Purchasing Officer (Restaurant) Vacancy at West Africa Vocational Education (WAVE)

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About the role

Purchasing Officer (Restaurant) job opportunity is available at West Africa Vocational Education (WAVE) for individuals who possess relevant qualifications.

Job Summary

• Purchasers, also known as purchasing agents, purchase tools, supplies, equipment, and/or parts from various vendors and suppliers.
• Purchasers work independently in a highly collaborative environment that requires frequent communication and may travel to the warehouse and storage areas within the company to complete their usual job tasks.

Responsibilities

Write Purchase Orders:

• Purchasers purchase items from vendors and suppliers, filling out all necessary purchase orders.
• Distribute Supplies to the Cafe and Production house.
• Must Update Expense sheet regularly
• Monthly price comparison to ensure the company gets the best deals.

Shop:

• Purchasers shop for the best available deals on needed items by looking up prices from multiple vendors and suppliers to find the highest-quality items for the lowest price.

Process Orders:

• Purchasers process purchase orders, updating digital files as needed to record purchases made, when money has been received, and all other relevant information.

Monitor Inventory:

• Purchasers monitor and maintain inventory levels, ordering new items as needed to keep the inventory fully stocked and supplied.

Ensure Delivery:

• Purchasers ensure that purchased orders are delivered by coordinating with warehouse and transport staff.
• Negotiate: Purchasers negotiate new contracts with existing and new vendors and suppliers.

Manage Relationships:

• Purchasers locate new vendors and establish working relationships with them. They also maintain existing vendor and supplier relationships.

Purchaser Skills and Qualifications:

• Purchasers collaborate with other members of the supply chain, ensuring that purchases arrive in a timely fashion precisely as ordered to keep inventories well stocked.

Experience and qualifications

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree with 2 – 5 years work experience.
• Experience in this role is huge advantage
• Only candidates that stay on the island
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills.

Skill Requirements:

• Leadership – to work closely with warehouse staff and other staff members within the company, ensuring they are managing purchases properly on their end of the supply chain
• Communication – purchasers work in a collaborative environment that requires coordination with other departments and negotiation with vendors
• Computer skills – to keep digital files updated and manage purchase orders
• Multi-tasking – to manage multiple duties and responsibilities at once
• Organization – to maintain purchase order paperwork and digital files, monitor inventory
• systems, and ensure deliveries
• Detail-oriented – to find the best rates for purchased items and maintain inventory levels.

REMUNERATION:-

Application deadline

Application details

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: assessments@waveacademies.org using “PO” as the subject of the email.
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