Procurement Specialist - Central Africa

Experience: Graduate with 10-15 Years’ experience in Procurement & Supply Chain Management.

Job Purpose:

Procurement of Goods & Services as per the Client’s Requirement.

Primary Responsibilities:

1.    Leading the activities involved in Planning, Import & Procurement to meet the forecast needs to the delivery of the best quality goods in the most efficient manner.

2.    Establishing systems to train, motivate, attract, develop, engage, and retain talented individuals/subordinates and ensuring ethical standards are adhered to.

3.    Leading the collaboration of the Purchase function with the Technical/Production/User department to ensure quality products are available in the right quality and quantity at the right time.

4.    Sending enquiries/RFQ to Vendors to get the quotations & arrange technical evaluation from Technical, User & Procurement team.

5.    Review quote comparison, Final Negotiation, Approval & release order as per budget.

6.    Coordinate Logistic Team/Freight forwarder for Bivac code & custom clearance

7.    Inter Department Co-ordination.(e.g. Finance, Projects, Production & QC/QA)

8.    Identifying and developing the dedicated and alternate vendor source for achieving cost effective purchases of materials and reduction in delivery time.

9.    Establishing good working relationships with vendors through personal contacts, discussion and resolving issues if any are regarding pending payments etc.

10. Follow-up with the vendors for timely deliveries with proper documents/resources & resolutions of post material received/commissioning issues if any.

11. Order expediting, monitoring of procurement plan, open orders & indents. 

12. Developing & Maintaining of MIS, Approved vendor list (Global Tracking/Finance Planning) for end user & Management.

Secondary Responsibilities:

Coordination with our other International offices for various PR/RA/PO & queries solution, follow ups & expediting ordered items till receipt & completion of order.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

 To Train & supervise the subordinates to maintain the Procurement department in a systematic & well planned way with proper documentation & ethics.

Financial Responsibilities:

Keeping the tracks of the payments made and good receipt. Following up the payment as per purchase order/contract terms.

Internal/ External Clients:

Internal:

1.    Production/QC Team.

2.    Maintenance Team (Electrical, Instrumentation/Mechanical)

3.    SHE Team/General Office.

4.    Project Team

5.    Finance Team

6.    Logistic Team

7.    Store Team

External: Suppliers/Vendors, clearing agents, Inspection agencies and transporter.

Person Specification (Skills/Qualifications):
Graduate with 10-15 Years’ experience in Procurement & Supply Chain Management.

Send your updated resume dharmendra@karmaasolutions.com