Procurement Officer/Stores Incharge at Ngong Veg Limited

Position Summary.

• The Procurement Officer’s overall purpose is to ensure that procurement activities comply with Ngong Veg’s established policies and procedures and reflect best practice for procurement.
• The Job holder will be expected to demonstrate commitment and loyalty and perform all duties in accordance with the organization’s office routines and procedures, keeping in mind the overall business objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities

• You will be expected in addition to other duties as may be assigned by management from time to time.
• Management of the Requisition to Pay process (RTP) – End to End
• Monitoring supply chain total costs and recommending action plans for cost optimization.
• Sourcing and engagement of suppliers.
• In charge of stores operations and management
• Ensuring timely delivery and user distribution of goods and services.
• Coordinating and developing supplier assessments, score cards and other analytics to enable team to effectively manage supplier performance.
• Supplier and products database development and maintenance.
• Maintaining corporate and unit management control systems.
• Take an active Lead in negotiating purchases in managed categories
• Undertaking market research for procurement decisions.
• Training of users on purchasing processes and maintaining regular communication with them. 
• Ensuring stocks are received and issued properly on cards and on ERP system
• Ensuring stock takes are done as scheduled and taking action on any variances.
• Identification of supplier order cycle.
• Evaluation of suppliers’ individual quality to avoid defect goods
• Effective communication with all staff.
• Promote and maintain ethical and professional standards in line with company staff regulations, ETI and other codes of conducts to enhance worker welfare.
• Health and Safety – Ensure all duties are performed safely and responsibly in consideration to Environmental, Health and Safety Company policies.
• Any other responsibilities as may be assigned by their manager from time to time.

Qualifications / Experience / Knowledge

• The following qualifications, knowledge, and experience are required of an employee in this role.

Essential

• Minimum 3-5 years of Procurement experience witing the horticulture/agriculture sector
• Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field.
• CIPS Diploma in Purchasing and Supply or its equivalent.
• Members of KISM or CIPS 
• High level of integrity, customer focus, negotiation, planning and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) processing module.
• Results-oriented and works under pressure with minimum supervision

Desired

• Timely and efficient response to issues raised
• Timely and accurate reports.
• Efficient use of labor and equipment and machinery.
• Effective communication with all staff.
• Good Audit reports.