Purchasing Officer at Amber Residence Limited

Responsibilities

• Forecast procurement needs.
• Build and develop relationships with key reputable manufacturers/suppliers
• Secure (3 – 5) manufacturers for each product at varying costs and qualities
• Obtain best pricing terms with manufacturers/suppliers
• Obtain best credit facilities, terms of payments and profit margins with manufacturers/suppliers
• Perform a market survey on supplier’s prices and products every quarter.
• Review quotations; negotiate prices, delivery terms with manufacturers and suppliers.
• Prepare purchase requisitions, approve and issue purchase orders in accordance with company policy and negotiated terms and conditions.
• Maintain procurement files in orderly fashion and updated by the day.
• Provide price lists and product knowledge materials to Financial Controller from time to time.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable delivered goods with clients, manufacturers and transporters to determine cause of problems while taking corrective and preventive action immediately.
• Manage vendor relationships and assist in building effective partnerships with manufacturers/suppliers.
• Initiate and design department policies & procedures in developing and implementing purchasing strategies for products.
• Responsible for planning, developing and buying materials, parts, supplies and equipments in a timely and cost effective way, timely manner while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications.
• Develop and review purchase requests and ensure authorization as necessary to facilitate the timely purchase of the Residence supplies products.
• Maintaining minimum re-order levels before placing orders
• Gathering market, customer information and providing feedback on future buying trends.
• Checking quantities of goods displayed and those that are in stock.
• Any other duty as assigned by the Financial Controller.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualification: B.Sc or HND in any Social/Management related discipline
• Professional certification in CIPSMN (Charted Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria) will be an added advantage.

Required Experience:

• 4 - 6years experience.

Skills:

• Ability to detect risk areas
• Ability to meet the requirements of the workplace on time
• Ability to ensure that all documents are kept safe and in a retrievable manner
• Ability to relate professionally with members of staff
• Knowledge on ACCPAC I/T application would be an added advantage
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.