Purchasing Officer Career Opportunity at Umeme

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Job Title:   Purchasing Officer
Organisation: Umeme
Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Ref:                     
CCD 8
Reports to:          
Purchasing Manager
About Umeme:
Umeme
Limited is an Electricity Distribution Company listed on the Uganda
and Nairobi Securities Exchange, with Actis’ Infrastructure 2 fund as a
majority investor. Actis is a leading investor in the emerging markets,
managing over US$4.8bn worth of investment on behalf of more than 100
institutional investors, including the Commonwealth Development Corporation
(CDC), a UK Government owned company.
Job Summary: The Purchasing
Officer will receive periodic and ad-hoc requirements and requests from users
for non-network goods, consumables and services and ensure that these
requirements are filled efficiently, economically, to users’ satisfaction and
in compliance with the company’s purchasing procedures. He/ she will also
ensure that appropriate contracts for supply are in place for non-network goods
and services.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Receive and verify requests from users for
    non-network goods, consumables and services
  • Confirm that requests comply with periodically
    approved operating budgets for all departments
  • Provide user defined final specification to
    internal Contracts and Supplier Relations section and assist in sourcing
    potential suppliers
  • Place orders against contracts in time to meet
    user
  • Monitor and inform users on pending orders and
    service delivery
  • Perform any other duties as assigned by
    supervisor
Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
  • The applicant should hold a good technical
    university degree and/ or international CIPS qualification
  • At least three years’ experience in fulfilling
    non-technical purchasing requests in a large complex organisation,
    operating to best practice international standards.
  • Possess good communication skills and
    experience of interacting with senior engineering, finance and supporting
    functions
  • Excellent practical capability in sourcing and
    evaluating consumables and services of appropriate quality and value to
    meet user requirements
  • Proven ability to comprehend, sensitively
    evaluate and make arrangements for non repetitive requests for travel
    arrangements, workshops and conferences, training and other employee
    related services
  • Good knowledge and experience of utilizing
    modern enterprise wide information systems to support the function.
  • Proven impeccable integrity in business
    dealings and adherence to organisational policies, code of business
    conduct, standards, and health and safety policies.
How to Apply:
If
you believe you are the ideal candidate and desire a career in Umeme, please
send your application and CV clearly detailing your suitability for the
position in terms of required qualifications and experience to: recruit.hr@umeme.co.ug. UMEME is an
equal opportunity employer: Any influence-peddling will lead to automatic
disqualification.
Deadline: Friday,
20th December 2013 by 5:00p.m.

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