Purchasing Officer at CWAY Foods and Beverages Nigeria

Job Overview

• Responsible for ensuring that Purchase Orders are raised and approved, goods and services are received and orders are receipted in a complete, accurate and timely manner.
• The Purchasing Officer is expected to liaise with suppliers across the business to align the purchasing process with sales objectives and overall business strategy.

Role Responsibilities

• Raise Purchase Orders in line with business rules
• Ensure Purchase Orders are approved in line with business rules
• Email the Purchase Order to the supplier (where the system does not support automatic emailing of the Purchase Order)
• Receipt Purchase Order based on an approved goods receipt note/delivery docket
• Request credit notes from suppliers and send them to Accounts Payable for processing
• Establish sound relationships with suppliers, ensure lead times are met and expedite outstanding orders
• Drive continuous improvement across the Purchasing process.

Qualifications / Experience required

• Bachelor's Degree preferably Business Administration, Accountancy or Finance.
•  2- 3 years experience in a Purchasing role.

Skills / Attributes required:

• Strong understanding of Purchasing principles and processes
• Experience with Purchasing systems (preferred)
• Analytical and have the ability to solve purchasing and inventory-related problems
• Strong data entry skills
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Proactive, highly motivated and flexible
• Highly organized
• Experienced with MS Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook.