* 14+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, purchasing, supply chain, and logistics coordination.
* Extensive experience sourcing products and suppliers from China using Alibaba, 1688, Made-in-China, and Global Sources.
* Skilled in supplier research, RFQs, quotation analysis, price negotiation, MOQ optimization, and vendor relationship management.
* Experienced in negotiating Incoterms (EXW, FOB, CIF) and payment terms including T/T and L/C to achieve cost savings.
* Strong background in sourcing construction materials, plumbing supplies, bathroom fixtures, industrial products, and other building materials.
* Experienced in coordinating quality control, product sampling, factory verification, and third-party inspections (SGS, QIMA, TUV).
* Knowledgeable in international shipping, sea freight, container logistics, import documentation, customs coordination, and shipment tracking.
* Proficient in purchase order management, inventory planning, parts sourcing, and ensuring timely procurement for operations.
* Able to source hard-to-find products through multiple suppliers and alternative sourcing channels while meeting tight deadlines.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proven ability to reduce procurement costs without compromising quality.
* Experienced working with ERP and procurement systems including NetSuite, Odoo, ERPNext, Fishbowl, Zoho, and Microsoft Excel.
* Detail-oriented professional with a strong focus on procurement accuracy, documentation, and supplier performance.
* Excellent communication skills with experience collaborating remotely with international suppliers, vendors, freight forwarders, and internal teams.
* Reliable, proactive, and capable of managing multiple sourcing projects independently in a fast-paced environment.
* Committed to delivering high-quality procurement solutions, maintaining supplier relationships, and supporting business growth through strategic purchasing.
* Microsoft Office Efficiency.
* Data Entry Keyers.
* Product researcher.
* Supplier contact .
* Supplier research .
*Procurement and Logistics
*Conducting research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality.
Plan and co-ordinate transportation of materials and manage the timely flow of customer orders
• Address problems with order flow or shipping delays and quality-control issues
• Managing the flow of orders requires strong reliance on monitoring and coordination of delivery pickup and/or drop off schedules both manually and with computer programs.
• Arranges transportation and forwarding services for all orders to ensure material is delivered as per schedule.
• Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
• Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary.
• Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.
• Contact suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
• Review requisition orders in order to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications
• Reviews planned orders, create requisitions for purchased items, and manage approval process.
• Transmits and prioritizes approved purchase orders and supporting documents to supplier.
• Tracks orders and confirms system lead times, delivery dates, and costs.
• Reviews, updates, and maintains purchase orders until they are closed.
• Ensures orders adhere to supplier agreements and contracts; reports nonconformance.
• Contributes to consolidation, reduction, and rationalization of the local supplier base.
• Getting goods and services for the best price and value
• Cutting any waste and unnecessary costs to create a streamlined process and fast production times
• Working with suppliers to ensure that key processes are running efficiently and cost-effectively
• Building strong working relationships both internally and with key suppliers
• Contract management and negotiation
• Understanding and keeping up with new trends and regulations in the business
• Dealing with international suppliers
• Creates shipping documentation including bills of lading, shipping labels, and export paperwork.
• Routes outgoing shipments through various freight forwarders and schedules transportation of shipments.
• Communicate accurate order/shipment / export details to Customer Service
• Maintains shipment files, issues reports, and responds to customer inquiries regarding the status of shipments.
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
• Prepares Shipping paperwork as well as completes shipping transactions in appropriate systems.
• Communicates status of Shipping/Receiving activities to appropriate personnel.
• Generate shipping output documents as required.
• Maintain knowledge of current international import/export regulatory requirements.
• Update applicable standard operating procedures as necessary.
• Participation in transportation-related project teams.
• Ability to effectively coordinate and negotiate shipments with carriers. Work closely with customer/ service and project managers to process, expedite, request or resolve shipping issues.
• Ensures compliance with all shipping requirements.
• Communicates vessel acceptance in the port.
• Maintain records of shipments, weights etc and redirect records to appropriate areas.
• Ability to effectively coordinate and negotiate shipments with carriers.
• Ability to generate delivery order in exchange of bill of lading.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Provide administrative support task to administration manager, colleagues.
• Controls agent’s activities like adjusting of cargo manifest.
• Monitors the offloading of import cargo and secures each consignment.
