Purchasing Officer at Lorache Consulting Limited

Responsibilities

• Forecast levels of demand for services and products;
• Keep a constant check on stock levels;
• Conduct research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality;
• Liaise between suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and customers;
• Negotiate and agree contracts, monitoring the quality of service provided;
• Process payments and invoices;
• Keep contract files and use them as reference for the future;
• Forecast price trends and their impact on future activities;
• Give presentations about market analysis and possible growth;
• Develop a purchasing strategy;
• Negotiate and agree contracts, monitoring the quality of service provided;
• Process payments and invoices;
• Keep contract files and use them as reference for the future;
• Forecast price trends and their impact on future activities;
• Give presentations about market analysis and possible growth;
• Develop a purchasing strategy
• Maintain strong working relationships with our vendors
• Review purchasing agreements with vendors and maintain open lines of communications with those vendors
• Develop an active process for measuring supply inventory and determining purchasing needs based on quarterly and annual numbers
• Stay up to date with industry trends and establish long-term purchasing arrangements with vendors when it is beneficial to the company
• Compare product deliveries with issued purchase orders and contact vendors when there are discrepancies

Essential Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 1-3 years from an FMCG Sector

Skills Required:

• Excellent multi-tasking, solid execution, project management and prioritization skills
• Strong written & oral communication skills
• Self-motivated, self-starter who is willing to take initiative, ownership & accountability
• Strong analytical skills and fact based orientation in decision making.
• Creative problem solving ability to business problems in complex matrix organization structure
• Sound business judgment; ability to anticipate issues and resolve them
• Strong proficiency on Micro soft Excel package
• Strong written & oral communication skills
• Excellent multi-tasking, solid execution, project management and prioritization skills