Client Industry: Food Manufacturer

Location: Butterworth, Penang

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, guide and grow Purchasing team by developing purchasing strategies, sourcing reliable suppliers, and ensuring timely, cost-effective and quality supply of materials and services that support production and distribution activities.
• Develop and implement effective procurement strategies aligned with business and supply chain goals.
• Conduct Strategic sourcing and purchasing activities for direct and indirect materials in accordance with the company policies and procedures.
• Translate production and sales forecasts into purchasing plans to ensure material availability.
• Identify areas of improvement for both system and processes as well as establish best practices for purchasing.
• Support demand planning by monitoring supplier lead times and capacity.
• Accountable for timely supply of direct and indirect materials to prevent production line down and sales revenue shortfall.
• Maintain strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure reliability, quality, and responsiveness.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, and supply agreements to achieve optimal commercial value.
• Track and report purchasing KPIs, including cost variance, delivery performance, and supplier reliability.
• Collaborate closely with Production, QA, R&D, PPC, and Warehouse/Logistics teams to meet operational needs.
• Monitor PO coverage and its cancellation (ensure zero liability), keep inventory level for raw and packaging material at optimum level and eliminate write-off cost on material obsolescence.
• Launch RFQ for POS material from Commercial Team.
• Support NPD new request and sourcing activities.
• Preparing monthly management review reports.
• Review together with Assistant Purchasing Manager on the monthly commodity reports
• Plan and prepare department OPEX budget
• To take ownership and responsibility for food safety and its non-compliance challenges

Key Requirements:

• Minimum education of Diploma in any field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in purchasing as (Senior level or above)
• Must have experience managing subordinates
• Candidate must come from relevant industry (F&B/FMCG)