Roles & Responsibilities:

• Ensuring procurement of goods and services adheres strictly to government regulations.
• Continuously exploring alternative and improved sources for goods and services.
• Negotiating favorable contract pricing and payment terms.
• Planning and scheduling deliveries of critical and essential items.
• Maintaining effective communication with suppliers to ensure timely deliveries using the most suitable procurement methods.
• Keeping an updated contract register, monitoring renewal timelines, and initiating tender processes at least 90 days before contract expiration.
• Authorizing all purchase orders.
• Monitoring market trends and price fluctuations across key spending categories, while building industry knowledge to identify new sourcing opportunities that support both supply continuity and business needs.
• Collaborating with user departments on sourcing key materials—including fertilizers, agrochemicals, packaging, food ingredients, irrigation systems, and equipment parts—ensuring efficient and timely procurement at both corporate and local levels.
• Conducting cost and price analyses on essential supplies, including calculating landed costs, to assess pricing competitiveness and fairness.
• Reviewing purchase requisitions for accuracy, completeness, and proper authorization in line with the company's financial approval policies.
• Leading tendering processes for all contracted goods and services, organizing supplier visits, tender openings, evaluations, and awarding contracts to the most responsive bidders.
• Acting as a liaison between suppliers and Accounts Payable to promptly resolve invoice discrepancies or payment issues.
• Overseeing the entire importation process—ensuring all required documentation is complete, customs entries are submitted on time, duties are paid and working with clearing agents to expedite shipment clearance.
• Handling escalated accounting disputes or discrepancies between suppliers and the Accounts Payable team.

Minimum Requirements:

• A master’s degree in Purchasing & Supplies Management.
• A bachelor’s degree in Purchasing & Supplies/Accounting/Finance or a related business field.
• 5+ years’ working experience in a comparable role.
• Professional Diploma in Purchasing and Supplies Management.
• Experience in working with automated eProcurement systems