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Nikolaos Loxas
Purchasing Manager
STAMATA
Summary
With over 20 years of experience in procurement and vendor management, I bring a proven track record of streamlining purchasing operations and ensuring compliance. Talented in leading projects, directing logistics and managing inventory needs. Dedicated to maintaining schedules and budgets while enhancing operational performance.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1995
1995
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Country Purchasing Manager
BROWN HOTELS
07.2019 - Current
- Led a team of 3 to streamline purchasing operations, reducing order fulfillment cycle times by 25%.
- Spearheaded negotiations with 100+ vendors to secure advantageous terms, generating cost savings of 18% annually.
- Launched a centralized procurement database, enhancing transparency and cutting processing time by 35%.
- Managed a portfolio of $5M in annual purchases, delivering consistent cost savings of 15% below budget.
- Coordinated with the accounting team to ensure accurate invoice coding for 400+ transactions per month, resulting in timely payments.
- Excellent leadership and team management skills, fostering a positive work environment, mentoring team members, and inspiring high performance to drive departmental success.
- Hands-on experience in leading a range of projects pertaining to both CAPEX and OPEX investments.
- Headed and delivered 10 procurement projects (preopening budget for newbuilding FF&E, OS&E) with the largest amounting to 1m€ budget, including resorts, city hotels, category 5-star, and 4-star.
Purchasing Manager
HARDY ENTERPRISES
09.2016 - 07.2019
- Controlling the purchase and supply of all procured items.
- Reviewing contracts and agreements to achieve best price and quality.
- Human resources management.
- Managing a team consist of 3 individuals.
- Maintaining strong and productive relationships with customers.
- Reduced the departmental operation cost by 30%.
Purchasing Manager
KAFOUROS MARINE SUPPLIES
01.2004 - 09.2016
- Purchasing vessels with materials.
- Search of materials, offer requests, analysis and assessment of offers, price negotiations based on the customers’ demands.
- Selection, order, purchase and monitoring of delivery time of goods, checking of quality and proper packing of items, organizing the loading and the final delivery of items in vessels or shipping companies.
- Filling and registering invoices and accounting documents.
- Organizing warehouse spaces.
- Maintaining suppliers archive.
- Conduction of business visits to potential customers for promoting the company products.
- Developing existing clientele and quest of new business.
- Research for the existence of substitutes or supplementary products.
- Reduced cost of purchased items by 5% annually each year.
- Achieved on time delivery for all purchased items at a 90% rate.
Education
GENERAL LYCEUM -
GENERAL LYCEUM OF KERATSINI
Skills
communicative
analytical thinking
Supplier relationship management
Purchase order management
Price negotiation
Supplier relations
Cost reduction
Contract negotiation
Vendor relationship management
Procurement process improvement
Quality assurance standards
Personal Information
- Citizenship: Hellenic
- Date of Birth: 08/17/78
- Place of Birth: Athens
Software
Timeline
Country Purchasing Manager
BROWN HOTELS
07.2019 - Current
Purchasing Manager
HARDY ENTERPRISES
09.2016 - 07.2019
Purchasing Manager
KAFOUROS MARINE SUPPLIES
01.2004 - 09.2016
GENERAL LYCEUM -
GENERAL LYCEUM OF KERATSINI