Senior Supply Chain Officer at ReelFruit

Location: Yaba, Lagos

Job Purpose

• The senior supply chain officer is responsible for the year-round generation of purchase orders, follow ups, logistics planning, payments and management of commitments from all the company’s raw material supply networks (farmers, traders and aggregators) within and outside the country.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Forecast and budget raw material volumes and specifications
• Generate purchase orders for suppliers and accurately collate invoices for payment processing
• Procurement of all raw materials for the factory
• Monitor stock reorder levels to optimize reorder cycle
• Track all orders, purchases and delivery logistics
• Oversee all purchase and service contracts
• Purchase goods ensuring the optimum price / quality ratio on the market
• Ensure the implementation of supply procedure complies with company procedures
• Monitor supplies to meet delivery deadlines
• Ensure that all purchases are done following the financial plan, cash forecast / budgets
• Check the purchase dossier before sending for validation to ensure they comply with company procurement procedures
• Anticipate the supply activities related to projects and convey to purchaser on time
• Participate in project procurement plan of the company
• Provide technical support on supply chain management
• Support in managing and coordinating the Field agents and farm management activities
• Monitor team performance to upskill team where necessary
• Monitor suppliers’ performance
• Manage interdepartmental and external communications
• Manage supply chain database / dashboards efficiently
• Update purchase / supply records and generate real-time reports on weekly/monthly/quarterly/annually

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields with a minimum of 5 years experience.

Skills:
As the Senior Supply Chain Officer, you'll need to show:

• Strong communication skills
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Great attention to detail
• Strong negotiation skills
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Good organizational skills, effective time management, ability to meet deadlines, multi-task, and prioritize tasks
• Sound cultural awareness and ability to work multicultural and multiethnic environment
• Proven leadership skills
• Ability to deliver high quality work in short periods of time and to work under pressure