Senior Procurement Specialist

Position: Senior Procurement Specialist

Job Responsibilities:

• Control the purchasing of materials/services on behalf of the company and its projects, optimizing costs, observing requested time limits and quality standards;
• Collaborate in defining project vendor list;
• Conduct market and product research and costs analysis;
• Address specific purchasing needs and specifications with the department;
• Follow up potential suppliers during preparation phase of tenders and guarantee necessary secrecy during tendering phase;
• Assist and manage the team members during their daily work;
• Assign work to team members commensurate with job level;
• Prepare periodic and special reports and maintains current data on vendors and new products as well as appropriate records and form;
• Supervise office staff engaged in the processing of purchasing documents such as specifications bids, shipping releases, purchase requests and other documents;
• Analyze vendor terms and conditions;
• Coordinate with the requisitioning department to obtain required administrative information and/or documents necessary for processing the procurement;
• Issue periodic reports and/or on request on progress of activities;
• Manage with agenda development for pre-bid and pre-award meetings for project procurement;
• Help coordinate activities with operations and maintenance team members;
• Solicit and help tabulate commercial evaluations from bids;
• Prepare purchase orders, deal with subcontracts, and help with sub-consultant agreements;
• Assist in the execution of online bidding records;
• Ensuring regional and local input is duly considered in all Global Supply Management Projects;
• Driving implementation and compliance of Global Supply Management Strategies and ensuring that common standards, procedures and processes are followed, and best practices are utilize to improve PO life cycle constantly;
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Superior.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent relevant manufacturing and/or commercial experience;
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a purchasing role is desirable;
• Good PC knowledge, incl. PowerPoint, Word and Excel;
• Knowledge of regulations and laws (Incoterms);
• Good communication, coordination and organization skills;
• Self-discipline, mature attitudes and behaviors;
• Well organized, proactive and a good communicator;
• Ability to work as part of a team;
• Commitment to safe working practices, policies and legislation;
• Enthusiastic and hard working;
• Fluency in Azerbaijani and English languages (both verbal and written).

Note: Interested candidates may apply for the role by sending resume to [email protected]  email address, mentioning "Senior Procurement Specialist" in theme tab