Procurement Lead at Hobark International Limited (HIL)

Hobark International Limited (HIL) is the parent company of the Hobark group operating in the oil and gas industry. The company was incorporated in 1998, starting as a staffing agency based in Port Harcourt. Currently we have offices in 4 countries with our head office in Lagos.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Procurement Lead

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Contract

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing overall supervision and coordination of all purchases of goods and services in accordance with laid down company procedures.  
• Leads and develops a network of both internal and external partners to gather and analyze market information and trends.
• Participate in the formulation of the organization’s procurement policy such as and its implementation. 
• Conduct after check to ensure that suppliers render services in accordance with regulations and meet their commitments.
• Analyze shortfalls and proposes action plans needed to improve indicators and manages conflicts involving them and undertakes corrective actions.
• Identify vulnerabilities and challenges (dependency, losses, know-how, technical, economic and legal risks) and proposes solutions.
• Implement supplier selection and evaluation procedure.
• Check supplier’s qualifications to ensure that they are consistent with the company’s regulations.
• Gather information needed for procurement management indicators, and prepares indicators for the selected period.
• Participate in inventory pricing process and checks to ensure that recorded purchase slips are consistent with the purchase negotiation. 
• Monitors and co-ordinate with vendors, freight forwarders and the relevant Agencies to ensure on time delivery.
• Ensure processing of VAT exemption on goods and services procured by the company such as duty exemption on the purchase of L.P.G. and diesel.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Minimum of BSc. Engineering with knowledge in Supply chain management
• A minimum of 12 years professional experience within an international company at a senior procurement level
• Experience with Global Sourcing, Strategic Procurement and Vendor Management in Oil, Gas and Maritime.
• Excellent Negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to coordinate and monitor activities of subordinates and service providers
• Ability to work with diversity and a variety of personalities
• Must understand purchasing procedures.
• Must have a good knowledge of Management Information System (Integral) Excel, Access.
• Competencies in data entry, analysis, and management.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.