Accountant-Procurement at Hausba Smarthomes Limited

JOB PURPOSE

An Accountant responsible for all International and local procurements; monitoring, analyzing, coordinating, and planning activities of procurement & logistics and suggest improvement to the process to increase effectiveness of its activities. 

SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Responsible for liaising with foreign suppliers and managing their data base.
• Monitoring, analyzing and optimizing progress of the procurement & logistics function.
• Conferring with heads of Project to ensure materials delivery (foreign and local) of project is progressing according to schedule and within budgetary guideline.
• Liaising with Project Office to fulfill all customer orders including back orders, inventory stock and service orders.
• Managing data base of all freight and forwarding vendors associated with each supplier.
• Responsible for negotiating and formulating the best pricing for all vendors – (contractors, agents, suppliers, sub-contractors, freight and forwarding agents, etc.)
• Optimizing delivery dates and payment terms of procurement material.
• Developing timely procurement, stock, operations and logistics reports for management review.
• Raising, processing and fulfilling purchase orders for international procurements
• Developing relationships with local and foreign vendors and searching for new sources of supply.
• Maintain a data base of at least three vendor per item for best deals.
• Controlling cost of purchasing.
• Perform Accounting Functions.
• Other duties may be assigned.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

• Strong Accounting skills
• Knowledge of procurement and logistics
• Strong ability to source and develop relationships with vendors
• Knowledge of instruments and material used in manufacturing and instillation 
• Knowledge of cost control
• Strong personal and supervisory time management skills
• Computer literacy: ability to learn new software applications, network and application development knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Team  Player

QUALIFICATION

• University degree in Accounting.
• At least 2 years’ experience working as an Accountant in charge of Procurement Officer for an IT Company.
• ICAN, ACCA Certification.
• Excellent proficiency with QuickBooks