• Operating 10 millions USD annual importing activities• Managing the internal buying employees and all import activities as a purchasing manager• Collecting proposals and negotiating with forwarding agents for FOB shipments and organising supplier and forwarding agents• External purchasing and controlling of pro-forma invoices of related orders• Ensuring the ratification of all pro-forma invoices by the Director of Boards• Preparing the Letter of Credit draft and presenting… Show more • Operating 10 millions USD annual importing activities• Managing the internal buying employees and all import activities as a purchasing manager• Collecting proposals and negotiating with forwarding agents for FOB shipments and organising supplier and forwarding agents• External purchasing and controlling of pro-forma invoices of related orders• Ensuring the ratification of all pro-forma invoices by the Director of Boards• Preparing the Letter of Credit draft and presenting to supplier• Proceeding L/C adjustment according to the terms and conditions between Kigili and supplier, and opening the L/C• Being reported by suppliers about shipment details periodically • Following the dates of shipments and ensuring the shipments occur according to time schedule• Obtaining the full custom documents from the suppliers• Controlling of the custom documents with the custom broker and completing the necessary revisions on the documents• Co-operating with the custom broker during the procedures• Informing the suppliers about the custom legislation up to date• Planning the transfer of the goods from the custom to warehouse and informing the Product Planning Department• Final inspection of incoming goods and initiating the insurance procedure for the damaged goods• Archiving all importing and internal buyings data and documents and ensuring the archive process continues according to the standards• Providing the samples from the potential suppliers and negotiating activities in terms of price, payment and shipment• Supplier valuation periodically according to the ISO 9001 • Marketing research to find out new suppliers and visiting the international exhibitions especially in Europe and Far East, meeting with foreign suppliers• Before the exhibitions, contacting to suppliers and preparing the discussion subjects• Visiting the foreign suppliers abroad and reporting to the Director of the Boards Show less