GROUP ASST. PROCUREMENT MANAGER - CHURCHGATE GROUP OF COMPANIES
(2026-01)
- Supplier & Vendor Management: Identify, register, and evaluate potential suppliers and contractors to ensure high-quality, cost-effective sourcing.
- Negotiation & Procurement: Float inquiries (RFP/RFQ), review quotations, and negotiate contracts for material requisition.
- Logistics & Delivery: Oversee logistics for material transfer to various company projects, ensuring on-time delivery.
- Documentation & Compliance: Prepare Purchase Orders (PO) and Work Orders (WO), maintain detailed data banks, and adhere to company policies.
- Budgeting & Finance: Monitor spending, manage budgets for procurement/projects, and coordinate with the accounts department for timely payments.
- Quality Control: Inspect materials and equipment before final purchase.
- Documentation & Compliance: Processing and updating import records, including Form "M", Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) status, and Exchange Control Documents.
- Logistics & Clearing: Following up with clearing agents to ensure sea/air consignments are cleared within stipulated periods and Terminal Delivery Orders (TDOs) are released.
- Cost Management: Preparing costing for air, sea, and courier shipments (Landed Cost) and generating Goods Received Notes (GRN).
- Vendor Coordination: Ensuring timely container returns to shipping companies to avoid additional demurrage.
- Refund Management: Following up with clearing agents for the refund of shipping/container deposits.
- Reporting: Prepare weekly budget requirements and import status reports for management
PROCUREMENT ENGINEER - INCOME ELECTRIX LTD (LAGOS OFFICE) [SUBSIDIARY OF METERING SOLUTIONS MANUFACTURING SERVICES LTD] - Lagos
(2024-01 - 2025-12)
Same responsibilities as Metering Solutions Manufacturing Services Ltd
PROCUREMENT MANAGER - METERING SOLUTIONS MANUFACTURING SERVICES LTD
(2017-01 - 2024-12)
- Coordinating the entire import process from supplier order placement to delivery, including arranging shipping, freight forwarding, and customs clearance.
- Ensuring all import documentation is accurate and compliant with customs regulations, including managing customs brokers and handling any customs issues.
- Negotiating contracts with international suppliers, managing relationships, and ensuring timely delivery of goods.
- Staying updated on international trade laws and regulations, ensuring the company adheres to all import requirements.
- Identifying cost-saving opportunities within the import process, such as negotiating shipping rates and optimizing customs clearance procedures.
- Proactively identifying and mitigating potential risks associated with international trade, including import restrictions and sanctions.
- Monitoring import data to identify trends, potential issues, and areas for improvement.
- Employ a good understanding of the development and application of standard times, cost and operating procedures to ensure consistency in the performance of the company in engaged projects
- Managing the ongoing procurement of assigned items, goods and services ensuring that the list of assigned items is continuously streamlined through constant review and consultations with suppliers and the users of the assigned items.
- Annual price savings are achieved whilst not compromising on quality of the items, goods and service procured
- Specifications are in place for all such assigned items
- The right quantity of all such assigned items is consistently available for the use at the right quality, right price, right time and in line with the company's policy on stock holding
- Recommend to the Head of unit or department, the status of contracts with manufacturers/suppliers and advise on contract renewals as and when required
- Conduct and report on performance evaluation of suppliers and ensure that all manufacturers/supplier relationships are effectively managed for the mutual benefit of all parties
- Participate in the preparation and administration of the Department's annual budget
- Generate and analyze report on assigned activities as and when required to support effective decision making within the team
- Constantly communicate and educate the internal users on processes put in place for interfacing with suppliers, procurement of goods/services and contracting.
- Negotiate with suppliers/manufacturers to ensure annual cost savings are achieved
- Follow up and keep tracking of all imported items
- Preparing procurement reports
PURCHASING MANAGER - ALIBERT NIGERIA LIMITED
(2016-01 - 2017-12)
- Developing sound, cost-effective strategies for the purchasing of materials used in the business
- Maintaining relationships with suppliers while continually scouting for additional vendors
- Identify high-margin opportunities for additional product offerings through market research and networking with customers, vendors, and the academic community.
- Evaluating spending operations while seeking ways to improve and enhance the quality of products purchased and the timeliness of deliveries
- Procure all materials necessary to support the manufacturing schedule on a timely basis, negotiating favorable contracts with key suppliers.
- Drive cost reduction activities and maintained purchasing documentation.
- Ensure stock inventory levels are maintained to adequately meet operation needs.
- Communicating with management regularly regarding the efficient flow of goods and services affecting production
- Conducting cost analyses and setting benchmarks for improvement
- Developing risk management procedures to mitigate losses in the event of product shortages
- Supervising a purchasing team and delegating tasks across departments when necessary
- Working closely with the company legal department to make sure contracts and terms are favorable
PROCUREMENT MANAGER - EVANS MEDICAL PLC (PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY)
(2014-01 - 2016-12)
- To ensure raw, packaging, engineering and sundries materials available to meet production and operational needs of the company
- Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships
- Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients
- Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements
- Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs
- Developing procurement strategies that are inventive and cost effective
- Sourcing and engaging reliable suppliers and vendors
- Reviewing existing contracts with suppliers and vendors to ensure on-going feasibility
- Building and maintaining long-term relationships with vendors and suppliers
- Approving purchasing orders and organizing and confirming delivery of goods and services
- Performing risk assessments on potential contracts and agreements
- Developing key relationships with business stakeholders and strategic supply partners to improve business
- Maintain and operate optimum Material Inventory to avoid loss to obsolescence and high inventory cost
- Analyze market and delivery trends so as to develop procurement technologies and processes that support those trends
- Conduct business review meetings with key stakeholders to assess risk, review future strategies and identify potential cost down and improvement opportunity
- Provide periodic reporting for management on purchasing, controls and processes
- Teach and educate managers and associates about the procurement process control
- Ensure availability of imported finished products through a well-planned overseas ordering schedule to meet the set sales budget
- Import and ensure prompt customs clearance of overseas items in an efficient and economic manner
SUPPLY CHAIN CO-ORDINATOR - ASSENE-LABOREX NIG. LTD (PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY)
(2014-01 - 2014-12)
