Job Title: Procurement Officer
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
Job Overview: Our Client, running a chain of pharmacies across
the country is looking to recruit a Procurement Officer.
- Ensure the implementation of sound and
acceptable best practices in procurement practice and stores management.
- Ensure the organization obtains value for
money in every procurement done, besides adhering to quality standards set
by the organization
Specific Duties
- Strategically centralize purchasing activity across
the company & budget for the department
- Develop and manage all third party vendor
procurement agreements, purchasing and vendor contractual initiatives
- With existing vendors ensure contractual rates
are communicated where applicable, manage manufacturing efficiencies,
price negotiations, and request for purchasing
- Proactively resolve internal & external
customer related needs and offer proactive solutions
- Overall supervision of the stores operations
- Develop key production outsourcing initiatives
in the event outsourcing activities need to take place
- Aggressive cost management to forecast market
influences & in depth knowledge of key materials
- Develop a leadership pipeline for the team
- Develop and execute purchasing policies and
procedures to standardize purchasing activity
Skills, Abilities and Qualifications
- Excellent written and oral communication
skills
- Honesty, confidentiality and integrity
- Demonstrated high level of maturity and good
leadership skills
- Ability to work within strict deadlines
- Excellent organizational, planning and
analytical skills
- Ability to drive change
- A good team player
- Customer focused
- Attention to detail
- Leadership skills should be flexible in terms
of ideas concepts and working hours
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in purchasing and supplies
- Diploma in supplies and procurement
- Member of professional body
Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent Communication skills
- Management and Leadership skills
- Technical skills, Planning skills and
Analytical skills
Experience
- Should have 5 years experience in FMCG
environment
Salary: Kshs
100,000 gross
Deadline: 10/09/14
Applications:
Please send an up to date CV, stating
your current salary, accompanied by at least 3 referee telephone numbers/email
addresses to:
recruit@summitrecruitment-kenya.com
Summit Recruitment & Training.
Summit Recruitment & Training.
Blixen Court, Offices 1, 2 & 3,
Karen Road,
Karen, Nairobi.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please indicate in your email which
position you are interested in.
