- Maintaining the purchasing policy and ensuring that all purchases adhere to it. An executive would set the policy as well.
- Choosing the suppliers that the company will deal with and maintaining the legal interaction with them.
- Managing any SLA’s (Service Level Agreements) that may be in place and managing any Master Agreements between the suppliers and the company.
- Staff recruitment, training and management.
- Liaison with other departments, particularly the accounting, manufacturing and stock departments.
- Budgeting, costing and cost saving after reviewing the management information available.
- Health and Safety, Quality and other legal requirements.
- Overseeing any large procurement that may happen.
