Project Buyer/ Expeditor Job Vacancy at JAGAL Group

JAGAL Group, is a leading Nigerian conglomerate with operations in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing industries. The company has been growing successfully over the past 40 years, and has become a valuable and respected contributor to the development of the country’s economy.

Jagal offers diverse career opportunities across all its business activities. The Group’s broad range of industries and services offer rewarding prospects for various professional backgrounds and can satisfy ambitions for a successful future career.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Buyer/ Expeditor 

Ref Job.: 590
Location: Lagos
Reporting to: Department Supervisor

Purpose/Role

• You will be responsible for providing support to the procurement team by way of placing and managing Purchase Orders and expediting to ensure prompt and accurate delivery of goods & services to appropriate locations.

Key Aims and Objectives

• To provide effective Purchase Order placement and full expediting of orders to be in line with Of on Project expectations.

Prime Responsibilities and Duties

• Produce project planning and cost deliverables in accordance with the project timetable of phased implementation from engineering/procurement/fabrication/construction/pre-commissioning/commissioning data.
• The timely placement of Purchase Orders
• Negotiate discount on orders of a significant value
• Negotiate improved deliveries if not in line with construction scheduling
• Continuously monitor purchase order status, expedite where there seem to be delays thereby ensuring that goods and services are made available at the right time to end-users.
• Update information on existing purchase orders, adding remarks for possible causes if delays were anticipated to keep the Purchasing Management and User departments abreast of the situation.
• Run reports regularly from Jasper to assess the status of Purchase orders and coordinate with the concerned buyer to expedite delivery and resolve issues if any.
• Communicate/Correspond with the vendors and user departments effectively as and when required to find out possible causes for delay in orders, delivery of incorrect items, incomplete delivery etc. and help in resolving same in the best interests of the organization.
• Update Management on a continuous basis on the status of orders, to help decide on the right course of action to be taken to sort out issues if any.
• Close out reaming Purchase Orders
• Work closely with Document Control to ensure timely close out of package documentation
• Monitor payment progress of outstanding monies due to suppliers to avoid impact to order commencement, delivery
• Follow-up with end users/vendors to obtain delivery note, and arrange for Goods Received Note (GRN) wherever goods/services are received/completed ensuring that the periodical reports run reflect a realistic picture of the situation.
• Provide inputs to the Management to assess Supplier Performance rating which is very important in management’s decision on any vendor.
• Coordinate & assist Finance (Accounts Payable) in case of problem invoices, by communicating with the vendor to obtain credit notes appropriately.

Other Duties:

• Any duties as deemed reasonable within the associated envelope of the individual’s technical capability.

Key Internal Interfaces:

• Project Manager
• Procurement Team
• ND management staff
• Engineering
• Document Control
• Finance Department.

How to Apply


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