Procurement Associate at Komaza

The Procurement Assistant is responsible for coordinating the purchase, payment and delivery of program supplies and materials for our soon-to-be-opened office in South Coast. This is a well-organized person who strives to fulfill procurement needs as cost-effectively and time-efficiently as possible. He or she proactively anticipates and addresses common and hard-to-foresee challenges, and creatively develops solutions when challenges do arise. The Procurement Assistant is a solutions-oriented person who is able to autonomously ensure day-to-day procurement requests are met, while also working with departments to forecast and plan for longer-term procurement needs.

 What you will do

• Assist Field Operations with procurement planning for planting seasons  
• Identify, build relationship with, and develop a database for local suppliers on South Coast
• Negotiate and agree upon payment terms to suppliers, coordinate supplier payments, and ensure timely delivery of correct supplies to offices and field operations  
• Maintain stores database for inventory and future warehouse

What you have

• Diploma (or higher) in Procurement, Supplies, or Business Management or its equivalent  
• Minimum 2 years of procurement or supply chain experience
• Familiarity and knowledge of best practice procurement procedures

You are also

• Flexible and creative with the drive to do whatever necessary to get the job done
• Detail oriented and well organized
• Proactive communicator who highlights potential challenges and coordinates every stakeholder to do their part to achieve smooth running of a complex logistical system
• Creative problem solver looking to continuously improve the systems while most efficiently getting the job done