Technical Procurement Officer at May & Baker Nigeria Plc

May & Baker Nigeria Plc was founded on September 4, 1944 as Nigeria's first pharmaceutical company. It has its origin in England, the United Kingdom in 1834 where three chemists founded Grimwade, May & Pickett, a firm for manufacturing chemicals for pharmaceutical products.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Procurement Officer

Location: Ota, Ogun
Job Type: Full-time
Reports To: Head, Planning and Procurement

Job Description

• To ensure strategic sourcing and procurement of engineering/technical items, consumables, equipment, machines, services, and projects in a timely and cost-efficient manner. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures prompt procurement of engineering spares, consumables, equipment, machines, services and projects in line with company’s procurement policy.
• Works with a cross-functional team to schedule and monitor assigned projects and ensure they are completed within the stipulated budget and time frame. 
• Develop service level agreements with vendors and contractors. 
• Conducts the annual vendors’/contractors’ performance evaluation process, prepares the performance evaluation report and gives recommendations to concerned stakeholders. 
• Establishes mutually beneficial, ethical and healthy relationships with vendors/contractors to achieve quality standards and improvements on a continuous basis. 
• Prepares monthly reports on procurement activities.
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• Liaises with user departments and suppliers to ensure that items/services procured meet required specifications. 
• Conducts regular market/price intelligence survey to ensure competitiveness on items and services procured. 
• Ensures purchase orders are executed promptly as required to foster effective delivery of purchased materials/services for uninterrupted operations.  
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the Head, Planning and Procurement.

Key Performance Indicators

• Purchase requisition processing as per agreed lead time 
• Frequency of deviations from contracts terms and agreed service level 
• Openness, transparency and efficiency of the procurement process.
• Procurement cost reduction and avoidance 
• Timeliness of purchase and deliveries 

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or HND in Engineering or related discipline.
• Membership of relevant Professional bodies.
• Between 2-3 years of cognate experience in similar role.

Competencies Required for the Role:

• In-depth knowledge of best practices in procurement and supply chain management 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills 
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with external and internal stakeholders 
• Analytical and Proactive 
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, ERP - Microsoft Navision.
• Strong negotiation skill 
• Must have an eye for detail, a drive for efficiency, and a passion for creativity and innovation 

Job Benefits
Attractive and Negotiable.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@may-baker.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail

Application Deadline 13th November, 2024.