We are seeking to hire an experienced Head of Procurement to oversee all Procurement functions for our client.
Job Title: Head of Procurement
Salary: Attractive
Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s/HND Degree
Experience: 10 years
Location: Port Harcourt
Core Responsibilities:
- Purchase goods materials components or services in line with specified cost quality and delivery targets.
- Ensure continuous supply of required materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact the business.
- Negotiate contracts improve prices and terms of business with suppliers/vendors and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
- Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
- Ensure compliance to company guidelines project management principles purchasing policies and procedures.
- Assess tenders and quotations from potential vendors/suppliers.
- Prepare purchase orders in line with final negotiations with selected suppliers and in line with organisational targets and requirements.
- Ensure 100% compliance to internal policies and processes.
- Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency add value aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
- Assist internal and external customers by interpreting laws policy codes and regulations pertaining to procurement.
- Work collaboratively and negotiate and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding supplies and initiatives and advise of impact of change on purchasing and production activities.
- Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact.
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years procurement experience in a Manufacturing or retail environment.
- Handson experience with indirect materials and procurement for construction projects.
- Experience in Logistics Expenditures.
- Strategic Sourcing Capability
- Procurement Process Improvement.
- Planning and Organization
- Vendor Management
- Excellent Negotiation Skills