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TITLE : PROCUREMENT ASSISTANT I (PUXI CAMPUS)
SCALE: PRC SALARY SCALEContract days: Full year contract with 15 days vacation leave
Position Summary:
The Procurement Assistant I (PAI) will be mainly responsible for coordinating local requests for special program purchase on music, art and PE. He/She will be assigned to identify most appropriate channels to get the right material a s well as exercise independent judgment in the resolution of sourcing, selection and order tracking while complying with school policy. The Procurement Assistant will support the Purchasing Manager in all responsibilities of the position. The Procurement Assistant will on a regular and continuous basis, exercise administrative judgment and assume responsibility for decisions, consequences, and results having impact on people, costs, and/or service within the functional area.
SUPERVISED, EVALUATED AND REPORTS TO:
Purchasing Manager
Qualifications:
? Bachelor’s Degree
? Experience in procurement or demonstrated strong business acumen skills
? Fluent in English and Mandarin, both spoken and written.
? Excellent communications and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with internal and external customers
? Organizational skills and ability to prioritize, a must.
? Ability to operate personal computer to access e-mail, electronic calendars, and other basic office support software, i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel
? Ability to operate various software applications, such as Access spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulates and/or format data and/or reports
PERFORMANCE Responsibilities:
? Identify qualified supplier for Art/Music/PE line of products
? Identify opportunities on requests that could be transferred from overseas to local purchasing
? Set up local purchase catalog on frequent purchased items for information sharing
? Complete purchasing process in the system while in compliance with School Policies and Purchasing Manual with files clearly documented
? Coordinate with other departments within the school to smoothen internal processes
? Communicate with faculty for changes, r
