Job Description
Job Objectives
- Management and development of local and foreign suppliers (BOM and Non BOM) for PNG.
- Plan the procurement of all BOM and Non BOM to ensure procurement activities are delivered on- time, reliable services to related stakeholders at optimum cost.
Key Responsibilities
- Daily management of Procurement Database.
- Identifies requesting departments needs, develops and refines specification for commodities, supplies or equipment.
- Identify and select vendors to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality and delivery date and conclude registration of suppliers in line with company requirements.
- Interviews sales representatives to develop new sources of supplies, securing favourable terms for the business; updates record and files and secure samples, descriptions, photos or information for requesting departments (for both local and foreign suppliers).
- Interprets and communicates purchasing procedures to departments; assists department in initiating requisition and orders and solves problems with orders.
- Monitor and Control PO issuance, depletion and closure.
- Writes and distributes bid invitations or request for proposals; receives and analyses bids, quotes and proposals.
- Assists in monitoring supplier selection process for the company and/or departments and ensure documentation completion and accuracy (local and foreign procurement).
- Implementation of contracts with suppliers and service providers; follow through to ensure conformance to the terms and conditions and educate vendors/customers on the terms /conditions.
- Monitor the conformance of internal & external customers to agreed SLAs.
- Assists in developing and implements Suppliers Evaluation/Assessment process and other departmental reports.
- Advising new Suppliers of Documentation and Legal Procedures required by different Government Agencies.
- Ensures compliance with FSMS related activities in the department and member of FSMS team.
- Supervise the daily activities of the Procurement Unit to facilitate availability of BOM items and in line with stock policy without OOS.
- Carries out any other duty assigned by Manager.
- Carries out any assigned food safety jobs by the Head of department
Educational Qualification and Experience
- A University Degree in any of the Social Sciences, Arts, Sciences, Accounting or any relevant discipline
- Minimum of 6 years experiences in logistics function with 3 years in similar role within relevant industries
Knowledge & Skills:
- Import Rules and Regulations
- Supply Chain
- Stock Management
- Computer proficiency (excel)
- Trend Analysis
- Business Acumen
Personal Attributes:
- Analytical
- Negotiation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Decision Making
- Strategic thinking
- Relationship Management.