Procurement Manager at Simba Group

The Simba Group, founded in Nigeria in 1988, is a conglomerate with operations across Nigeria’s most dynamic economic sectors. The Group commands leadership positions in all five companies that share a simple, yet effective, corporate vision: providing the customer with unparalleled satisfaction. 

The Group has businesses operating in a number of sectors critical to Nigeria’s sustained development: agriculture, alternative energy, backup power supply systems, networking and data transmission, ICT infrastructure development, and commercial vehicles sales and servicing. We operate a network of ten branches, ensuring the availability of our products and services throughout Nigeria, with our reach extending to the remotest corners of the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Procurement Manager

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• Report to the Head Procurement
• Identify and develop best-in-class suppliers.
• Coordinate with project team & suppliers to shorten ordering and supply lead-times to meet project delivery timelines.
• Closely monitor the fluctuations in international market and propose the strategy for procurement to HOD for efficient decision making
• Drive Productivity within the team & manage Inflation.
• 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
• Plan, track and manage orders to meet delivery requirements.
• 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
• Coordinate the new vendor registration and supervise the application to finance department for
• Work with team members to ensure compliance to the SOP on Purchase Documentation and ensure to file the documents for Audit compliance.
• New supplier development for alternate materials / current supplies locally.
• Supervise the submission of documents to finance department for payment like, indent, PO and work completion certificate etc.
• Provide management reports and key performance data and monitor cost savings
• Manage relationships with suppliers and select and develop new suppliers
• Negotiate and manage contract terms with suppliers to ensure value for money, quality standards and delivery terms with technical and operational input from stakeholders and colleagues
• Work with suppliers and have a process in place to measure effective performance, quality and compliance. Measure against KPI criteria if these exist
• Ensure professional and consistent supplier management is applied across the supply base in line with the purchasing policy

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Suppy Chain, Business Administration, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years proven work experience in the Procurement role
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders and suppliers
• Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving abilities
• Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines
• Commercially and financially aware with experience of managing budgets
• Member of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
• Contract management and supplier experience
• Good time management skills.
• Be a good team player
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office packages

Salary
N300,000 - N500,000 monthly

Application Closing Date
20th April, 2024.