Responsible for developing category and vendor sourcing strategies, drafting solicitations (RFP, RFI, RFQ, EOI), leading negotiations, monitoring vendor performance, optimizing company supplier spending, and helping Clean Earth and Procurement achieve its financial and operational targets.Assist the business manage inventory levels to maximize company resources, optimize assets, and decrease costs.Monitor and conduct audits to verify vendor performance and risk, contract terms compliance, and SLA adherence to ensure supplier meets operations and customer quality, compliance, and operational needs.Iteratively identify process and performance improvement opportunities and best practices to improve company operations.Manage portfolio of commercial contracts and vendor relationships.Drive total cost of ownership reduction, through joint process improvements with suppliers.Maintain day-to-day working knowledge of all contracts in progress, including field completion status, billings to-date and progress payments.Understand contract specifications and ensures they are met and maintains customers complete satisfaction.Maintains proper inventory of materials, equipment and other supplies are on hand to complete production activities.Makes recommendation regarding qualifying or disqualifying warranty work. Coordinates completion of warranty work per contract and/or instructions on General Manager.

Receives and reviews requisitions; applies appropriate procurement procedures; solicits telephone and written bids; develops specifications and issues purchase orders within approved limits. Accesses Purchasing System to process department requisitions and inquire into accounting and receiving systems to track status of purchase orders.Communicate with vendors to resolve discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices and/or problems involving delivery dates, delays, damages, shortages, incorrect merchandise, incomplete orders, non-deliveries, rejection status inquiries to satisfaction of involved parties.Review and request status inquiries from receiving and accounting.Review and amend PO's accordingly in reference to Match Exceptions, communicating changes to appropriate personnel.Contacts, advises, and/or assists personnel of own or other departments with respect to requisitions, delivery dates, sole justifications, specifications, substitutions, supply sources, etc., concerning any aspect of purchase orders originated by incumbent.Periodically supervise work groups for special projects as assigned.

Monitor, control, and replenish stock levels in depots, focus packs stock levels; proper issuing and distribution of the same to stores and routes, inventory stock takes.Track and report periodic KPIs (according to the red toolkit) and generate reports to improve effectiveness.Conducted market intelligence for competitor and supply market awareness to assess price compliance and customer responsiveness.Negotiated with distributors and retailers to secure the highest value for money and the most advantageous terms for the company.Conducted retailer and supplier/distributor appraisal and selection process for issuance of company assets and distributorship respectively.Effectively implemented sourcing strategies to identify the most profitable strategic locations, distributors, and retailers to initiate business partnerships.Develop and monitor the sales plan with the regional/area sales manager and determine how to achieve the sales target.Performed market risk analysis with the RSM and identified areas of improvement for operational efficiency.Conducted in-depth market analysis and participated in supply chain network mapping to enable efficiency and effectiveness in supply chain performance.Assisted the procurement department in the development and implementation of the supply chain/distribution plan. This enabled salesmen to achieve 100%route coverage leading to increased sales. Created a complete retail network for the distribution of Coca-Cola products in rural markets to ensure timely transportation of company products.