Vacancy title:
Senior Purchasing Manager

Jobs at:
2000 Supermarket

Deadline of this Job:
1st October 2018

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: 18th September 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

Kigali’s largest supermarket is Hiring senior purchasing manager
2000 Supermarket is one of the largest supermarket in Kigali and is now hiring qualified local purchasing manager.

If you're resilient, good with numbers and enjoy negotiating and communicating, a career as a purchasing manager could be for you

Purchasing managers are responsible for buying the best quality equipment, goods, and services at the most competitive prices.

You could be directly involved in the buying of:

• Goods and services
  
• products to be sold by the shop
  

Responsibilities
As a purchasing manager, you'll need to:

• forecast levels of demand for services and products
  
• conduct research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules, and quality
  
• liaise between suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and customers
  
• build and maintain good relationships with new and existing suppliers
  
• negotiate and agree to contracts, monitoring the quality of service provided
  
• process payments and invoices
  
• keep contract files and use them as a reference for the future
  
• develop strategies to make sure that cost savings and supplier performance targets are met - or exceeded
  
• undertake value for money reviews of existing contracts and arrangements
  
• forecast price trends and their impact on future activities
  
• keep a constant check on stock levels
  
• give presentations about market analysis and possible growth
  
• develop a purchasing strategy
  
• produce reports and statistics on spending and saving
  
• ensure suppliers are aware of business objectives
  
• attend meetings and trade conferences
  
• train and supervise the work of other members of staff
  
• give directions of the most appropriate shelving presentation and techniques to ensure fast selling
  

Qualifications/ Work experience
Minimum 5 years in the relevant field as a purchasing officer or supermarket manager. Must have extensive knowledge of Rwanda’s FMCG market.
A degree in Business field is a plus.
Skills

You'need to have:

• excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills
  
• commercial awareness
  
• strong analytical ability to adapt to different client needs and to develop and maintain successful working relationships
  
• Numeracy skills in order to analyze facts and figures
  
• The ability to lead and motivate a team
  
• A flair for negotiation and networking
  
• Tact and diplomacy
  
• The ability to make important decisions and cope with the pressure of demanding targets and tight deadlines
  
• Strong project management skills
  
• time management skills and the ability to deliver to deadlines
  
• resilience
  
• ability to work with tight supervision or no supervision at all
  
• extensive usage of Microsoft Excel and MS office
  
• data analysis skills
  
• fluency in French is a must