Procurement and Logistics Specialist

Job Summary

We are looking to hire a suitable candidate to fill this position.

• Minimum Qualification:HND
• Experience Level:Mid level
• Experience Length:3 years

Job Description/Requirements

Responsibilities:

• Competently generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies.
• Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals.
• Enhance sourcing procedures to attain efficiency
• Accomplish cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.
• Direct the development of supply and negotiation strategies for Nigeria
• Lead all commodity team projects and approves all supply contracts.
• Efficiently develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Formulate bid awards requiring board approval.
• Monitor the process for continuously developing and buying materials, parts, supplies, and equipment in a timely and cost-effective way
• Liaise with the accounts payable team to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices.
• Assertively mentor, and train procurement teams across the regions by conducting performance coaching and reviews and facilitating relevant training.
• Persuasively verify and contribute to continuous improvement against the contracting process's key performance indicators.
• Promote best practices in contract management and professional management
• Successfully developed a reliable and strong vendor database for all categories of Raybond operational demands in Nigeria
• Ensures reliability of supply, cost-effectiveness, and quality assurance.
• Achieved globalization of sourcing, low-cost country sourcing, and consolidation of demand.
• Achieve operational cost reduction through contract and agreement reviews, price and market reviews, specification reviews, in-sourcing, outsourcing, and strategic benchmarking.
• Successfully set up the ERP system to enhance effective operational efficiency.
• Sourcing and rate negotiation of material locally and worldwide with proper incoterms, delivery time, quality, and cost.
• Traveling to the customer's location to talk about our product range.
• Demonstrating the technical features and benefits of our products.
• Advising customers on technology upgrades and related products.
• Composing tender documents and customer proposals.
• Generating purchase orders and sales receipts.
• Maintaining strong customer relations.
• Preparing and sending quotes and proposals.
• Managing the sales process through specific software programs.
• Building and maintaining a CRM database.
• Meeting daily, weekly, and monthly sales targets.
• Participating in sales team meetings.
• Procuring new clients through direct contact, word-of-mouth, and collaboration with the marketing department.

Requirements:

• 3 - 5 years of working experience.
• Minimum academic qualification of HND/BSC in a related field.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
• Ability to analyze problems and strategize for better solutions
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Goal-oriented, organized team player
• Ability to analyze problems and pay attention to details.
• Great analytical skills and problem-solving.
• Leadership skills.

Location: Lagos

Remuneration: NGN 150,000 - 250,000