Dangote Group continues to grow its focus on becoming the leading provider of essential needs in food and shelter in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our vision is to be a world-class enterprise that is passionate about the quality of life of the general populace and high returns to stakeholders. Our mission is to touch the lives of people by providing their basic needs. We continue to sustain and improve on our market leadership in cement manufacturing, sugar milling, sugar refining, port operations, packaging material production, and salt refining.
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Responsibilities and Key duties
- Coordinate purchasing activities with user departments in an efficient and cost-effective way.
- Ensure annual savings on the purchase of materials.
- Perform financial analysis, such as evaluations of total costs.
- Identify new suppliers, make recommendations to the buyer, and conduct business assessments and evaluations.
- Process and monitor purchase requests and ensure that they are correct.
- Ensuring products are purchased at the right time, to specification, and at a good price.
- Negotiating with vendors and building positive, long-term relationships.
- Preparing competitive retail and pricing strategies.
- Preparing budgets and forecasting purchasing trends.
- Compiling reports on product performance and statistics.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by Head of Department Â
Requirements
Academic/Professional Qualifications
- Degree in business, economics, procurement, or related field preferred.
- Registering with PSPTB will add an advantage
Work Experience
- Experience with purchasing activities with not less than 2 years in the related field
- Previous experience in merchandising or the retail industry will add an advantage.
Skills and Competencies
- Excellent knowledge of Office 365, Outlook, and SAP
- An energetic, forward-thinking, and creative individual with high ethical standards and an appropriate professional image.
- An extremely well-organized and self-directed individual with sound technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment, and strong operational focus.
- Knowledge of and affinity with technical specifications.
- Ability to multitask and perform under pressure.
- Fluent in the English language.
- Good communication skills
Benefits
- Personal Health Insurance
- Pay Off Time
- Training and Development.
