Passionate Customer-centric Company
We are a passionate customer-centric company united by a singular objective to safely guarantee 100% planned fleet uptime to our clients. We consistently champion indigenous strategic participation in the Nigerian oil and gas industry by using indigenous talents and well-manned, state-of-the-art assets to deliver excellent world-class services. We seek to place Nigeria on the global maritime map by creating a dominant, home-grown world class company founded on excellence. We are searching for highly motivated and talented Nigerian talent to join ourteam. If you are that one, please apply.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Procurement Advisor
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Position Description
- The Procurement Advisor sources for equipment, materials, supplies, capital goods, and services at best quality and best price.
Key Responsibilities
Requisitions and Procurement
- Source high quality products and services that meet quality requirements at best price within timelines.
- Design a system that ensures that requisitions are correctly specified to eliminate errors in specification.
- Ensure order quantities are in consonance with PO terms, while jointly verifying quality with the user department.
- Follow procurement procedures to ensure that all purchasing activities are in line with approved processes.
- Maintain accurate records of purchases and pricing and update procurement tracker accordingly.
- Ensure the proper execution of all procurement processes.
- Optimize procurement expenditures to save cost wherever possible and track procurement savings.
Vendor Management:
- Perform Vendor qualification and selection based on approved criteria.
- Review and analyse all vendors/suppliers, supply, and price options.
- Align all vendors to company’s approved payment plan.
- Conduct periodic market surveys to obtain market price of products for guiding vendor pricing negotiations.
- Identify vendor cost drivers and leverage this to drive down cost of purchases.
- Maintain and update list of suppliers and their qualifications, delivery times, and potential future development.
- Monitor reviews and evaluate the performance of suppliers bi-annually.
- Constantly liaise with vendors on delivery time and budget.
- Follow up with accounts to ensure that vendors are paid as when due
- Maintain strong supplier networks to secure the best service for the organization
- Contract Negotiation and Monitoring
- Manage and monitor contract SLAs and KPIs of suppliers.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to determine procurement needs, quality, and delivery requirements.
- Supervise and ensure contract performance, including delivery, receipt, warranty, damages and insurance of goods.
Finance and Budgeting:
- Collaborates with other departments to maximise budget and fund other initiatives by saving money on goods and services ordered.
- Work with other departments to increase growth revenue by maximising profitability, improving margins, increasing cashflow and reducing cost-of-capital.
- Participate in budget planning and review meetings.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned.
QHSE:
- He/She will support occupational health and safety in the workplace.
Key Performance Indicators
- Time to fill – lead time between requisition receipt and supply.
- Quality management- Number of requisitions that were rejected for quality issues
- Optimization of PO cycle time- 100% accurately treated requisitions
- Accuracy of procurement tracker- zero error margin
- Vendor performance evaluations- 4 vendors each in each product criteria by December 31st
- Number of failed product /service delivery- zero margin
- Cost saving initiatives- at least 3% cost savings on total procured value annually
- Vendor Audits- at least 4 per annum.
Qualifications & Experience
- First Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Finance or Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistical Analysis. A professional designation related to supply chain is considered an asset.
- Five (5) years previous experience as a Procurement Officer or relative Position.
- A Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).
- Supply chain work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is considered an asset.
Knowledge & Skills Required:
- Strong analytical skills, judgement and decision making.
- Must have organizational skills to arrange data and retrieve data in a timely manner.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
- Good knowledge of supply chain.
- Good knowledge and understanding of Procurement processes, policy, and systems.
- Must have an eye for detail to ensure that correct information is noted and recorded.
- Strong interpersonal skills – Needs to work and interact with everyone across all levels
- Good conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel).
- Work independently and confortable making decisions.
- Ability to negotiate, establish, and administer contracts.
Application Closing Date
19th July, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
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