visibility to performance.
Participate in the sourcing and selection of Parts suppliers (e.g. shipping and custom clearance companies) to ensure the quality, quantity and type of supplier deliverables and services matches APC’s needs.
Conduct negotiations with Parts suppliers to ensure APC attains its requirements with best-fit prices, lead-times, and terms and conditions.
Communicate with internal and external parties (e.g. customs authorities and/or shipping agents) to verify customs requirements and negotiate shipping costs and times.
Address and resolve disputes with Parts suppliers without compromising the integrity of APC’s reputation, maintaining, and building mid to long-term relationships.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or business Administration.
Minimum 5 years of experience in Inventory Control and Management.
Previous Inventory Management experience is required.
Previous Supplier Relationship Management experience is required.
Previous Quality Control Processes and Programs knowledge and experience is required.
Previous Supply Chain Management or Logistics experience is preferred.
Alkhorayef Group was founded in 1957 by the late Abdullah Ibrahim Alkhorayef, who was quite ambitious and daring. By virtue of his dedication, the group made its name in Saudi Arabia’s agriculture sector. He soon represented reputable international producers of water pumps, agricultural, irrigation and well drilling equipment in the Kingdom.
In a short span of time, Alkhorayef Group has achieved excellence on agricultural market by representing and marketing the top of the line brands, combined with a variety of excellent services to its customers.
The Company diversified its activities and continued its progress in various fields such as machinery systems, oil, contracting as well as printing and paper. As it became necessary to pay particular and specialized attention to each field, the founding Company branched into several subsidiaries, each being independent in terms of management and resources, but all are unified under the established corporate code of ethics of the Alkhorayef Group.
Today the Group which enjoys a worldwide presence ,operates in more than 40 countries representing renowned quality products and manufacturers.