Purchasing Supervisor

Strategic Function:

• Lead ART meeting (Application Review Team) for New, Replacement and Discontinue RM;
• Carry out Category Management (alternative, better and cost-effective RM);
• Working together with Sales, QC, PD and CD team; Global Procurement Lead in Europe or USA; Inventory Management staff;
• Selecting suppliers, communicating regarding material availability, continuity, documentation and price negotiations;
• Develop sourcing strategy and supplier relationship management;
• Monitor delivery schedule and due date PO to ensure goods arrive on time, checking stock of raw materials through Stock Control and MRP and planning/making purchases;
• Informing about shortages of materials and working with the Team to find new suppliers and new/replacement raw materials;
• Follow up on delivery dates provided by suppliers, ensure there are no delays, update promised dates at System and coordinate with Logistic team;
• Follow up forecasts provided by Inventory Management and carry out contracts/purchases as needed;
• Informing Finance when significant price increases for key/strategic raw materials happen;
• Analysing data on purchasing/using materials, updating BSC, and analyzing vendor performance;
• Collaborate with the Global Purchase Manager about global raw material situation and prices;
• Conduct supplier evaluations once a year;
• Monitoring, playing an active role in implementation, and ensuring that processes in Purchasing are carried out in accordance with ISO 45001/K3, following up on violations related to K3 with the HR & Management Team committed by employees in the CD department;

Operational Function:

• Responsible for executing the ordering process using an MRP-driven ERP system. 
• Maintains verbal and written communication with suppliers.
• Independently signs orders within the prespecified specified limits. Seeks approval for orders beyond own mandate and delegates them to suppliers. 
• Ensures structured management of orders and other procurement documents. 
• Familiar with agreements with suppliers and can translate them into practical work, such as adjusting order quantities. 
• Persistent in obtaining information and answers to supplier inquiries. 
• Responsible for maintaining data on raw materials and suppliers in the ERP system and keeping re-order policies up-to-date. 
• Evaluates order recommendations from the ERP system and makes decisions regarding order volume.
• Independently handles the ordering of non-planning-driven raw materials. 
• Can correctly interpret data (such as re-order point, safety stock, and damping days) from the system and makes decisions on order size based on this information.
• Responsible for inventory management based preset kpi’s. Periodically discusses the inventory status of product groups with the manager and prepares for these discussions. 
• Ensures accurate input for production planning. 
• Serves as a point of contact for warehouse and production questions regarding raw material orders and delivery times. 
• Investigates and resolves incorrect invoices. 
• Works according to the established procedures and work instructions from the quality management system and contributes to keeping them up to date.
• Negotiate prices for specific raw materials, to be determent by central group 

Requirements: 

• Bachelor/Master degree from reputable university, preferably related with Chemical or Supply Chain Management;
• 3 or more years of progressively responsible in Purchasing or Procurement preferably in Chemicals;
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills with the ability to multitask and maintain by adapting to change;
• Good understanding of suppliers and the external competitive environment in Chemicals industry
• Project management, influencing skills, and leading negotiations;
• Basic understanding of International Trade – Duties, Taxes, and Finance (Costing & Pricing) is a plus;
• Fluent in written and oral English;
• Understand and be able to apply K3 rules and standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001;
• Honest, good interpersonal skill, results focused, collaborative, curious, act with a high sense of urgency.