Direct Material Buyer ( Packaging)

Job Summary & Purpose: Responsible for selecting and facilitating the purchase of Direct Materials (Packaging) in the company and ensures company meets its production objectives efficiently.

Job Responsibilities:

• Identifying and reviewing prospective suppliers based on quality and reliability. Connect with Regional Procurement team to engage with suppliers to negotiate pricing, payment terms, and contract details.
• Drafting and managing suppliers’ contract and ensure contracts always remain valid.
• Establishing and ensuring the schedules adhered with quality standards from suppliers.
• Drafting and managing suppliers’ contracts, ensuring compliance with agreed terms and conditions.
• Maintain ethical relationship with suppliers.
• Identifying cost-saving opportunities through volume discounts, effective negotiation  and exploring alternate sourcing.
• Actively tracking all Form M Applications and Purchasing Orders.
• Track all LC applications including amendments etc.
• Track Shipping documents and shipments.
• Liaise with Group companies overseas in the sourcing of capital items which includes suitability of supplier documents for Nigeria purposes.
• Help and advice with process and supplier obligations, and Local availability of similar items.
• Tracking costs and review of funding requests against budgeted amounts.
• Carry out any assigned food safety jobs by the head of department.
• Prevent introduction of food safety hazard into the product when carrying out assigned job.
• Perform any other related tass assigned by the line manager.
• Act as first escalation point for local business users and drive resolution in line with Procurement policies.
• Coordinate local contract implementation tasks.
• Coordinate and participate in the execution of the contract implementation plan.
• Act ethically and comply with legal requirement associated with the role.
• Ensure awareness, understanding and application of QHSE policy on assigned jobs.
• Ensure awareness, understanding and application departmental /process QHSE objectives.
• Ensure awareness of your contribution to the effectiveness of the QHSE Management
• Systems, including the benefits of improved performance including associated opportunities for improvement of the processes assigned.
• Ensure awareness of the implications of not conforming with the Company QHSE
• Management Systems requirements including associated risks for the process assigned.
• Implement and comply with QHSE requirements relating to environmental aspects and impacts and other policies, procedures and /or regulations applicable to assigned jobs
• Understand and apply the intent of the QHSE policy to assigned jobs
• Understand the significant environmental aspects and related actual or potential impacts associated with their work, and the environmental benefits of improved personal performance
• Understand roles and responsibilities and the importance of conformity with the QHSE requirements.
• Understand the potential consequences of departure from specified QHSE procedures or legal requirements
• Any other job assigned by the superior.

Academic Qualification:

• BSc or HND in Engineering, Numerical or social science.
• Certification in SCM, Master’s degree or MBA will be an added advantage.

Experience: 5 – 8 years post qualification experience (in a manufacturing environment) in procurement function.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong time management skills; ability to prioritize.
• Ability to analyze business performance with meaningful results.
• Confident, assertive, results-orientated and able to work both independently and within a team environment.
• Goal-oriented with proven ability to get results.
• Conveniently liaise with key internal stakeholders to comprehensively meet order timelines and supervise processes to remove bottle necks.
• Critically evaluate the situation and create a balance between material demand and purchases.
• Knowledge of market trends
• Good knowledge of packaging materials required by production department.
• Experience using SAP
• Good knowledge of Quality Assurance
• Experience managing suppliers
• Knowledge of cost analysis.
• Negotiation
• Analytical
• Prioritization
• Communication
• Inter-personal relationship.