Purchasing Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
• Manage bid process for architectural plans to subcontractors and vendors
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• Assess, manage and mitigate risks
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand
• Create budgets for upcoming projects
• Manage costs of existing projects
• Conducts all business in a professional and ethical manner to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; preferably in supply Chain Management, Logistics or Business Administration
• Five to eight years of related experience and/or training as Purchasing Manager, Agent or Officer
• Proven experience with sourcing, negotiation and vendor management
• Possess strong leadership skills and networking capabilities
• Ability to gather and analyze data
• Effective presentation and communication skills
• Strong business sense
• Proficiency with MS Office and email