Assistant Procurement Manager at Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group

Duties & Responsibilities

• Formulation of procurement, inventory and vendor management policy.
• Perform all procurement activities including demand verification, initiation of RFQs, sourcing the market, vendor selection, LPO issuance, vendor post performance appraisal.
• Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms.
• Delegate tasks and supervise the work of the procurement assistants.
• Evaluate and enhance operations in local spend while researching and prospecting developments in the supply base.
• Perform cost analysis and set appropriate benchmark.
• Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs via last purchase price and discounts received.
• Supplier verification and performance evaluation.
• Maintain and update the supply base. Purchase of spares and consumables for WACOT and weekly update on same.
• Prepare and Maintain trackers for Open and Closed LPOs
• Prepare and maintain monthly procurement reports for WACOT.
• Manage workflow from initiation to completion (of both purchased orders and deliveries).