Location:
Lahore,Job Summary:
The Procurement Manager will specialize in implementing cost-effective purchases of all Non-Merchandise goods and services across a variety of departments and products/services.
Responsibilities:
Key Accountabilities:
- Collaborate with finance, business and other key stakeholders to help achieve/realize planned benefits
- Evaluate, review, validate and approve project charters in collaboration with finance
- Validate addressable spend of prospective projects
- Inform bi-monthly operating expense and capital expenditure forecasts based upon results of procurement activities
- Coordinate with finance and business in identifying and quantifying bottoms-up benefits opportunities based upon Procurement Roadmap
- Detailed review of spend data by type (e.g. Distribution, Professional Fees, etc.) and department (e.g. Advertising, IT, etc.) in support of keep Procurement Roadmap current and forward-looking
- Validate spend classification of non-merchandise spend through discussions with departmental finance partners
- Building and maintaining long-term relationships with vendors and suppliers.
- Performing risk assessments on potential contracts and agreements.
- Controlling the procurement budget and promoting a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.
- Within Contracts Tracker, update and revise various project attributes including status, timing of implementation and accounting treatment.
- Create procedures for collecting and reporting key metrics that will reduce overall expenses.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or accounting
- 5-7 years of experience in procurement or purchasing
Skills and Behaviors
- Strong understanding of procurement and in-depth knowledge of preparing and reviewing contracts and invoicing,
- Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Management and leadership skills.
- Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and work in a fast paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint).