Procurement Executive

**Job Title**:Procurement Executive

**Business Unit**:APM Terminals

**Division or Section**:Procurement

**Reports to**:Assistant Procurement Manager

**Location**:Bahrain

At APM Terminals, we are a team of over 20,000 employees spread across more than 60 countries united by a passion to provide our expertise in port operations and container management services. By providing the expertise and port infrastructure essential to world trade, we actively support the advancement of the societies around us, enabling local economies to unlock their potential and build an even stronger global community. Working with a team of talented professionals you will get a chance to experience different cultures and make friends all over the world.

You’ll find a culturally diverse, stimulating environment at any of our offices, terminals or depots. When you join APM Terminals, the world is your workplace. APM Terminals is an independent business unit within the Danish Maersk Group - a Global Fortune 500 company with about 89,000 employees and offices in 130 countries with global growth opportunities in a range of fields from shipping and energy to our offshore and manufacturing industries - Join us to achieve even your most ambitious career goals

**PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**:
This position coordinates the procurement and distribution of materials, parts, equipment and supplies. Maintains accurate and detailed records of all orders placed and transactions up to the receipt of goods. Compiles information and records to prepare purchase orders for procurement of material or equipment. Engage with supplier for long time agreement.

Sourcing, Purchasing & Receiving includes procurement operations roles that are accountable for obtaining goods and services required for indirect business operations (e.g. computers and software, consultancy/advisory services, office equipment, travel, maintenance, etc.), also flexible workforce resourcing procured by a Purchase Order (both Frontline and Office-based workforces). Responsibilities include: product/service sourcing, contract & bid procedures, supplier selection, pricing & terms negotiation, purchase order processing, contract administration, receiving of goods/services, and supplier performance management, as well as purchasing efficiency & streamlining optimizations. Excluded: procurement of physical assets used by our E2E Logistics & Services business, also office real estate acquisition and management.
Administrative stream includes those who primarily support others by performing skilled technical, administrative or operational tasks. Jobs may range from highly supervised entry-level workers, technicians, and administrative staff to experienced individual contributors with robust technical or practical knowledge in specific areas, who have an ability to execute specialized work to support operations.

A colleague at this level works on tasks of limited scope and complexity, exercises independent judgment within defined boundaries and guidelines and typically under supervision. The colleague has skills developed through job-related training and on-the-job experience within a specific job discipline.

Colleagues have knowledge of standardized work routines and methods, general facts and information but may need to escalate non-routine problems to a more experienced colleague or supervisor.

The job requires limited job and business knowledge at the time of hiring.

**PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES (IPE Factors: Impact & Innovation)**
- Responsible for Procurement of types of requests comes from entire company departments.
- Duty involves problem solving in supply chain, technical specifications clarification from end users and taking decisions in complex situations. To ensure that products and services procured are of Right quality, Right time, Right specifications, Right supplier. High focus and commitment are required to meet target dates and internal customers’ expectations
- Verifies the item and specification in the purchase requisition. Make sure the item is required and compare to pervious price/consumptions.
- Preparing request for quotation and send them to select vendors/suppliers.
- Contacts vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
- Estimates values according to knowledge of market price, checking previous item prices and quotations.
- Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase, bid, Frame agreement or E-procurement.
- Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance.
- Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with users, vendors and others to determine source of problem and take corrective action.
- Follow up and Expedites delivery of goods to users.
- Coordinates with storekeepers in the company, to ensure required items are delivered to them timely and accurately.
- Clears goods and items at arrival point in the country