Mandatory Requirement : The candidate must have worked in Hotels & Resorts in the Purchasing Department OR for companys' that supply Hotels & Resorts
Responsible for ensuring that Purchase Orders are raised and approved, goods and services are received and orders are receipted in a complete, accurate and timely manner. The Purchasing Officer is expected to liaise with suppliers across the business to align the purchasing process with sales objectives and overall business strategy.
Responsibilities & duties :
- Raise Purchase Orders in line with business rules
- Ensure Purchase Orders are approved in line with business rules
- Email the Purchase Order to the supplier (where the system does not support automatic emailing of the Purchase Order)
- Receipt Purchase Order based on an approved goods receipt note / delivery docket
- Request credit notes from suppliers and send to Accounts Payable for processing
- Establish sound relationships with suppliers, ensure lead times are met and expedite outstanding orders
- Reviewing, comparing, analyzing, and approving products and services to be purchased.
- Managing inventories and maintaining accurate purchase and pricing records.
- Maintaining and updating supplier information such as qualifications, delivery times, product ranges, etc.
- Maintaining good supplier relations and negotiating contracts.
- Researching and evaluating prospective suppliers.
- Preparing budgets, cost analyses, and reports.
- Drive continuous improvement across Purchasing process
- Visit markets and clients based on directions given and requirements
- Packing goods will be necessary time to time, to organize shipments properly