Procurement Officer Industrial and Technical Materials

About this role

The role is for a Procurement Officer covering industrial and technical materials at Petromech Engineering United Limited in Kaduna. It entails sourcing materials, evaluating quotations, negotiating terms, and ensuring timely delivery for the company’s mechanical workshop, waste oil recycling plant, and lubricant production operations. The employer operates a waste management business with a large workshop and provides maintenance, repair, and manufacturing services. The position is full-time and focuses on managing purchasing activities across multiple departments and projects.

What you would do

• Prepare purchase orders and process purchases through the company’s approval procedures.
• Review purchase requests from production, maintenance, laboratory, warehouse and other departments.
• Monitor supplier performance and market prices to identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Resolve incorrect deliveries, shortages, damaged goods, returns and warranty claims with suppliers.
• Obtain competitive quotations and prepare comparisons on specifications, price, quality, availability, delivery costs, payment terms and warranty.
• Coordinate with warehouse and technical personnel to verify delivered quantities, specifications and condition against purchase orders.
• Source industrial materials and spare parts (steel, pipes, fittings, valves, pumps, motors, bearings, electrical components, welding consumables, tools, laboratory supplies).
• Track orders, supplier payments and deliveries; report delays or supply risks promptly.
• Prepare regular reports on pending requests, outstanding orders, delivery status and procurement expenditure.
• Maintain accurate supplier records, quotations, purchase orders, invoices and procurement information in the ERP system.

What they are asking for

• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Word.
• Familiarity with international sourcing, shipping documents and import coordination is an advantage.
• Willingness to visit suppliers and markets as required.
• Practical understanding of technical materials and ability to verify specifications with engineers and requesting departments.
• Good knowledge of the Nigerian supplier market for industrial materials, machinery parts and workshop consumables.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant procurement experience in manufacturing, engineering, construction or industrial operations.
• Experience using ERP procurement systems; familiarity with Odoo is an advantage.
• Strong communication, organisation, integrity and accountability; commitment to transparent purchasing and compliance with approvals.
• Ability to maintain complete purchasing records and manage multiple requests within deadlines.
• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration or related discipline.

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