Materials Purchasing Manager

Job description / Role

1. JOB PURPOSE :
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- To lead the Purchasing of Materials, with best value, quality and services.
2. ACCOUNTABILITIES:
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- Manage the Purchase of materials and secure their supply in the right time within target cost, quantity and quality.
- Manage the Purchasing cycle from the time of placing the order till products arrival at port.
- Negotiate the best deal of cost, payment terms and services with suppliers.
- Identify & manage qualification of new suppliers.
- Develop suppliers reliability measures & track their performances.
- Develop and maintain good relationship/parternership with suppliers.
- Establish, deploy and track purchasing processes. Assure compliance with company policies on every commercial transaction.
- Assure compliance with company policies and country legal requirements on every commercial transaction.
- Ensure all purchasing documents are well processed, filed, maintained and accessible.
- Ensure all invoices are processed timely and paid to the suppliers as per agreed timing.
- Contribute to the company cost reduction program and inventory targets.
- Develop data base and benchmarking information of suppliers' cost & services.
- Manage products defects claims with suppliers.
- Coach Countries Purchasing resources on purchasing skills & processes.
- Contribute to building the organization capabilities by participating in recruiting, training, and implementing organization development and HR systems.

Requirements

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
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General Business Skills & Knowledge
• Well organised
• Has good understanding of the organizational structures within the Company to either perform required follow-up steps or provide follow up recommendations to others as needed.
• Has an excellent skill level in reading, writing and speaking English
• Able to "sell" to others

Customer Service skills
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• Has "Business Sense".
• Team player, able to fully contribute on a cross-functional team. Able to show the customer how value is added by Purchasing and make self an automatic member of such teams.
• Business needs oriented, focused on business needs and objectives.
• Has clear understanding of business and customer needs.
• Able to understand and to use customer's OGSM to influence work priorities, or sourcing strategy
• Develops/implements systemic improvement in meeting customer needs.

Computer skills and knowledge
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• Masters MS Office applications
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Communication skills interpersonal skills
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• Has and practice excellent listening and oral communication skills
• Uses assertive communications in teamwork settings and in meetings.
• Understands and knows how to deal with cultural diversity.
• Resolves conflict amongst team members and personally with other people.
• Has excellent problem solving skills
• Can give effective presentations for small and large groups.
• Understands cultural diversity in organizing and writing communications, and verbal communications.
• Can facilitate small and large groups.
• Has very strong reasoning skills
• Learn & apply new information quickly; Anticipate problems before they occur; Take a broad view; find meaningful connections; use logic and intuition to define problems/solutions
• Challenges when does not agree, able to say "NO" when appropriate
• Actively practices principles in giving and receiving feedback
• Actively participates in team meetings
• Is very perseverant.
• Practices active listening skills
• Has great ownership for self-development.
• Has ability to work well in a team.
• Regularly finds creative/innovative ways to overcome major obstacles; e.g. uncooperative/unresponsive suppliers, strong internal resistance to action, improved data collection analysis, etc.
• Able to deal with extremely difficult people in a constructive manner
• Practices principles in giving and receiving feedback

Project management skills
• Actively uses project management skills to set priorities and deliver results.
• Has good skill in action planning, excellent ability in determination of proper results measures and use them, excellent skill in setting up priorities for himself and for group.
• Has excellent time management skills
• Demonstrates ability to set sights on appropriate long term objectives, while managing the short-term situation and, if necessary, passing up short-term advantages that conflict with the long-term goals.
• Can articulate responsibilities of their respective role in team and the module.
• Can find opportunities

About the Company

Al-Fozan Group started out as a single company, Al-Fozan Building Materials, committed to equalizing this supply and demand imbalance. Visionary management and total dedication to quality and customer satisfaction saw the company grow exponentially in size, reputation and product lines.

Firmly established as one of Saudi Arabias leading companies, Al-Forans founders embarked on an ambitious diversification initiative. In 1983, Al-Foran Electrical Materials was formed. After a brief period of consolidating its amrket position, the parent company took its diversification a step further, and in 1991 Al-Fozan Wook Industries came into being. This was followed up by Al-Fozan Architectural Hardware in 19930 and ARC Engineering Consultants in 1994. Keeping pace with market developments, 1996 saw Al-Fozan Steel Industries and Building & Construction Company start operations. In 1999 the Group established Arnon Plastic Industries and in 2001 United Transformers Electric Company (Utec) followed by United Electronics (eXtra) and Projects & Supplies in 2002.

In order to increase diversification of revenue streams, the Group also holds an enquity stake in several affiliate ventures ranging from banks and petrochemical companies, to recycling and consumer retail operations.