JOB TITLE: Lead Procurement Head
JOB LOCATION: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
JOB DETAILS:
Procurement Duties
- Discover the most profitable suppliers and initiate business partnerships
- Negotiate with external vendors to secure the most advantageous terms for all products to be procured by the organisation
- Ensure approval of the ordering process of necessary goods and services in company
- Forecasting levels of demand for services and products to meet the business needs and keeping a constant check on stock levels;
- Conducting research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality;
- Liaising between suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and customers;
- Identifying potential suppliers, visiting existing suppliers, and building and maintaining good relationships with them;
- Negotiating and agreeing contracts and monitoring their progress, checking the quality of service provided;
- Processing payments and invoices;
- Verify all requisition needs with user departments before initiating procurement process
- Finalize details of orders and deliveries with user department and ensure same with the vendor
- Examine and re-evaluate existing contracts for value addition and cost reduction objective
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Collaborate with key persons to ensure the clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company
- Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients
- Anticipate unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies
- Perform risk management regarding supply contracts and agreements
- Control spend andbuild a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs
- Compliance to Dashboard / Fintrak Software usage.
- Identify and secure suitable vendors for the Group and manage relationship with the vendors
- Develop and Implement strategies, policies and Process documents / operating procedures for procurement.
- Compliance to documented Procurement Process documents
- Ensure accuracy of data and provide reports on the status of all procurement activities
- Other duties as assigned by the Lead, Admin, Procurement and Asset Management or MD
- Re-stocking of all store items within one week upon receipt of requisition from the store
- All memos received by procurement department shall be duly treated within 24 hours of receipt
- Onboarding of new vendors for spare parts shall be made within four weeks
- Level of projected integrity arising from relationship with vendors and perceived from line Manager
- Google sheet daily updating
- Total cost savings
- Quality of items delivered: % reduction in defects rate
- Timely delivery of products ordered
- Cost avoidance measure
- Number of stock outs reported
- Level of improvement in procurement systems
- Number of purchase request converted to accounting transactions
- Procurement turnaround time
- Level of conflict of interest
Qualification
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- B.Sc / HND in Mechanical Engineering
Minimum Experience:
- 7 years working experience in a Logistics is needed.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] Cc [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Deadline: September 30, 2021
Job Features
Job Category | Procurement Officer |