Senior Buyer Kenya Cuttings at Syngenta

Role Purpose

To ensure that all the purchase requests have been processed and the materials have been bought & delivered to the farm.

Accountabilities

• Issue Local Purchase orders
• Liaise with contracted suppliers to ensured scheduled maintenance program are adhered to
• Liaise with suppliers to get optimum prices of items required
• Check and verify requisition documents before procuring the items
• Prepare & issue any other required documents for procurement
• Maintain and update supplier database products and terms
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure items ordered have been delivered
• Ensure details of returned items are well documented and follow-up on re-supply
• Verify availability of the items from suppliers before procurement
• Ensuring Job card & project certificate have been issued by the supplier
• Ensuring that HSE rules and regulations for the company are observed by the suppliers
• Enforces HSE rules and regulations and champions the implementation of the Syngenta HSE policy in all business operations.
• Any other tasks & projects as may be allocated from time to time

Qualifications

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

• Communications
• Organizational skill
• Problem solving

Critical knowledge

• Undergraduate Degree in Purchasing and Supply Management

Critical Experience

• 2 years’ experience in a similar role

Critical Technical, Professional, And Personal Capabilities

• SAP proficiency
• Excel proficiency
• Numerical

Critical Leadership Capabilities

• Supervisory
• Integrity
• Teamwork

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Ensuring to purchase product at the budgeted level
• Meet delivery timeline for products requested
• Comply with the laid downs syngenta code of practise in procurement
• Keep track of Market environment