Pharmacies Procurement Officer Job in Nairobi, Kenya (KES 100K)

Job Title: Procurement Officer 
 

Location: Nairobi, Kenya
 

Job Overview: Our Client, running a chain of pharmacies across the country is looking to recruit a Procurement Officer. 
 

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure the implementation of sound and acceptable best practices in procurement practice and stores management.
• Ensure the organization obtains value for money in every procurement done, besides adhering to quality standards set by the organization

Specific Duties

• Strategically centralize purchasing activity across the company & budget for the department
• Develop and manage all third party vendor procurement agreements, purchasing and vendor contractual initiatives
• With existing vendors ensure contractual rates are communicated where applicable, manage manufacturing efficiencies, price negotiations, and request for purchasing
• Proactively resolve internal & external customer related needs and offer proactive solutions
• Overall supervision of the stores operations
• Develop key production outsourcing initiatives in the event outsourcing activities need to take place
• Aggressive cost management to forecast market influences & in depth knowledge of key materials
• Develop a leadership pipeline for the team
• Develop and execute purchasing policies and procedures to standardize purchasing activity

Skills, Abilities and Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Honesty, confidentiality and integrity
• Demonstrated high level of maturity and good leadership skills
• Ability to work within strict deadlines
• Excellent organizational, planning and analytical skills
• Ability to drive change
• A good team player
• Customer focused
• Attention to detail
• Leadership skills should be flexible in terms of ideas concepts and working hours

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in purchasing and supplies
• Diploma in supplies and procurement 
• Member of professional body

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent Communication skills
• Management and Leadership skills
• Technical skills, Planning skills and Analytical skills

Experience

• Should have 5 years experience in FMCG environment

Salary: Kshs 100,000 gross

Deadline: 10/09/14
 

Applications: 
 

Please send an up to date CV, stating your current salary, accompanied by at least 3 referee telephone numbers/email addresses to:

 recruit@summitrecruitment-kenya.com 
Summit Recruitment & Training. 

Blixen Court, Offices 1, 2 & 3, Karen Road, 

Karen, Nairobi.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted. 

Please indicate in your email which position you are interested in.