Supply manager Qatar
• Select transportation routes to maximize economy by combining shipments or consolidating warehousing and distribution. Diagram supply chain models to help facilitate discussions with customers.
• Develop material costs forecasts or standard cost lists.
• Assess appropriate material handling equipment needs and staffing levels to load, unload, move, or store materials.
• Appraise vendor manufacturing ability through on-site visits and measurements.
• Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
• Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.
• Implement new or improved supply chain processes.
• Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement, to identify or qualify new suppliers.
• Develop or implement procedures or systems to evaluate or select suppliers.
• Analyze information about supplier performance or procurement program success.
• Document physical supply chain processes, such as workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities, or system flows.
• Design or implement plant warehousing strategies for production materials or finished products.
• Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
• Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
• Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste, or optimize customer service.
• Participate in the coordination of , product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material or production flow.
• Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, or receiving.