Procurement Officer at Healthrite

Healthrite - Our uniqueness is underscored by our integrative approach to total wellness using both conventional medicines and natural remedies. Our customers are our top priority, which is why we go above and beyond to satisfy every customer, every day. We continually pursue innovative and dynamic means of attaining this through our unrivalled product portfolio, our highly differentiated integrative healthcare solutions and our industry-best pharmacy services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Procument Officer

Location: Ojodu Berger / Mainland - Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Hour Requirement: (Monday – Friday 8am – 6pm) (Saturday 9am – 2pm)

Job Summary

• Evaluating suppliers, maintaining relationships, approving products, and ensuring the cost-effective procurement of materials, parts, or goods.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Develop and Implement a Robust Procurement Policy and Procedure.
• Establish re-order levels for Consumables and procedures for making and filing requisitions to ensure uninterrupted hospital operations
• Establish a Centralized Stockkeeping Repository for all Hospital consumables and Procurement.
• Undertake periodic stocktaking and stock counts across all the Hospital locations reconciling, discrepancies and identifying obsolete or slow-moving inventory items for proper disposal or replacement.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and industry standards in procurement processes.
• Maintain accurate records of procurement activities, vendor contracts and related documentation.
• Keep an updated Register of approved Vendors/Suppliers in respect of all Hospital suppliers including developing a supplier onboarding procedure.
• Identify and maintain a strong network of reliable and quality-driven suppliers/vendors. Conduct market research and analysis to identify potential cost-saving opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their procurement needs and requirements.
• Develop and implement a procurement budget, forecasting procurement needs and monitoring purchases to ensure strict adherence to approved budget.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities, negotiate competitive pricing and implement cost effective procurement strategies.
• Collaborate with finance and accounting teams to reconcile invoices, resolve payment discrepancies and ensure proper documentation for audit purposes.

Educational Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or a related field.
• At least 4 years of experience in procurement.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Candidate must have experience in sourcing, vendor management, and buying too.
• A thorough understanding of sourcing methodologies.
• Must have very good analytical skills
• Must be focused on order fulfillment and not just on placing orders with suppliers
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Understand the business of procurement (Sourcing)
• Sound time-management and organizational skills.
• Good understanding of margins when pricing
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.

Benefits

• Health Care
• Pension
• 13 month Salary

Application Closing Date
18th December, 2023.