Procurement Specialist at PalmPay Limited

PalmPay is a pan-African fintech company currently operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania and expanding to other markets this year. We’re reinventing the payments experience by making it easy and reliable for everyone to transfer money, pay bills and shop online.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Procurement Specialist

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• We are looking for an experienced Procurement Specialist who is passionate about our mission of driving financial inclusion in Africa.
• The ideal candidate will manage the company’s supply of products and services, while also being responsible for strategizing to find cost-effective deals and suppliers, and discover the best ways to cut procurement expenses so that the company can invest in growth and people.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships.
• Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms.
• Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services.
• Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries.
• Examine and test existing contracts.
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
• Collaborate with key people to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company.
• Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients.
• Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies.
• Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.
• Control spending and build a culture of long-term saving.

Person Specification

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Business Administration.
• Proven working experience as a Procurement Officer.
• Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as dexterity in "reading" the market.
• Talent in negotiations and networking.
• Good knowledge of supplier or third-party management software.
• Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers.
• Experience in collecting and analyzing data.
• Strong leadership capabilities.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.