Sourcing & Procurement Assistant
• Oversaw the purchasing of products.• Administration of the purchasing and requisition system within the SAP system.• Handling budgets of $375K+• Developing bidder’s lists for each procurement to promote good competitive pricing, including commercial qualification review.• Negotiating major contracts agreement with local and international medical suppliers.• Maintained optimum stock levels, analyzing movement and ordering and buying appropriate products to ensure continuous inventory.• Identified and communicated with potential customers.• Organized and managed general administration tasks, team meetings and conferences.Key Accomplishments:• Managed record keeping, overseeing procurement process and contractual agreement documentation, successfully meeting all accountability and audit requirements and assisting manager in reconciling all sales and inventory records.• Negotiated prices and long term contracts with international accounts and vendors. • Achieved $600K in cost savings, utilizing new vision operation and technology strategies and improving procedures and systems.• Identified process improvement strategies to source key products at lowest possible prices and delivery costs.