Procurement Officer

About this role

TheLabel Store is hiring a Procurement Officer for its Magodo, Lagos operation. The role involves sourcing goods and services, negotiating with vendors, processing purchase orders, coordinating deliveries, and ensuring products are available across supermarket branches. The candidate should be proactive, detail-oriented, highly organised, and capable of building supplier relationships while ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and policy compliance. The position targets someone with procurement experience in retail, FMCG, wholesale, or distribution, and who can work under pressure and manage multiple tasks. The employer operates a retail business offering clothing, accessories, and groceries, and seeks to strengthen procurement processes for its supermarket network.

What you would do

• Prepare procurement reports, cost analyses, and purchasing forecasts for management review.
• Support cost-saving initiatives and identify opportunities for process improvement within procurement.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with finance to reconcile invoices, purchase orders, and supplier payments.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, delivery schedules, and service agreements with suppliers.
• Monitor inventory levels and coordinate with inventory, warehouse, and branch teams to prevent stock shortages or overstocking.
• Source and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, reliability, and delivery performance.
• Obtain and compare quotations from multiple vendors to ensure competitive pricing.
• Track orders from placement through delivery and resolve supply or logistics issues promptly.
• Prepare and process purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and procurement documentation.

What they are asking for

• Must reside in Magodo or within the Environ.
• Minimum of 2 years of procurement or purchasing experience in retail supermarket, FMCG, wholesale, or distribution.
• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Purchasing & Supply, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Accounting, or related discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong knowledge of procurement processes, vendor management, and inventory coordination.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills.
• High level of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and manage multiple procurement activities simultaneously.

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