Purpose of the role: To deliver excellence in customer service by developing, holding teammates and vendors accountable, leading and executing purchasing strategies. Tracking and developing functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve on-time effectiveness. Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms. Ensures communication of all projects relating to purchasing back to their source daily.

Key Result Areas (KRAs):

1. Oversee Purchasing Processes
2. Education and Development
3. Productivity
4. Budget/Planning
5. Product Control

Staffing responsibility None

 Liaises with: Business managers, internal/external business providers and staff

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Oversee Purchasing Processes

• Continually measure performance and take appropriate action to maintain Amazing Magnet’s standards, through holding teammates and self-accountable.
• Continually verify the receiving of all product into the inventory management system.
• Ascertain that received meet purchasing qualification
• Follow through that all purchase orders are processed, manufactured and received on-time
• Responsible for the assurance of product quality and timeliness
• Ensure administrative and customer’s guidelines are followed for product manufacturing and development.
• Adhere to the established purchasing best practices
• Verify the correct packaging and shipping of materials.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

2. Product Control

• Continually work to find creative ways to motivate the staff to work harder.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by (but not limited to) attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies

3. Productivity

• Develop and manage a productivity improvement program.
• Utilize current technology to improve efficiencies.
• Increase productivity by removing time delay.
• Innovate new metrics to monitor productivity.
• Measure utilization and efficiency through activity sampling.

4. Budget/Planning

• Plan to verify what products will be needed and new opportunities will be generated in creating new opportunities with manufacturers
• Continuously forecast the needs of the business and develop strategies to achieve results.

5. Education and Development

• Learn all compliance with all relevant legislation, policies and procedures.
• Continues leadership development by reading a minimum of two business education books yearly and attending one educational opportunity