Supply Chain Specialist at IT Horizons Limited

At IT Horizons Limited, we are committed to delivering cutting-edge software and IT solutions that empower businesses to thrive in the digital era. Our expertise, innovation, and client-first approach make us a trusted partner in technology.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Supply Chain Specialist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• This position is responsible for processing and placing all orders and deals won by the organization.
• The role officer oversees negotiating pricing and terms of orders and projects with vendors, distributors and OEM.
• He/she maintains and foster relationships with vendors, distributors and OEMs past.
• He/she engages the project team for solution orders providing them weekly updates and engages the Bid desk/Account officer for consumables orders and provide them with up to date updates.
• He/she manages the project team and other internal and external stakeholders when there are issues with existing orders.
• The role owner engages vendors and distributor for real-time updates on orders and provide the related team with same.
• The role ensures vendor onboarding for all new vendors, planned vendor performance assessment for new and existing vend.ors and off boarding for exiting vendors.
• The role processes payment for vendors based on agreed terms and follow up with the finance team for prompt payment. engages vendors and distributors for order pricing, ensure fair biding and send analysis to the CFO for order approval.
• This role owner is responsible for pick-up and in charge of delivery of orders to the office building.
• The Supply chain officer is responsible for review and update of all departmental documents which is sent for approval to the necessary authority. The role owner is responsible for posting of transaction on the accounting software, carrying out operational duties e.g APGs/Performance Bonds etc and registering the organization’s certifications and performing tasks as assigned by the line manager.

Requirements
Awareness:

• A good understanding of what is involved in an area of expertise and its relevance to the business.
• Ability to describe the main elements of the area of expertise and their importance to the business; and
• Ability to recognize how and where competences in expertise are relevant to their own job.

Knowledge:

• Ability to interpret and evaluate information and advice from experts in an area of Expertise.
• Knowledge and ability to correctly use the terminology (vocabulary) of the area of Expertise.
• Ability to hold an informed debate with experts in the Area of Expertise; and o Ability to ask questions that test the viability of proposal sin an Area of Expertise.

Skill:

• Ability to consistently carry out the activities of an area of Expertise to the required standard.
• Ability to perform satisfactorily majority of activities of the Area of Expertise.
• Ability to translate guidelines and standards for the Area of Expertise into practical actions.
• Ability to solve imaginatively common technical/operational problems in the Area of Expertise, and o Ability to guide and advise other sin operational/technical aspects of the Area of Expertise.

Mastery:

• Ability to diagnose and resolve significant, unusual problems and to successfully adapt aspects of an Area of Expertise. o Ability to creatively solve significant, complex, non-routine problems in the Area of Expertise.
• Ability to adapt practices from other markets or countries for use in the Area of Expertise; and o Ability to generate substantial improvements to local practices and procedures for the Area of Expertise.
• Procurement of Orders: Placing of all orders, Solution and Consumables
• Pricing and Negotiation of orders: Negotiation with Vendors and OEM on pricing and payment terms for orders
• Follow and update on status of orders: Real time follow-up with vendors and OEM on status and updates of orders
• Pick-up and delivery of available orders: Ensure pick up and delivery of all orders to the office building, also inspection of delivered goods to ensure specification match with item ordered
• Vendor Engagement: Engagement of vendors and OEM account manager to foster relationship and to enable smooth communication between IT Horizons and the vendor
• Weekly update and reports on ongoing orders and projects to the Sales and Project team: Ensure weekly updates to the project team for solution orders and the account officer/bid desk officer for consumables orders.
• Profit, Price and Cost analysis for approval of orders: Computation of necessary analysis and recommendations and seeking approval from the CCO
• Ensure prompt payment of vendors: Regularly prompt the finance team to ensure prompt vendor payments Dimensions Manages and work with direct reports

Key Performance Indicators:

• Performance Area: Performance Indicator Vendor Relationship Manage and ensure cordial relationship with vendors/Suppliers while increasing credit facilities.
• Cost savings of orders 5% cost savings on all orders Real time update on Zoho books Update all journalized transactions on zoho real-time Customer Satisfaction Ensuring best quality products are purchased; at zero defects/complains on orders and timely delivery,

Skills & Competencies:

• The competence proficiency levels required for the position of Supply Chain Specialist are defined using the following key terms: Negotiation – Skill
• Cost management- Skill
• People Management – Skill.
• Processing, negotiation and placing of Orders Internal team (project and bid desk/account officer)management. Vendor relationship and engagement.

Application Closing Date
1st December, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@ithorizonsgroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.