Procurement Manager

at  SPRING VALLEY SHIPPING MANAGEMENT PTE LTD

6. QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong analytical, problem solving, time management, decision making and leadership skills
• Highly flexible, stress resistant and able to demonstrate conceptual thinking skills
• Demonstrates teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills
• Extensive knowledge and experience of project work must be process oriented
• Ability to respond positively to customers and external bodies in an effective manner
• Knowledge and experience in the health and safety and the marine industry
• Sound knowledge and experience with QHSE Management concepts
• Preferably knowledge and experience of ship operations
• Good inter-cultural skills and an understanding of Asian and Western business practices and protocol
• Good working understanding of commercial and contractual documents as they pertain to Sellers/Buyers issues

• Delegate contract management tasks as appropriate
• Develop procurement and logistic processes within company
• Setting the procurement strategy to conform to the overall ship management strategy
• Initiate and follow up on process improvements within the Procurement Team
• Pro-Actively contribute to Management Team
• Establish and maintain procurement market knowledge processes
• Maintain contact and actively participate in procurement consolidation
• Initiate and develop contract agreements with vendors and suppliers
• Implementing the procurement strategy at all levels of responsibility
• Initiate and follow up on improvement actions in line with the strategy
• Ensure spare part, consumable, and service contract management processes will come into place and will be improved continuously
• Ensure vendor management processes will come into place and will be improved continuously
• Delegate vendor management tasks as appropriate
• Delegate contract management tasks as appropriate
• Define, monitor, maintain, and if necessary modify required quality of delivered goods and services on board
• Respond to emergencies and potential emergencies as described in the Emergency Response procedures
• Issue standards, best practices and guidelines to the Procurement Department for action as appropriate
• Liaise between senior management and concerned staff in the department
• Participate in the Management Review of the Integrated Management System
• Support Fleet Management Teams on day-to-day and tactical strategic Procurement
• Monitor operational performance by reviewing KPI statistics, monthly reports
• Review Management Review conclusions and prepare corrective actions
• Verify Contract Performance
• Audit suppliers according to audit schedule
• Generate feedback on operational performance from Procurement Executives or Procurement Team
• Developing and Monitoring KPI’s in consultation with the Managing Director
• Provide corrective action proposals based on analysis of KPI results, deviation results and root cause analysis, Management Review results
• Provide status report to the Managing Director/CE