Job Responsibilities:

• Developing sound, cost-effective strategies for the purchasing of materials used in the business.
• Maintain and retain relationship with suppliers, vendors, and clients.
• Manage different teams and oversee the whole department ensure overall smoothness of operations.
• Evaluating spending operations while seeking ways to improve and enhance the quality of products purchased and the timeliness of deliveries.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to understand raw material and packaging requirements and ensure consistent availability through to our suppliers.
• Communicating with management regularly regarding the efficient flow of goods and services affecting production.
• Conducting cost analyses and setting benchmarks for improvement.
• Developing risk management procedures to mitigate losses in the event of product shortages.
• Supervising a purchasing team and delegating tasks across departments when necessary.
• Analyse reports from the Purchasing dashboard to track, maintain, and to improve KPIs.