Procurement Officer at May & Baker

Lagos

May & Baker

Company Info

Large organization

200 + Employees

May & Baker

May & Baker, Nigeria Plc was established on September 4, 1944 as Nigeria’s first pharmaceutical firm. It originated in England, the United Kingdom, in 1834, when three chemists created Grimwade, May & Pickett, a corporation that manufactured chemicals for medicinal items.

Title: Procurement Officer

Location: Lagos

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.

Deadline: Sep 8, 2023.

How to Apply: Interested candidates should send their CV  to [email protected]

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