Fresher Procurement Officer Job Opportunities – Exquisite Solution Limited

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Job
Title:             Procurement
Officer 
Organisation: Exquisite Solution Limited
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Exquisite Solution
Limited is a leading Business Process Outsourcing Company offering a wide scope
of professional services. Established in 2006 with offices in England and
across the region, we offer Human Resources Consulting and Payroll Management
Services, Admin Support Services, Executive Search, Corporate and Personal
Development Training, HR Compliance Audits, among others. We place top notch
candidates into permanent, contract, and interim positions. They would like to
recruit for a valuable client, a leading water solutions company in Uganda.
Job Summary:  The Procurement Officer will be in charge of
strategising to find cost-effective deals and high-quality suppliers. The
Procurement Officers duty is to discover the best ways to cut procurement expenses.
He/she will follow procurement procedures, maintain an updated list of
inventory and incoming purchases and supplies, and be responsible for approving
purchases.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies
  • Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization
    partnerships
  • Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
  • Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services
  • Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries
  • Examine and test existing contracts
  • Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and
    improve effectiveness
  • Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications
    and expectations of the company
  • Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of
    suppliers and clients
  • Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare
    control strategies
  • Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements
  • Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement
    costs

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate must hold a degree in Procurement and Supply
    Chain Management or a related course.
  • Two years’ experience in a procurement administration role or
    similar
  • Experience of procurement led activities ie tender process, supplier
    relationships,
  • contract management
  • Experience of tracking and dealing with enquiries and working to
    deadlines
  • Experience of planning, organising and prioritising workload
  • Possession of CIPS will be an added advantage
  • Experience in the use of IT business systems and tools
  • Experience of providing an internal support service, ideally
    procurement-related
How to Apply:
All candidates
should send their updated CVs to this email address;
recruitment@exquisitesolution.com
Deadline: 22nd September 2018
Note:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If not contacted within two
weeks after application deadline, then  you may consider your
application unsuccessful.
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