Develop and manage all purchasing policies, procedures, working instructions and change controls.
Enhance and improve the purchasing process to meet internal customer expectations (security of supply, multi-sourcing, cost reduction)
Set annual, quarter, monthly APIS' materials deliveries at the right time and best in class cost
Proactively manage all uncertainties and unforeseen issues may impact APIs materials availability
Set annual price agreement with key sources for key materials and categories
Manage Vendor relationships
Prepare list of suppliers of the company or the suppliers needed or expected to deal with them & update the list periodically
Prepare list of high-quality companies with best prices; follow up their development in the products related to company & their previous clients to be able to compare them with their equivalents in local or international markets
Responsible for the data integrity, quantities, pricing & products quality without any differences with the agreed supplies & participate in responsibility with the departments related to the technical approvals of supply requests in cases of noncompliance with rules & regulations requirements