Duties and Responsibilities

• Track orders and ensure timely delivery
• Sourcing materials, goods, products, and services and negotiating the best or most cost-effective contracts and deals.
• Conducting market research to keep abreast of emerging trends and business opportunities.
• Raise Purchase Orders in line with business policy.
• Ensure Purchase Orders are approved in line with business policy.
• Email the Purchase Order to the supplier (where the system does not support automatic emailing of the Purchase Order)
• Receipt Purchase Order based on an approved goods receipt note/delivery
• Establish sound relationships with suppliers, ensure lead times are met and expedite outstanding orders
• Drive continuous improvement across Purchasing process
• Maintain good inventory system to avoid stock out and stock variations.
• Provide update on requests filled out and ensure 100% compliance and adherence to Approved Supply Process.
• Ensure proper material package and segregation.
• Punctuality – timeliness to work on daily basis.
• Achieve 85% customer feedback score from the internal feedback software.
• Give feedback to operators on materials availability.

Qualifications and Experience

• B.Sc Degree or ND / HND in Accountancy, Logistics, Business Admin, Supply Chain & Procurement or relevant field.
• 2 – 5 years work experience.
• Proven work experience as a Purchasing Officer or similar role
• Good knowledge of vendor sourcing practices (researching, evaluating and liaising with vendors)
• Hands-on experience with purchasing software (e.g. sage)
• Understanding of supply chain procedures
• Solid analytical skills, with the ability to create financial reports and conduct cost analyses
• Negotiation skills
• Show of professional behavior in all dealings
• Excellent job ownership
• Brand loyalty
• Commitment to assigned task
• Demonstration of strong leadership skill.