Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies

2. Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships

3. Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms

4. Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services

5. Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries

6. Examine and test existing contracts

7. Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness

8. Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company

9. Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients

10. Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies

11. Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements

12. Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs

13. Compare proposals for price and specifications

14. Negotiate with vendors to reduce costs

15. Coordinate with vendors to ensure that the product arrives in a timely fashion

16. Build and maintain long-term relationships with critical suppliers

17. Manage technological systems that track the shipment, inventory and supply of materials

18. Ensure adherence to all safety, health, and environmental rules and regulations

Requirements and skills:

1. Proven working experience as a Procurement Manager or Procurement Officer in sourcing Staples

2. Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as a dexterity in - reading- the market

3. Negotiations and networking

4. Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers

5. Experience in collecting and analyzing data

6. Strong leadership capabilities

7. In-depth knowledge of contracts, invoicing, and negotiation terms

8. Willing to travel extensively

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