Purchasing Officer

Classic Fine Foods (S) Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food distribution seeks an individual for supplier and inventory management. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with import requirements, managing supplier negotiations, and optimizing inventory levels. This role requires effective communication with stakeholders and proficiency in customs documentation, aimed at improving operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in supplier management and customs operations is crucial.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to handle quality claims and pricing issues.
• Proficiency in inventory optimization and document control processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely orders and compliance with import requirements.
• Manage customs, shipment, and documentation for imports.
• Monitor and optimize inventory levels and supplier records.

Skills

Supplier negotiation

Customs management

Inventory management

Document control

Process improvement

Job description

• Ensure all orders are placed with the suppliers (air and sea) timely
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure orders imports comply to the import requirements of Singapore
• Actively negotiates supplier prices increases, claims (due to quality issues or other supplier errors) with support of sales team and any other cost increases for vendors engaged
• Handle customs, shipment, and import matters
• Monitor weekly ordering of perishables from all countries.
• Communicate changes of the shipment to relevant stakeholders promptly
• Ensure full document control for weekly sea shipments.
• Ensure customs documents are processed until the arrival of goods in the warehouse
• Handle all claims & follow up to get credit notes from suppliers promptly
• Proactively strategizes to improve efficiency and effectiveness of processes
• Source for alternative suppliers or products if non availability
• Manage the supplier database record pro-actively
• Responsible for Order forecasting accuracy
• Ensure inventory are kept at optimum level by recommending strategies and monitoring methods for effective inventory management.