Logistics & Purchasing Specialist
Job Description
- Manage logistics, warehouse, and goods transportation
- Direct, optimize,e and coordinate full order cycle.
- Keep track of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery times, transport costs and efficiency
- Arrange warehouse, catalog goods, plan routes, and process shipments
- Optimize operations plan to meet changing business needs.
- Identify and implement process improvements and cost optimization initiatives.
- Resolve any arising problems or complaints
- Supervise, coach, and train warehouse workforce
- Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.
- Create policies or procedures for logistics activities.
- Meet cost, productivity, accuracy, and timeliness targets
- Comply with laws, regulations,s and ISO requirements
- Negotiate transportation rates or services, to achieve purchase feasibility.
- Direct distribution center operation to ensure achievement of cost, productivity, accuracy, or timeliness objectives.
- Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or product transit or delivery procedures.
- Monitor product import or export processes to ensure compliance with regulatory or legal requirements.
- Issue logistics and planning status periodically reports.
- Verify local purchase requisitions by comparing items requested to the master list; clarifying unclear items; and recommending alternatives.
- Forward available inventory items by verifying stock; and scheduling delivery.
- Prepare local purchase orders by verifying specifications and price; obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute items; obtaining approval from requisitioning department.
- Obtain purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers; monitor and expedite orders.
- Verify receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered; resolve local and foreign shipments in error with suppliers.
- Authorize payment for purchases by forwarding receiving documentation to the Finance Department
- Keep information accessible by sorting and filing documents.
- Provide purchasing planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
- Perform other tasks as required.
Personal Skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
- Excellent leadership & people management skills
- Excellent analytical & problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial
- Ability to multi-task management simultaneously
- Excellent command of verbal and written English.
Technical Skills
Experience in contracting companies is mandatory.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering with a Specialization in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
Job Location Cairo, Egypt Job Role Purchasing and Procurement Years of Experience Min: 5 Max: 8
