Procurement Operations Role - Coffee Trading Business

Procurement Operations-Coffee Trading

Requirements and skills:

- Proven working experience as a Procurement Manager, Head of Procurement, Branch operation for leading Coffee export trading house.

- Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as a dexterity in "reading" the market

- Talent in negotiations and networking

- Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers

- Experience in collecting and analysing data

- Strong leadership capabilities

Devise and use effective sourcing strategies:

- Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships

- Approve the ordering of necessary raw material

- Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries

- Examine and test existing contracts

- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness

- Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company

- Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients

- Expect unfavourable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies

- Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements

- Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs