Procurement Officer at Simba Group

The Simba Group is a conglomerate, operating in Nigeria’s key industry verticals including Communications, Agriculture, Software, Transportation, Power and Alternative Energy.
We have over 20 years of experience in Nigeria, and in that time have developed loyal and strong distribution channels, across our range of products, as well as a deep understating of the socio-demographic environment which has contributed to our success as a marketing organization.
We understand that purchasing our products often represents a large-scale investment on the part of our customers and even our corporate clients. Offering them high quality products and services that meet their expectations requires us to have a deep understating of their needs and a commitment to excellence throughout the organization.
Distribution and Reach have always been core to our selling strategy, and today represent our key strengths as a customer-centric organization. Operating from eight branches in Nigeria, our products can be found in every corner of the country and are augmented by the same level of service regardless of how far they are from the Head Office.Responsibilities

Identify and develop best-in-class suppliers.
Preparing proposals, requesting quotes & negotiating purchase terms and conditions.
Preparing and issuing purchase orders and agreements.
Monitoring supplier performance and resolving issues and concerns.
Drive cost savings by lowering the total cost of acquisition through effective negotiations, value analysis and process improvements
Establish and maintain good supplier and internal customer relationships that foster an environment of collaboration and trust
Coordinate with project team & suppliers to shorten ordering and supply lead-times to meet project delivery timelines.
Plan, track and manage orders to meet delivery requirements.
Able to travel to meet vendors and suppliers as necessary
Drive Productivity & manage Inflation.
Closely monitor the fluctuations in international market and propose the strategy for procurement to HOD for efficient decision making
Preparation of comparison table, evaluation against their proposal and negotiation with vendor for timely delivery with required level of quality of material meeting the expectations / Technical Specifications
Application to finance department for new vendor registration in the system as and when required.
Ensure to follow the process of Purchase documentation and ensure to file the documents for Audit compliance.
New supplier development for alternate materials / current supplies locally.
Submission of documents to finance department for payment like, indent, PO and work completion certificate etc.