Procurement & Warehouse Operations – USAID Batch-B

Overview

Overview
The main responsibilities of the role are to support the work of the project team for the efficient receipt, storage and dispatch of a wide range of goods including, but not limited to materials, tools, machinery, auto fleet, PPE and clothing, while implementing measures to increase the company’s effectiveness and efficiency.

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What You Will Do

• Supervise and oversee all aspects of procurement and warehouse activities
• Plan for short and long term procurement items to achieve targets.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of the application and implementation of Company policies and procedures applicable to the Procurement & Warehouse Department.
• Guide the selection, development, and management of suppliers to meet commodity cost and performance goals, with emphasis placed on ability to identify cost targets for relevant technology and product roadmaps.
• Follow up updated the subcontractors and suppliers data base and evaluation.
• Allocating Procurement personnel to the projects according to availability and experience (in coordination with the Regional Management).
• Study and Report the trends of materials and market to Enhance – Exploit Opportunities and Avoid and Mitigate Risks – or create work around.
• Periodically enhance the procedures to develop more efficient and accurate (SOP)
• Assisting and developing changes needed to improve the effectiveness of the Company Management System –Procurement and warehouse area

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Required Qualifications, Skills and Competences

• Experience in purchasing/procurement is a must.
• Sound commercial judgment in procurement reporting with an analytical approach
• Ability to multi-task and analyses situations promptly
• Management skills, highly detailed, Strong vendor management skills.
• Bachelor degree.
• 2-5 years’ experience. Out of which 2 years in managerial position.
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Experience and Skills
A strong candidate will also have other desirable competencies:

• Agriculture Local purchase experience.
• FMCG industry, preferable from agriculture field.
• Ability to work under stress
• Superior attention to detail
• Work at factory location (Africa – Zambia, South-Africa, Ghana, Nigeria)
• English language
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How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: info@albertalivejobs.ca using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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