eAspire Technolabs Inc. ยท 5 days ago
Procurement & Materials Manager
eAspire Technolabs Inc. is seeking a Procurement & Materials Manager responsible for overseeing purchasing and warehousing activities for the cement plant and terminals. The role involves leading strategic initiatives, managing inventory, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies while supporting plant operations.
Responsibilities
Responsible for cement plant and terminals purchasing and warehousing activities and processes, including but not limited to:
Initiate, develop, and negotiate goods and services agreements, and manage them accordingly
Ensure compliance to purchasing agreements, policies and procedures
Identify and lead process improvement opportunities for purchasing, contract management, supplier selection and sourcing of services, inventory parts and consumables, raw materials and fuels, carrier needs, amongst others
When appropriate, work with parent companies to identify competitive goods and services by obtaining supplier market information, and take advantage of existing agreements where possible
Apply competitive bid processes for procuring goods and services
Negotiate product supply and service agreements that best meet the needs of the operation in relation to price, quality, service and availability
Ensure competitive bidding and contract development activities are conducted in an ethical and legal manner
Develop and implement purchasing policies, processes and strategic plans where needed
Drive change and modernization of existing processes
Innovate at appropriate pace, establishing new and more efficient processes
Manage physical warehouse, cycle counts, flow of inventory parts, consumables and associated cost
Drive inventory reduction initiatives
Perform min/max analysis and recommendations
Develop and manage procurement and inventory management key performance indicators to drive improvements
Actively participate in annual budgeting process with deep understanding of maintenance cost, commodities need, parts and materials inventory management in line with long term strategy, capital plan and large projects
Work closely with the Finance group providing monthly accruals and cost projections
Oversee the management process of insurance requirements for contractors, in accordance with business policies, with support of Purchasing Agent
Support plant operations as needed
Any other duties as needed and assigned by plant management
Qualification
Required
University or College degree in technical, economic, financial or business field
Minimum five years of work experience in purchasing and contract management in a manufacturing/production and/or construction environment
Proficient in MS Office 2000 applications
Strong strategic thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills
Exceptional negotiation skills, organized, and experienced managing personnel
Excellent oral and written skills and the ability to establish trust, build relationships and work effectively at all levels of the organization
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple independent projects as assigned
Demonstrated drive, initiative, openness to change, flexibility, and adaptability
Preferred
CPM, APP, CPP or APIC professional accreditation
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Company
eAspire Technolabs Inc.
eAspire Technolabs: Innovating Tomorrow, Today eAspire Technolabs, popularly known as eAspire, is a turnkey software and business solution provider established over a decade ago.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase