Purchasing Manager (Chemical Distributor)

Monroe Consulting Group; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; On-site; IDR 200.000.000 - 300.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a seasoned Purchasing Manager for a leading chemical distributor in Jakarta, Indonesia. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in material purchasing, strong communication skills in both Bahasa and English, and a solid background in the chemical distribution sector. This role involves planning and overseeing purchasing activities, vendor management, and driving process improvements for operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' experience in material purchasing area and procurement.
• Strong background from chemical distributor.
• Experience handling import from China.

Responsibilities

• Report directly to the President Director.
• Plan, develop, and buy materials and parts needed.
• Oversee daily activities and vendor negotiations.

Skills

Data-interpretation skills

Analytic-thinking

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Negotiation skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Creativity

Education

Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Economic Management or Accountancy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Executive recruitment company Monroe Consulting Group Indonesia is recruiting on behalf of a leading Indonesian chemical distributor. As expansion continues, our client is seeking a professional with at least 10 years' experience in chemical distributor for the job of Purchasing Manager. The job is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Key job responsibilities include:

• Report directly to the President Director.
• Planning, developing, and buying materials, parts, supplies and equipment needed in a timely manner and cost effective while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications.
• Overseeing daily activities, responding to a range of inquiries regarding process and bid status, negotiation terms and conditions with vendors and or service providers and achieving department objectives and goals within budget.
• To administer bidding process and contracts for vendor performance/compliance within established limits for securing items and/or services within budget.
• Ensure compliance with a wide variety of purchasing policies and procedures, and / or monitoring purchasing processes.
• Serve as liaison with vendors for the purpose of monitoring and consolidation of orders for better management of expenses.
• Drive continuous improvement programs to achieve these goals and objectives.
• Design and drive process optimization to improve efficiency by studying and implementing cost reduction for both raw materials and package materials.
• Oversees required purchasing processes for acquiring necessary resources.
• Respond to inquiries from a variety of internal and external sources for providing information, direction and/or appropriate referrals.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor (S1) degree in Business Administration, Economic Management or Accountancy from well-known university.
• Strong background from chemical distributor
• Minimum 10 years' experience in material purchasing area and procurement
• Strong exposure in handling import from China
• Hands-on in custom clearance & sea freight
• Have a good leadership and initiative for innovation and unlimited creativity to always deliver fresh and exciting ideas.
• Must-have data-interpreting and analytic-thinking skills.
• Have strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Dynamic, aggressive, proactive, enterprising personality and always-strive-for-more attitudes.
• Good communication skill in both Bahasa and English.
• Excellent skills in computer & Microsoft Office.