Purchasing Executive
dnata
Date: 2 days ago
Area: Changi, East
Contract type: Full time

Duties And Responsibilities
- Work with business stakeholders to procure products & services at the budgeted/target price point
- Negotiate the best deal for pricing and supply contracts
- Ensure that the products and supplies are fit for purpose
- Setup product SKU information into relevant systems to facilitate stakeholder purchase requisitions
- Ensure suppliers’ timely delivery of goods
- Manage complaints & problems arising from purchasing services and resolve them
- Create and maintain good relationships with vendors/suppliers
- Take on board product feedback from stakeholders and assist in its resolution
- Explore potential sources of supply and identify suitable substitutes or alternative sources of supply for urgent requests and future requirement
- Make professional decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Maintain records of purchases, pricing, and other important data
- Review and analyse vendors, supply, and price options
- Maintain and update list of suppliers and their qualifications, delivery times, and potential future development
- Work with team members and HOD Supply Chain to complete duties as needed
- Ensure compliance with all workplace safety, security, and health policies and procedure
- Have complete understanding of and adhere to dnata catering policies and procedures
- Provide a strategic, efficient and flexible procurement service which will deliver optimum value for money, cost savings and best quality of service
- Perform any ad-hoc duties as assigned by the reporting manager or department head
- Work as one team to a common goal across the business with stakeholders
- Excellent time management with the ability to prioritise high workload
- Effective communication and ability to articulate information
- Demonstrated experience in competitive tender processes
- Experience working in the airline and or catering industry preferred
- Ability to adapt, develop and maintain internal & external relationships
- Demonstrated understanding of Procure to Pay processes, policies and systems
- Ability to build rapport with team members across the company hierarchy
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft office suite with Outlook, Word and MS Teams
- Advanced Excel – build base data tables and use it to create pivot tables, graphs; utilize formulas
- Confident approach and ability to work with minimal supervision
- Experience working in the airline and/or catering industry preferred
- Experience working with SAP, Scanmarket, Suplari
- Basic PowerBi skills to use PowerBi to understand data and update views
- Demonstrated experience in RFx processes
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