Overview

Talenture is the parent company for a select number of multi-brand niche professional staffing solution providers in the Energy, Engineering, Infrastructure, ICT, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Telecoms sectors. The services offered by our brands fall into the broad categories of temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition and talent development, as well as outsourcing and consulting. Talenture is responsible for the mid as well as back office and infrastructure support to the group of brands. Our brands are focused on candidates with specialist expertise as well as clients who require that expertise and prefer to deal with specialist HR solution providers.

Our various specialist HR solution brands are all grown organically and only hire outstanding people who are committed to the highest levels of client service with the aim of being clear market leaders serving key industry sectors that value niche talent. They firstly help clients identify then attract and finally secure and develop the best talent for their requirements. Our clients as well as candidates engage with Talenture through the following specialist recruitment brands.

Job Position: Procurement Manager

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

  1. Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
  2. Ensure continuous supply of required materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact the business.
  3. Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers/vendors and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
  4. Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
  5. Ensure compliance to company guidelines, project management principles, purchasing policies and procedures.
  6. Assess tenders and quotations from potential vendors/suppliers.
  7. Prepare purchase orders in line with final negotiations with selected suppliers and in line with organisational targets and requirements.
  8. Ensure 100% compliance to internal policies and processes.
  9. Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
  10. Assist internal and external customers by interpreting laws, policy, codes, and regulations pertaining to procurement.
  11. Work collaboratively and negotiate and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding supplies and initiatives and advise of impact of change on purchasing and production activities.
  12. Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact.

Job Requirements

  1. A Bachelor’s Degree / HND
  2. Minimum of 10 years procurement experience in a Manufacturing/FMCG environment.
  3. At least 5 years in managing a team.
  4. Hands-on experience with direct materials, raw materials and packaging materials.
  5. Experience in Logistics Expenditures.
  6. Strategic Sourcing Capability
  7. Procurement Process Improvement.
  8. Planning and Organization
  9. Vendor Management
  10. Excellent Negotiation Skills
  11. SAP/ARIBA implementation and user experience as a Procurement champion

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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