Guangdong Imports & Exports – Purchasing Executive

Guangdong was established in 1987 and mainly deals with dried fruits, agricultural products, grain products, sauces, moon cake fillings and a wide variety of food products. We are a professional and experienced wholesaler and food supplier, supplying quality food to local retail shops and to the F&B industry.

Job description

• Responsible to carry out activities involved with procurement of goods from local vendors and manufacturers.
• Responsible for conferring with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule
• Selects products for purchase to ensure that inventory level is maintained sufficiently to meet demands
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price
• Prepares purchase orders
• Present to receive any orders, and verify that the correct items and amounts have been delivered
• Maintains procurement records such as new item listings, items purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance and inventories
• Arrange return of defective or unacceptable goods to vendors and issue Goods Return Note to process the return
• Administrative support to purchasing department
• Ad-hoc project or activities assigned

Job Specifications

• Professional Certificate/Nitec, Diploma, Advanced/Higher/Graduate Diploma
• 2 - 3 years of purchasing experience in similar industry (Food Services/ Food Manufacturing/ F&B)
• Strong product knowledge and sensitive to market trends
• Possess effective organisational and follow-up skills, problem solving and paying attention to detail
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Good interpersonal skills and able to interface with all levels, internally and externally, in a professional and responsive manner

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent