Procurement Officer at May & Baker

Responsibilities

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To ensure strategic sourcing and procurement of raw and packaging materials for production use, in a timely and cost-efficient manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensures prompt procurement of high quality raw and packaging materials for production use, in line with company’s procurement policies.
• Participates in the Sales and Operations Planning Process (S&OP) through relevant procurement reporting and summary of key supply constraints.
• Responsible for creating purchase orders for all direct materials (raw materials and packaging materials).
• Ensures purchase orders are executed promptly as required to foster effective delivery of purchased materials for uninterrupted operations.
• Conducts market research to gather information on current prices and price movements for critical inputs, and advise on pricing and buying strategies.
• Maintains optimum inventory stock levels by reducing material and cost wastages due to overstocking and expiration of materials.
• Assists the Procurement Manager in the bi-annual suppliers’ performance evaluation process.
• Prepares the monthly departmental risk report and share with concerned stakeholders.
• Establishes mutually beneficial, ethical and healthy relationships with key suppliers to achieve quality standards and improvements on a continuous basis.
• Prepares monthly report on procurement activities.
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the Procurement Manager

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

• Frequency of material stock-outs
• Purchase price variance
• Inventory holding
• Procurement cost reduction and avoidance
• Openness, transparency and efficiency of the procurement process

Qualifications

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE:

• Good knowledge of procurement practices and principles
• Analytical and Proactive
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Meticulous and detail-oriented
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with external and internal stakeholders
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, ERP – Microsoft Navision

QUALIFICATION:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• Membership of relevant Professional bodies.
• Minimum of 3 years cognate experience in similar role.