Procurement Officer at Gusii Water and Sanitation Company Limited (GWASCO)

HR/002/08/2023

Job Purpose

• Procurement Officer is responsible for evaluating suppliers, products, and services, negotiating contracts, and ensuring that approved purchases are cost-efficient and of high quality.

Duties & Responsibilities

•  Following and enforcing the company’s procurement policies and procedures.
•  Reviewing, comparing, analyzing, and approving products and services to be purchased.
•  Managing inventories and maintaining accurate purchase and pricing records.
•  Maintaining and updating supplier information such as qualifications, delivery times, product ranges.
•  Maintaining good supplier relations and negotiating contracts.
•  Responsible for order placement timing, supply / demand alignment, material replenishment and supplier performance
•  Researching and evaluating prospective suppliers.
•  Cost analyses and reports.
•  Procurement and safe custody of stores
•  Issuance of stores
•  Establishing the trend of stores
•  Working-out re-order levels
•  Assisting in designing procurement procedures and manuals

Qualifications & Experience

•  Holder of Bachelor’s Degree or a Diploma in Supplies Management/ Supply Chain/Procurement from a recognized institution.
•  3 Years working experience in a busy organization
•  Must be conversant with the Public Procurement & Disposal Act.
•  Be Member of Kenya Institute of Supplies Management.
•  Possess relevant computer skills

Direct Reports

•  Procurement Assistant