Our client, a leading energy provider driving innovation and sustainability, is seeking a dynamic Procurement Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in optimizing its supply chain, building strong supplier partnerships and ensuring the effective procurement of materials and services.
- Develops the procurement plan in accordance with company's plant business requirements and forecasted demands across all sourcing areas (Direct, Indirect and Services).
- Devises and refines the procurement strategy and is accountable for its proper implementation.
- Facilitates the timely and accurate execution of the procurement plan (from acquisition to receipt of goods and services) while maintaining the control of procurement budget and ensuring conformity with the Procurement Standards, as defined by respective policies and processes.
- Monitors Contract management, negotiates contract terms with vendors/ subcontractors, creates and tracks contracts between businesses and their suppliers or vendors and facilitates the resolution of claims and/ or complaints to ensure timely and cost-effective resolution.
- Maintains and strengthens the relationship with existing strategic vendors and continually examines the local and regional market for new vendors or subcontractors.
- Evaluate vendors and their respective proposals, ensuring their ability to meet company's plant needs and standards and to deliver the most efficient and cost-effective solutions in collaboration with the respective requesting business unit(s).
- Performs administration activities regarding procurement assignments (i.e., Purchase Order (PO) creation).
- Ensures that purchasing policies and processes are in place to meet business objectives, identifies gaps or any other emerging needs and proposes improvements.
- Contributes to the development of procurement related performance and reporting tools (periodical & ad-hoc) and upon the extraction and analysis of the respective data, provides insights and recommendations to Management.