Purchase Manager

Key responsibilities:

• Identifying requirements for goods, materials and services.
• Identifying reliable suppliers.
• Price negotiations.
• Comparison of delivery terms.
• Establishing order quantities.
• Writing requests for bids and awarding supply contracts.
• Coordinating delivery with the warehouse against storage capacities.
• Product testing and quality control.
• Managing budgets and payments.
• The percentage of products delivered on time.
• The number of suppliers used and how much product they supply.
• Supplier availability.
• Lead times.
• Product defect rates.