Job Description
Summit Recruitment and Search Africa is a leading Recruitment and Executive Search agency head quartered in Kenya providing outstanding talent to a wide range of companies and NGO’s in various business sectors across Africa.
Our client a is seeking to hire a Project Procurement Manager to be based in Nairobi. He /She will be responsible for responsible for conducting and coordinating procurement and logistical activities for active projects in East Africa region. The successful candidate will also be tasked with building new relationships with suppliers and negotiating the best possible quality and pricing. The ideal candidate Must have 5+ years of experience as a procurement officer for projects with a background in procurement for hospitality and construction equipment.
Key Requirements:
• Receive Specification documents | Spec books from relevant professionals or internal teams and utilize this information as a guide for procurement
• Work with team members and professionals to prepare procurement cost estimates for early budgeting
• Develop a Purchase Order numbering and tracking system to integrate with the existing company
• Link approved quotations to a Purchase Order and place orders, accordingly, followed by relevant deposit
• Track all orders and manufacture lead-times, to ensure that production items are on-track. Coordinate with relevant professionals on any quality control inspections.
• Manage and track the logistics relevant to timely delivery of items, to any temporary holding facilities and ultimately to site/s.
• Manage supplier | vendor payments related to production and final Collaborate and integrate into the Cost Control and Finance functions, set up for cost management purposes.
• Where suppliers | manufacturers are not specified, identify the available options for supply of specified goods.
• Coordinate Importation | Clearing and other relevant logistical
Qualifications:
• Relevant bachelor’s degree.
• Must have 5+ years of experience as a procurement officer for projects with a background in procurement for hospitality and construction equipment.
• Knowledge of local and international suppliers to the hospitality, travel and tourism
• Knowledge and experience in procurement management and tracking systems