Purchasing Assistant
Purchasing Assistant
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Job Description
Overall Purpose:
To assist Purchasing Manager in achieving sales and profit objectives through operational excellence and administrative efficiencies for new and developmental accounts. This may include some business-building functions as instructed.
Major Responsibilities and Deliverables:
Efficient Inventory and Financial Management
- Maintains optimum inventory level by keeping the right reorder point / days supply at all times and following ordering process guidelines strictly
- Fulfills expected Customer Service Level by working across the vendors as well as our own organization to streamline and strengthen the supply chain
- Ensures optimal use of purchasing budget by investing on accounts and SKUs with highest returns possible
- Maintains good credit standing by ensuring that all vendor unsettled balances either receivables from or payables to are settled at the appropriate time
Excellent Operational Administration
- Works across the vendors as well as our own organization to ensure the successful execution and implementation of activities (ex. promotions) standard operating processes (ex. Vendor Transaction Procedure) and other initiatives (ex. new projects)
- Provides relevant product and/or vendor information by ensuring the accuracy of information entered into and maintained by the system (ex. prices discounts rebates shelf life barcodes)
- Exhibits fiscal discipline by providing and maintaining accurate complete and timely documents / reports to facilitate Accounting procedures and ensures harmony of records with external parties
- Meets all prescribed operational efficiency standards by ensuring that returns (bad orders good stocks phased outs) are retrieved the soonest time possible
- Takes over managers administrative and operational functions as needed
- Provides excellent customer service by ensuring that internal and external customers requests / inquiries / concerns (within authorized parameters) are attended to promptly
Business Building Functions
- Does price check gathers and provides competitive data / information
- Arranges for and joins vendor meetings/events if needed
- Assists in preparing for pre-meets vendor meetings and post-meets
- Communicates and follows up with vendors as instructed
Qualifications:
- College graduate of any 4-year business course
- Ability to speak Chinese is an advantage
- Must be willing to work full-time in Binondo Manila
Employment Type
Full-Time
