Procurement Assistant at Uzima Chicken: (Deadline 23 September 2023)

Date: September 14, 2023

Procurement Assistant at Uzima Chicken: (Deadline 23 September 2023)

Job announcement

Uzima Chicken Ltd is a poultry company dedicated to making farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima is the leading distributor of high-quality, dual-purpose day-old chicks in East Africa. Uzima plans to transform the poultry industry in Rwanda, providing smallholder farmers with a robust, disease-resistant bird that can thrive in local, rural conditions and is more productive than local birds. Uzima believes its dual-purpose birds can help eliminate poverty and malnutrition across East Africa.

Division/Department: Operations

Job Location: Uzima Chicken Head Office/Kigali

Job title: Procurement Assistant

Reports to: Procurement Officer

Type of Position: Full time

Main staff reports to: none

Duties and Responsibilities for Procurement Assistant:

Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies
Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships
Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services
Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries
Examine and test existing contracts
Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company
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
Key Responsibilities:
Maintain records of goods ordered and received.
Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them in order to determine product availability and terms of sales.
Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.
Control purchasing department budgets.
Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability.
Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
Represent companies in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers.
Review, evaluate, and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids.
and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling, and distributing materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies.
Prepare bid awards requiring board approval.
Prepare reports regarding market conditions and merchandise costs.
Administer on-line purchasing systems.
Arrange for disposal of surplus materials.
Perform any other related duties as assigned by the supervisor

Requirements skills

At least 2 years proven working experience in procurement or purchasing
Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as a dexterity in “reading” the market
Talent in negotiations and networking
Good knowledge of supplier or third party management software
Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers
Experience in collecting and analyzing data
Strong leadership capabilities
Bachelor degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration

Language Proficiency

Fluency in written and spoken English and Kinyarwanda.
Core Competencies
Transparency: Able to build trust and contribute to informed and responsible decision making by carrying out the work of Uzima in a transparent manner; provides clear guidance to ensure that objectives and desired measurable results are understood by members of the team.
Inclusiveness: Understands and accepts cultural diversity, and provide a tolerant, positive and supportive working environment that fosters respect for diversity, demonstrates ability to work in a multicultural environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

Professionalism: Promote the organization’s interests, objectives and values in a diligent and professional manner.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should address their applications enclosed with a cover letter, Curriculum vitae, academic documents and other relevant certificates to the Managing Director of UZIMA CHICKEN LTD and delivered in a single PDF document to e-mail: “careers@uzimachicken.com” not later than 23^rd September, 2023 at 5:00 pm. UZIMA CHICKEN Ltd is an equal opportunity employer, female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Note:

The subject of the e-mail should be mentioned “Procurement Assistant”
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview

Done at Kigali on 12^th September 2023

The Management of UZIMA CHICKEN LTD

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