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Job Title: Procurement Specialist

Reporting to: Procurement Manager

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Company Description: Our Company is a local general contracting, general trading and logistics company from Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Job summary: 

Procurement Specialist, reporting to Procurement Manager is responsible for building new relationships with suppliers inside and outside of Iraq, and managing relationships with those who already supply the products and services to our company, ensuring that vendors meet or exceed their contractual obligations. Furthermore, the Procurement Specialist oversees the planning and managing all interactions with suppliers related to goods, products and services that our company provides to our clients and customers. This role will have exposure across all activities of procurement department, including researching customer needs, vendors and suppliers’ development and negotiations, contracting, proposals, purchase orders. 

Moreover, the individual will be responsible implementing Strategic Sourcing objectives to ensure consistent quality of material and services and timely delivery, price savings, risk mitigation and overall supply chain improvements for the company. The individual should possess a track record of successful relationship management, strong business and analytical acumen, and experience working in teams. The individual must have great communication skills, the ability to work with internal and external stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for complex procurements, communication, and engagement with key suppliers. Most importantly making relationship with vendors and suppliers in major cities like Erbil, Baghdad, Basra, Sulaymaniyah and other governorates, and suppliers from neighboring countries, gulf countries and overseas who operate across a broad portfolio of products, such as; electrical, medical, food, consumables, construction and information technology. ensuring high availability and quality at the lowest possible total cost to the company.
• Under the supervision and guidance of Procurement Manager; manage and implement the process that controls change to customer requirements on material requests, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, vendor exceptions, receiving reconciliation, engineering specifications, category IDs. 
• Resolve disputes with suppliers, deviations from normal supply processes, and emergent requests ensuring maximum compliance with the company policies and applicable laws in Iraq.
• Conduct all phases in the development of complex and strategic acquisitions of first-party and third-party/affiliate, craft requests for proposals, identification of qualified suppliers, proposal evaluations and negotiation of pricing, services, and contract terms.
• Prepare receipt of bid documents and review of the same, contracts and/or purchase orders (PO), results of the evaluation of bids/proposals, and other formal documents.
• Continually identify and implement new ideas and opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance and proactively track these objectives.
• Assist Procurement Manager in leading and responding to critical supply chain issues and provide contingency solutions to mitigate supply chain risk or logistics disruptions for inbound and outbound logistics.
• Insure all internal controls are administered without exception and implement all audit requirements and recommendations.
• Conduct vendor performance analysis every three months and share the results with management.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the success of the department and company.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Requirement & Qualifications 

• Trustworthy, the most important value for us.
• Networking ability, and having contact and relationship with good amount of vendors and suppliers inside and outside Iraq.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline: Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Project Management
• 3-5 years of professional experience as a procurement or supply chain practitioner.
• Being able to work independently on multiple tasks and projects with various stakeholders.
• Advanced knowledge of contracting principles and practices, methods and procedures used in competitive procurement, including value analysis and source selection techniques
• Professional communication and negotiation skills.
• Advance computer skills, including experience in ERP systems.
• Speaks Kurdish and English, Arabic is a plus.

Kindly send an Email with your CV to career.iq.ist@outlook.com with the subject “Procurement Specialist” If you are interested in this position and believe you meet the requirements.

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