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Procurement Manager (Factory) at Ascentech Services Limited

Ascentech Services Limited is a full-fledged Human Resource Solution Provider incorporated in 2013 with its Head Office in Lagos, Nigeria. We are committed to forging long-term partnerships with our clients by creating and delivering robust and flexible services that address the changing needs of their business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Procurement Manager (Factory)

Location: Mowe, Ogun
Industry: FMCG
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

To oversee the company’s procurement activities in the factory, identify opportunities to increase value for money, drive efficiency and savings and further mitigate risk, without impacting on quality.
To maintain an effective approach for procurement strategies, and establish recommendations for the procurement of services and potential suppliers.
To undertake reviews of specific spend areas within a best practice framework and identify both the resource needs and process changes required for the on-going management of these procurement activities.
To facilitate greater cross collaboration between business units, in relation to procurement by centralizing spend areas.
To undertake an annual review of the company’s Sustainable Procurement Policy, and to recommend changes to the policy as relevant to Executive Team and Boards.
To Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues across the company so as to promote
Develop and maintain vendors/suppliers database.
Servicing/maintenance of all company owned fire extinguishers
To liaise with current and potential suppliers to negotiate contracts, including the management of tender processes for the awarding of new contracts directly or supporting internal customers.
To further develop the company’s framework within which procurement activities are conducted.
To design and implement methods to improve procurement data collection and analysis and a reporting framework monitoring the deliverables within each procurement category.

Requirements

Candidates should possess HND / BSc degree
Relevant professional qualification
Knowledge of basic accounting and finance principles
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent organizational and leadership skills
Good analytical/critical thinking
8-10 years’ experience as Procurement Manager in a Manufacturing company
Should have very strong negotiation skills and sound knowledge of engineering spares, civil construction material, packing material;
Should have a good idea of the Lagos & Ogun market geography for buying all essential purchases;
Should have demonstrated cost savings with past employers;