Purchasing Assistant

STORAGEMART CORPORATION; Philippines; On-site; PHP 469,000 - 759,000; Full time

Job summary

STORAGEMART CORPORATION in the Philippines seeks a procurement professional to identify and source potential suppliers, interact with them daily, and maintain positive relationships to ensure reliable supply.

The role negotiates pricing and payment terms, verifies purchases against master lists, tracks orders, and authorizes payments while keeping accurate records. The candidate will attend industry trade shows and create purchase orders for processing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1-3 years in procurement or purchasing.
• Knowledge of contract management and negotiation; strong written and verbal communication; detail oriented and trustworthy.

Responsibilities

• Identify and source potential suppliers for goods and services.
• Interact with suppliers daily and maintain positive relationships.
• Negotiate pricing and payment terms to ensure best value.
• Verify purchases by comparing to a master list and suggest alternatives when appropriate.
• Monitor and track orders to ensure timely delivery and resolve issues with stakeholders.
• Authorize payments, maintain records of purchasing activity, and reconcile POs with invoices and inventories.
• Attend industry trade shows to stay current on trends and meet suppliers.
• Create purchase orders and submit them to suppliers for processing.
• Maintain procurement documentation and filing.

Skills

Supplier relationship management

Negotiation skills

Vendor selection

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Identify and source potential suppliers for goods and services needed by the company.
• Professionally interact with suppliers on a day to day basis and maintain positive relationships.
• Negotiating pricing and payment terms with suppliers to ensure best value for the company.
• Verifying purchases by comparing them to a master list and recommending alternatives for or irrelevant products.
• Monitor and track orders to ensure timely delivery and resolve any issue may arise. Includes communicating with the stakeholders to ensure that goods & services are delivered on time and full.
• Authorizing payment, maintaining accurate records of all purchasing activities and reconciling purchase orders with invoices or official receipts, and inventories of purchases.
• Attend industry trade shows to learn about and stay current on trends and to meet suppliers.
• Creating purchase orders and submitting them to suppliers for processing.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

1. Graduate of any bachelor’s degree.
2. 1-3 years of experience working in procurement, purchasing, and other related fields
3. Has knowledge in contract management & negotiation. strong written & verbal communication skills. highly detail oriented and trustworthy.