Overview
CWAY Group is a multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Lagos state Nigeria. The sectorial investments is in emerging diverse businesses including Food and Beverages, Drinking Water, Snacks, Confectionery, Packaging Solutions and Animal Husbandry.
Job Position: Purchasing Officer
Job Location: Isolo, Lagos
Job Description
- Responsible for ensuring that Purchase Orders are raised and approved, goods and services are received and orders are receipted in a complete, accurate and timely manner.
- The Purchasing Officer is expected to liaise with suppliers across the business to align the purchasing process with sales objectives and overall business strategy.
Job Responsibilities
- Raise Purchase Orders in line with business rules
- Ensure Purchase Orders are approved in line with business rules
- Email the Purchase Order to the supplier (where the system does not support automatic emailing of the Purchase Order)
- Receipt Purchase Order based on an approved goods receipt note/delivery docket
- Request credit notes from suppliers and send them to Accounts Payable for processing
- Establish sound relationships with suppliers, ensure lead times are met and expedite outstanding orders
- Drive continuous improvement across the Purchasing process.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree preferably Business Administration, Accountancy or Finance.
- 2- 3 years experience in a Purchasing role.
Skills / Attributes required:
- Strong understanding of Purchasing principles and processes
- Experience with Purchasing systems (preferred)
- Analytical and have the ability to solve purchasing and inventory-related problems
- Strong data entry skills
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Proactive, highly motivated and flexible
- Highly organized
- Experienced with MS Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: nghr@cwaygroup.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
