Main responsibilities:Leading and supporting the purchasing and logistic team (8 people)Promoting continuous improvement of the team/dept/procedures (BPR)Developing proficuous partnership with key international suppliers, in particular APAC areaDealing with operational issues arising in the daily activitiesData analysis to define the most advantageous sourcing stategy Preparing reports measuring suppliers performancesMonitoring the stock level, undertaking possible corrective actionsManaging internal relationship with sales and technical dept Selecting and training new staff members

Main responsibilities:Stipulating contracts for raw materials (iron, brass, plastics), monitoring the relative market trendDefining new procurement strategies/opportunities Visiting suppliers to evaluate their performances and profitability, selecting new onesEnsuring on time deliveries while keeping a low stock valueRenegotiating price conditions, bonus, agreements, frameworksAnalyzing data to control costs, quantities, goods consumptionCooperating actively with technical dept (cost analysis of new projects) and production dept Coordinating a team of 5 people (purchasing dept), organizing priorities and fixing targetsSupervising the warehouse for the incoming good, introducing implementations

Main responsibilities:Defining all the purchasing needs of the company, collecting internal requisitions and sales forecast.Planning material orders, managing the stock level.Reviewing contracts for services and facilities according to the annual budget.Maintaining relationships with existing suppliers while sourcing and meeting new suitable suppliers.Negotiating prices, quantities and delivery time-scale with local and international suppliers.Identifying areas of potential cost reduction, introducing appropriate solutions and corrective actions.Producing reports and forecasts.Liaising with other departments, particularly the engineering, the sales and the accounting.Actively involved in intercompany workshops to implement procedures/forecasting/communication.Supervising a buyer.Directly reporting to the General Manager.

Main activities:Issuing requests for quote, selecting best supplier consistent with cost, quality and delivery requirements.Placing purchase orders against new incoming sales orders and controlling a re-order point.Interacting with the suppliers on a day to day basis, reviewing quantities and monitoring deliveries. Dealing with non supplied, under orders, over orders and damaged goods.Handling documentation for sea and air import.

Main activities:Preparing reports and powerpoint presentations.Maintaining relationships with the headquarter and the other intercompanies General Managers.Organizing and taking part to fairs, arranging external visits and meetings.Following all communication projects (mailing, leaflets, ads on media, press releases and website updating).Translating tecnical manuals from English to Italian.

Main activities:supporting the Purchasing Manager in all the activities related to the new hotel openings: meeting the designers, defining the budget, finding new suppliers and signing contracts with them. Make sure to respect the budget and the schedule.taking care of the needs of the exiting hotels (i.e. new furniture, excellent wine, maintenance components of all the equipments, requests for special events): gathering three quotations for each needed commodity, comparing them, choosing the best supplier, negotiating the price, placing the order and following it up.. daily contacts with “Domina Coral Bay”, the biggest resort, arranging transports of goods to themI worked mostly together with the Purchasing Manager or the Senior buyers. I learnt a lot.