Job Title: Senior Procurement Officer
Location: Ikorodu, Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Category: Technical
Job Summary
- Responsible for handling the company’s end-to-end sourcing of products and services essential for our operations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
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- Perform category management including strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract, performance and risk management.
- Take overall responsibility for the strategic sourcing management goals of the category and implement action items to ensure the goals are achieved.
- Responsible for the procurement of contracts including management of cost, schedule and performance parameters. Developing contract specifications, work statements and terms and conditions.
- Developing bid packages, conduct bidders conferences, analyse and evaluate proposals, negotiate subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes awards and manages resulting subcontracts.
- Maintain vendor database and report metrics to Supply Chain Management.
- Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost methods.
- Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply and utilize emerging opportunities.
- Managing supplier relationships, performing root cause analysis and resolutions, developing and monitoring supplier improvement plans.
- Develop and implement sourcing and supplier selection strategy domestically and internationally.
- Facilitate and monitor implementation of procurement change initiatives within category to improve business performance.
- Analyzing and calculating costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.
- Ensure team members update tracking portals weekly for provision of up to date information and guide management decision.
- Manage the supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending.
- Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques. Escalate risks where necessary for immediate mitigation.
- Establishing a strong network and fosters collaboration with customers, suppliers, key stakeholders and team members.
- Awareness, understanding and application of Quality & HSE policies on assigned jobs.
- Awareness, understanding and application departmental /process objectives.
- Awareness of your contribution to the effectiveness of the IMS, including the benefits of improved performance.
- Awareness of the risks of not conforming with the EGBIN IMS requirements.
Education and Work Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Logistics, Business Administration, Transportation, or Engineering.
- Post graduate qualification/or relevant qualification is desirable; membership of a recognized chartered organization relevant to the post is also desirable.
- Minimum of five to seven (5-7) years strategic sourcing experience.
Skills and Competencies:
- Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software
- Experience with contract manufacturing vendors
- Knowledge of terminologies related to supplier or vendor agreements
- Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement
- Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
- Solid judgement with ability to make good decisions
- Good attention to details
- Basic knowledge of regulatory norms on taxation, duties, import policies
- Time Management skills
- Good negotiation and bargaining skills.
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Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: May 12, 2023
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