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Job Title:    Procurement Officer
Organization: Eskom
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
Reports to: Procurement Manager
About US:
Eskom
Uganda Limited is a subsidiary company of Eskom Enterprises based in South
Africa. Our business is operating and maintaining Nalubaale and Kiira
hydroelectric Power Stations. Their mission is to be the “Centre of Excellence
in Power Concession Management.”
Job Summary:  The
Procurement Officer will support Eskom in ensuring economic and efficient
procurement of goods and services that meet the Quality standards, in line with
both company and procurement strategies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • The Procurement Officer will be responsible
    for supplier relationship management.
  • In charge of preparing high level project and
    routine purchasing reports as required (monthly)
  • Update and maintain records on purchase price
    information on both open market and contract purchases
  • Responsible for implementing the bidding
    processes for goods, works and Services in accordance with standard tender
    procedures
  • Resolve delivery problems and complaints,
    vendor disputes concerning contract obligations, as well as verbal and
    written protests from unsuccessful bidders
  • Administer contracts and purchase orders to
    ensure compliance with bid specifications, requirements, vendor
    performance, delivery receipt, contract compliance, payment scheduling,
    etc.
  • Serve on evaluation and tender committees as
    required and participate in contract negotiations
  • Regularly review and analyze all purchases to
    ensure justification exists for tender awards and policy is followed
  • Develop mitigation measures to curb the risk
    inherent in the procurement process
  • Provide timely feedback to user departments.
  • Responsible for departmental administrative
    issues such as maintaining/revising policies and procedures
  • Interpret purchasing policies, relay
    instructions of policy and procedure revision to other departments
  • Conducts research, prepare reports and
    analyze data as needed to support operations and to provide assistance to
    other departments
  • Represents department at various meetings
    with administration, vendors, external agencies, professional
    organizations, and other groups.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant for should hold a Bachelor’s
    Degree in Procurement, Supplies, Logistics management.
  • Possession of Professional qualifications
    e.g. CIPS, CILT is a must
  • A minimum of three years’ work experience in
    a similar role in an industrial environment.
  • Working knowledge of the PPDA act.
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Good team player
  • Strong customer focus
  • Excellent communication skills
  • High degree of tenacity and integrity
  • Highly proactive
  • Excellent planning and organizational skills
  • Results-oriented
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested are encouraged to send their application
letters, copies of academic certificates and updated CVs including three professional
referees to;
The
Human Resources Manager,
Eskom
Uganda Limited (EUL),
Nalubaale
Power Station,
P.O.
Box 942, Jinja, Uganda
E-mail to: recruitment@eskom.co.ug
Deadline: 23rd May 2016

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