Procurement Operations Analyst Job at First Bank of Nigeria Limited

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Procurement Operations Analyst

Job Identification: 1648
Job Location: Nigeria
Job Schedule: Full time

Duties & Responsibilities

• Drive compliance to the Bank’s Procurement Policy and Governance process for all Purchase Orders issued
• Establish and drive standardization of purchases in the procurement process bank wide.
• Proactively work with Category Management to implement the category related procurement activities for the financial year and periodically review the category spend.
• Collaborate with Category Management on contract negotiations with suppliers to issue Purchase Orders for category related items/services to ensure best value with regards to pricing and quality.
• Ensure that issuance of Purchase Orders is in accordance with internal controls, policies and procedures.
• Provide guidance for Procurement Operations Officers.
• Ensure proper Procurement Helpdesk Management.
• Assigning FBDI requests logged via SLA to Team members.
• Liaise with IT to provide resolutions on issues experienced with Purchase Orders issuance.
• Liaise and provide guidance to stakeholders to ensure prompt treatment of PO and payments within Bank’s TAT.