Procurement Manager (Factory) at Ascentech Services Limited

Ascentech Services Limited is a full-fledged Human Resource Solution Provider incorporated in 2013 with its Head Office in Lagos, Nigeria. We are committed to forging long-term partnerships with our clients by creating and delivering robust and flexible services that address the changing needs of their business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Procurement Manager (Factory)

Location: Mowe, Ogun
Industry: FMCG
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• To oversee the company’s procurement activities in the factory, identify opportunities to increase value for money, drive efficiency and savings and further mitigate risk, without impacting on quality.
• To maintain an effective approach for procurement strategies, and establish recommendations for the procurement of services and potential suppliers.
• To undertake reviews of specific spend areas within a best practice framework and identify both the resource needs and process changes required for the on-going management of these procurement activities.
• To facilitate greater cross collaboration between business units, in relation to procurement by centralizing spend areas.
• To undertake an annual review of the company’s Sustainable Procurement Policy, and to recommend changes to the policy as relevant to Executive Team and Boards.
• To Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues across the company so as to promote
• Develop and maintain vendors/suppliers database.
• Servicing/maintenance of all company owned fire extinguishers
• To liaise with current and potential suppliers to negotiate contracts, including the management of tender processes for the awarding of new contracts directly or supporting internal customers.
• To further develop the company’s framework within which procurement activities are conducted.
• To design and implement methods to improve procurement data collection and analysis and a reporting framework monitoring the deliverables within each procurement category.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess HND / BSc degree
• Relevant professional qualification
• Knowledge of basic accounting and finance principles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• Good analytical/critical thinking
• 8-10 years’ experience as Procurement Manager in a Manufacturing company
• Should have very strong negotiation skills and sound knowledge of engineering spares, civil construction material, packing material;
• Should have a good idea of the Lagos & Ogun market geography for buying all essential purchases;
• Should have demonstrated cost savings with past employers;

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: cv@ascentech.com.ng with the Job Title as the subject of the e-mail.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Application Deadline  20th May, 2021.