leather raw materials purchasing manager
Code 1324.8.2.1
Leather raw materials purchasing managers plan and purchase supplies of hides, skins, wet-blue or crust in coordination with the production requirements. They negotiate processes and forecast the levels of demand for products to meet business needs and keep constant check on stock levels and quality to maximise business efficiency. They identify potential suppliers, visit existing suppliers, and develop business relationships with them.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- cost management
- physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
- physico-chemical properties of crust leather
- health and safety in the workplace
- quality control systems
Skills and competences
- adapt to changing situations
- purchase raw material supplies
- create solutions to problems
- execute working instructions
- manage supplies
- identify defects on raw hides
- identify with the company's goals
- seek innovation in current practices
- control trade commercial documentation
- monitor operations in the leather industry
- use communication techniques
Transversal competences
- liaise with colleagues
- control of expenses
- ejercer con los colegas un rol de liderazgo orientado a los objetivos
- manage environmental impact of operations
- manage staff
- think analytically
- manage quality of leather throughout the production process
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