Purchasing Staff

Attractive Income (Review salary increase & annual bonus, 13 Monthly salary)
Insurance + Healthcare plan
Professional, dynamic working environment

**General and Task Management:
 Purchase local/imported goods, materials, packages in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets in time
 Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations
 Act as an interface among suppliers, forwarders, customs, buyers, and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities
 Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization
 Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers and import/export situation
 Consultation of the clients regarding insurances, duties and taxes, Monitoring of the shipments to ensure the compliance of regulations, Search for possibilities to reduce taxes, Maintenance of customer relations and participation in the organization's sales activities, Assessment of new marketing and sales opportunities as well as presentation of those estimations to the respective managements, Ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of imports and exports
 Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities
 Prepare reports and updates as and when required
 Work closely with others in the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements
 Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
 Prepare and raise purchase orders and order schedules and stock situations
 Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications
 Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
 Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures and law and ethics regulation during supplier negotiations and contracts award process.
 Conduct research for new food ingredients, packages, and suppliers
 Compile data relating to supplier performance to enable evaluation
 Assess and evaluate suppliers and contribute to performance reviews to ensure contract compliance
 Contact suppliers/forwarders to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoice issues
 Monitor and manage relevant documents about import/export/local purchases
 Arrange relevant payment about purchases with accounting department on time
 Manage relevant data in ERP about purchases including incoming, payment, sales, etc.

**Skills and Attributes:
 Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
 Keen attention to detail and accuracy
 Familiarity with an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
 Good English skills required, bilingual a plus

**Qualifications and Experience Levels:
 Minimum 6 months of working experience in procurement
 Previous experience of working in a procurement team preferably within an food or manufacturing environment
 An understanding of food processes and ingredients, packages would be advantageous
 Computer literate, with advanced Excel skills/abilities

13th Floor TNR Tower, 180-192 Nguyen Cong Tru Street, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh