Vendor Acquisition Associate

Responsibilities:

• Act as a point of contact between the company and suppliers.
• Identify potential suppliers based on project requirements.
• Negotiate contracts, terms, and deadlines with vendors and suppliers.
• Work closely with the legal department to ensure contract terms are favorable to the organization.
• Developing procurement strategies that are inventive and cost-effective.
• Sourcing and engaging reliable suppliers and vendors.
• Negotiating with suppliers and vendors to secure advantageous terms.
• Reviewing existing contracts with suppliers and ongoing to ensure ongoing feasibility.
• Building and maintaining long-term relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Performing risk assessments on potential contracts and agreements.
• Keep a growing pool of vendors and products (locally and internationally)
• Manage the Stock master list for effective pricing and cost management
• Ensure timely stock pickup/availability
• Keep a growing list of vendors to be onboarded (pipeline)
• Prioritize Blue-chip vendors in commercial planning engagement
• Liaise with the Technology and marketing team on Campaigns for Vendor stock sell-out
• Product and process SOP development with the Ops team to ensure proper management of stock delivery.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Preferably Chemistry background or considerable related experience).
• At least 3 years experience.
• Working knowledge of MS Office.
• Attention to detail is a must.
• A person of high integrity.
• Must be a good team player.
• Must be flexible.
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Negotiation and value selling

Location: Lagos

Work Mode: Hybrid