Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
• Forecasting demand and executing purchasing plans with suppliers for promotional items. • Forecasting: Using data analysis and market trends to forecast demand for Skincare & Fragrance products. • Planning: Developing and implementing plans to ensure that supply meets demand, taking into account lead times and seasonal fluctuations. • Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers, warehouse, commercial, operation, and space planning department to ensure timely availability of products. • Ensuring optimal levels of stock turnover inventory and reducing stock holding days as well as slow moving articles at stores & warehouse to meet customer demand without overstocking.
● Conduct research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules, and quality. ● Liaise between suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and customers. ● Build and maintain good relationships with new and existing suppliers. ● Negotiate and agree contracts, monitoring contract management and the quality of service provided. ● Check invoices against source documents and correct any errors. ● Keep contract files and use them as reference for the future. ● Forecast price trends and their impact on future activities. ● Reconcile additional costs for inbound raw material logistics. ● Handle full spectrum of shipping documentation according to the Letter of Credit requirement and ensuring compliance in export regulation requirement. ● Handling EXW, FOB, and CFR shipment for export ● Liaise with forwarder for booking information for export shipment. ● Track shipment status from manufacturer factory until port of destination.
● Handling and managing books purchasing for 23 outlets in East Coast Malaysia. ● Generate monthly sales report for supplier. ● Generate monthly best-selling books report to determine which book is on demand. Make a deal and negotiation with supplier and Purchasing Executive for every purchase. ● Prepare purchase order to supplier if the stock of books is almost sold out. ● Make a plan or schedule when is the right time to purchase books for every outlet so the outlet store is not packed. Involve in purchasing and managing books stock for Pesta Buku Kelantan and Pesta Buku Online held by SMO Bookstores. ● Alert with current trending books so that SMO Bookstores can purchase the books from supplier and sell to targeted customer. ● Observed and make sure books were arranged neatly on the rack prepared. Monitor the delivery status and quantity books arrived closely for every outlet.
Alkhatiri Kofee Sdn. Bhd. (March 2019 – Jan 2020) Purchasing Assistant ● Survey product quality and price with trusted supplier and build a good relationship with supplier to get a good price. ● Compare the product price between suppliers before buying their goods. ● Prepare purchase order to supplier once agreed about the product details and specification. ● Make a plan or schedule when is the good time to buy the product so that, the product will always have stock to sell. ● Make sure the stocks are always in the right place and the store is always neat and tidy. ● Make sure the quality of the stocks is good as purchased by checking the expiration date. ● Monitor the delivery status closely and make sure the stock quantity arrive as per purchase order issued. ● Make schedule and plan to send the stocks to other outlet so that, the stocks are always ready to be sold. ● Make inventory and stock take at the end of months.