A Energy Company Purchasing Management Strategies Research

In recent years after 2008 economic crisis, with the sharp increase of competition, the importance of purchasing in reducing costs is understood by many enterprises, the development of supply chain management brings great changes of purchasing management, procurement management is the key content of the whole supply chain. Purchase’s purpose is no longer for storage but for projects’ orders. Purchase management is extended to external management from enterprise’s internal management. The relations of purchaser and suppliers are converted into strategic partners from traditional sell-purchase relations. Therefore, purchase management, as an very important part, will help modem enterprises to make strategic decisions and enhance the core competitiveness. More and more companies starts to pursue different ways to improve their companies’ procurement efficiency and competitiveness.A energy company is regarded as the object of the research, firstly, a through survey of A energy company is made to understand its current statuses of purchasing organization, purchasing process, purchasing strategy and supplier relationships and deeply analyze its root causes of problems. secondly, through the qualitative analysis, comparative analysis, in combination with quantitative and qualitative analysis methods, such main factors of procurement are analyzed and the conclusion is drawn: A Energy Company which needs to adapt themselves to the change of the purchasing management under supply chain management, can take the consideration of restructuring its current purchase organization, adopting multi-tier purchasing strategies reforming purchasing process, and redefining supplier relationship management in all directions. Relevant guarantee measures which will affect the successful exercise of optimization are put forward, finally the leverage function of procurement is achieved to reduce procurement costs and increase company core competiveness. A energy company’s thinking and exploration of procurement management under the system of supply chain management, will provide useful reference for other companies and industries.