Purchasing Manager

- Identifies training needs, develops formal training plans and conducts training sessions for purchasing staffs in coordination with other departments.
- Works with Superior on manpower planning and management needs
- Participates in negotiations for service contracts
- Identifies and develops reliable sources of supply
- Protects inventories from waste, spoilage and theft
- Works with Head of Departments to perform ad hoc cost benefit analysis on various projects.
- Maintain good relationship with suppliers/other third parties.
- Assist other department in finding better products/services with timely manner.
- Translates operating forecasts into material requirements plans and thereby determines standard stock and re-order levels with Department Heads and Management
- Identifies and organizes adequate storage for all perpetual inventory items and implements corporate policy, products and initiatives in order to maximize cost effectiveness
- Establishes adequate record keeping and issuance procedures
- Keeps abreast of the marketplace as to innovation and value
- Processes purchase requests from departments
- Obtains competitive quotations and bids
- Ensure physical stock take is conducted as scheduled
- Posts orders to inventory module and produces purchase order for receiver to match against goods received
- Place approved orders
- Establishes standard purchasing specifications
- Ensures products and resources are assigned to the appropriate department and billed accordingly
- Supervises the hotels print shop to ensure timely and economical production of printed material
- Ensures that market surveys are completed in coordination with the Executive Chef, F&B Manager and Accountant
- Other ad-hoc duties – unexpected moments when we have to pull together to get a task done
- May assist with other duties as assigned by management