Procurement Officer

AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED

Supply Chain & Procurement

Job Title: Procurement Officer

Location: Benin, Edo

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are seeking organized, diligent, and responsible individuals to join our growing team.
• Your primary objective will be to process purchase requisition, ensure timely supply/delivery of items.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase requisitions from sites/office/workshop
• Ensures the timely delivery of materials and equipment at the lowest possible cost
• Participates in the selection of suppliers based on a criteria
• Conducts a comparative analysis on supplier prices
• Reviews and evaluates the performance of the suppliers
• Processes the necessary clearance documents
• Closely liaising with the clearing agents
• Ensures the proper management of procurement department operations in the absence of the Head of department
• Carries out all necessary procurement activities
• Verifies that the required order is within the agreed budget
• Coordinates the Dispatch officers when processing the orders
• Submits final invoices to the Finance and Accounts Department
• Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.
• Submit regular reports of market survey to Management
• Maintain knowledge of all organizational and governmental rules affecting purchases, and provide information about these rules to organization staff members and to vendors.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2nd Class upper Degree in Accounts or any Social Science discipline
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft suite (Word and Excel).
• Advanced IT skills including extensive knowledge of Tally Software.

Proficiency in the use of computers for:

• Word processing
• Simple accounting
• Databases
• Spreadsheets
• E-mail
• Internet
Google Docs, Sky Drive, DropBox.

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