- Poultry experience is must
- Develops a purchasing strategy.
- Reviews and processes purchase orders.
- Manages other members of the purchasing team.
- Maintains records of goods ordered and received.
- Negotiates prices and contracts with suppliers.
- Builds and maintains relationships with vendors.
- Selects prospective vendors and negotiates contracts.
- Evaluates vendors based on quality, timeliness, and price.
- Schedules deliveries and ensures timely fulfillment of orders.
- Researches and evaluates vendors to compare pricing and services.
- Coordinates with fellow managers to monitor inventory and determine supply needs.
- Ensures quality of procured items and addresses problems when they arise.
- Keeps up with trends in procurement.
- Travels to vendor locations.
- Stays current with purchasing technology trends and oversees purchase and implementation, as necessary.
- Propose improvements to the current purchasing system that will improve vendor relationships and lower the cost of doing business
- Collaborate with inventory control and sales to develop metrics for gauging inventory level needs and then maintaining those levels throughout the year
- Take the lead in creating profitable ways to manage obsolete and slow-moving stock to help offset losses
- Manage the company’s day-to-day purchasing activities and ensure that all purchasing agents are meeting their personal performance standards
- Assist in developing more effective invoicing and collecting processes
- Bachelor’s Degree in POULTRY SCIENCE / LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or a related field (POULTRY EXPERIENCE IS PREFERRED)
- APICS or relevant certification preferred
- CRM software experience required
- 1+ years’ purchasing management experience
- Strong knowledge of supply chain management required
- Proven history of developing effective inventory management policies required
Should be comfortable in English ,Telugu and Hindi
