Senior Procurement Executive

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing of food & non-food items for Central Kitchen
• Maintain relationships with suppliers while driving cost reduction initiatives.
• Partner with Production and QA to ensure product quality is within specification.
• Ensure product supply stability and availability.
• Participate in vendor performance review.
• Analyze inventory level and manage excess /obsolescence.
• Generate purchase orders and maintain filing system in accordance with procedures & policies.
• Conduct cost analysis and set up benchmarks for improvements.
• Participate in continuous improvement projects, highlighting operational, service and process gaps. Identify training needs.
• To keep himself/ herself updated on market trends and practices.
• Perform ad-hoc duties/ projects as assigned.

Requirements:

• Degree/Diploma in relevant fields
• Minimum 3 years of experience in sourcing experience in F&B industry
• Is a good team player
• Is meticulous, strong in process administration and has high integrity.
• Has a creative flair with ability to think out of the box for problem solving skills
• Committed to quality (including food safety and custom compliance) with strong customer focus.
• Strong with interpersonal & communication skills
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Must be effectively bilingual, both spoken and written Mandarin and English