Make sure that your organization sets the maintenance approach (Preventive, Conditions Based/Predictive, Proactive, and Reactive) to improve facility reliability, production performance, and maintenance processes.
More Uses of the MRO Procurement Solutions Toolkit:
- Ensure timely and accurate material data collection to enable accurate material forecasting to support on going repair activity.
- Drive downtime reduction efforts using root cause and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) that reduces cost and increases throughput.
- Develop, implement and improve strategic sourcing processes and tools.
- Approve part or material requisitions and initiates production and purchase change orders.
- Create relationships with suppliers, repair vendors and customers.
- Maintain daily inspection records and performs general maintenance or trouble shoot material handling and system equipment.
- Ensure you boost; lead the negotiation process and decisions about supplier selection with a team perspective.
- Establish clear and consistent site acceptance testing (SAT) criteria with Engineering for smoothly transition newly installed and upgraded equipment to site maintenance teams.
- Standardize: flexibility to effectively adjust to current procedures/processes and adapt quickly to new ones.
- Initiate ongoing material database enhancements and process improvements.
- Direct: conduct financial analysis on purchase opportunities, taking into account market conditions.
- Drive the necessary improvements that impact the productivity of spending categories.
- Develop and implement procurement strategies for key spending categories.
- Ensure proper inventory levels are maintained through proactive buying.
- Perform receiving functions for materials and literature directly delivered from the supplier to distribution stores.
- Administer/manage supplier contracts and continuous supplier performance.
- Perform asset evaluations and apply the most effective maintenance strategies.
- Develop sourcing strategies utilizing marketplace competition, user demand management, and vendor consolidation.
- Collaborate with the Procurement team on cost savings initiatives.
- Call on regular and prospective customers and vendors to solicit new business.
- Create active follow up communication with customers to ensure successful order conversion.
- Manage the complete supply chain process in supporting material requirements for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
- Develop: monitor the implementation of the strategy and the fulfillment of its contracts according to established goals.
- Evaluate performance across all wash centers and collaborate with site managers and maintenance teams on action plans.
- Standardize: site visit, audits, continuous improvement work sessions are expected.
- Develop: monitor and control the performance of its expenditure categories and the respective impact on the use of the framework contracts.
- Manage work with internal customers/vendors to support strategic sourcing initiatives.
- Identify material shortage requirements and initiates supply resolution.
- Negotiate vendor agreements and contracts in partnership with stakeholders and Legal.