Procurement

• Maintaining relations with the suppliers
• Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to production requirements
• Receiving and handling confirmations
• Checking and modifying purchase orders according to changes in the production plan using Shortage List and Open Purchase Order List
• Tracking shipments and urging suppliers when needed
• Regular weekly stock checks to avoid overstock
• Minimizing obsolescence via weekly obsolete report checks
• Correspondence with freight forwarders and warehouses; organizing transportation when needed
• Dealing with claims and settling debit and credit issues
• Filing and recording all necessary documents
• Checking inventory of critical materials and coordinating with warehouse personnel to resolve discrepancies
• Handling purchasing data privacy
• Assuring active components meet production needs, on time, at agreed prices
• Reviewing requisitions and MRP output
• Conferring with vendors to obtain product information (price, availability, delivery schedule)
• Ordering, rescheduling and cancelling material based on requisitions and MRP output
• Maintaining procurement records (items purchased, costs, delivery, inventories), reports and metrics
• Managing suppliers to meet price, delivery and quality expectations and escalating when appropriate
• Approving invoices for payment
• Investigating inventory levels and monitoring material movement through production cycle
• Conducting quarterly supplier reviews

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