Procurement Officer Job at Simba Group

The Simba Group which started operations in 1988, is a conglomerate having a Pan-Nigeria presence and business interests in some other most dynamic sectors in the economy. The Group is a dominant player in the transportation, power products and IT-enabled service sectors which are critical to the sustained growth of the Nigerian Economy. The corporate vision of the Group is to provide innovative and quality products along with excellent aftersales service to our customers. The activities of the Group are guided by strong value systems built around Integrity, Innovation, Openness and Consistency.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Procurement Officer 
Job Location: Ikeja, Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop best-in-class suppliers.
• Preparing proposals, requesting quotes & negotiating purchase terms and conditions.
• Preparing and issuing purchase orders and agreements.
• Plan, track and manage orders to meet delivery requirements.
• Able to travel to meet vendors and suppliers as necessary
• Drive Productivity & manage Inflation.
• Closely monitor the fluctuations in international market and propose the strategy for procurement to HOD for efficient decision making
• Monitoring supplier performance and resolving issues and concerns.
• Drive cost savings by lowering the total cost of acquisition through effective negotiations, value analysis and process improvements
• Establish and maintain good supplier and internal customer relationships that foster an environment of collaboration and trust
• Coordinate with project team & suppliers to shorten ordering and supply lead-times to meet project delivery timelines.
• Preparation of comparison table, evaluation against their proposal and negotiation with vendor for timely delivery with required level of quality of material meeting the expectations / Technical Specifications
• Application to finance department for new vendor registration in the system as and when required.
• Ensure to follow the process of Purchase documentation and ensure to file the documents for Audit compliance.
• New supplier development for alternate materials / current supplies locally.
• Submission of documents to finance department for payment like, indent, PO and work completion certificate etc.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: careers@simba.com.ng using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.