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Senior Quantity Surveyor/ Procurement Manager

Casafina Development
Full-time
On-site
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Quantity Surveyor
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies
  • Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships
  • Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
  • Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services
  • Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries
  • Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
  • Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company
  • Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients
  • Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies
  • Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements
  • Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs
Technical Duties and skills
  • Prepare, maintain and review purchasing records, produce management reports, track the status of requisitions, contracts and orders, approve bills for payment
  • Provide budget for all project in conjuction with the finance team lead
  • conduct optimization review with project teamlead 
  • Provide the global work plan for all project and submit three weeks before the the schedule kick off of project
  • Ensure completion of statutory documentation at 2 weeks before the scheduled commencement of all project including permit and other relevant regulatory agency.
  • Provide project cost reconciliation on a monthly basis: Provide material and Pricing benchmark at the beginning of the project and provide variance on a monthly basis.
  • Provide a forthnightly project update report to customer service for distribution to the client and management project update on a monthly basis.
  • Review all working drawing to ensure compliance with design specification by regulatory agencies.
  • calculate the cost of orders, assign invoices to the appropriate accounts, and monitor in-house inventory transfer for project consumption. The procurement Executive also determines if inventory quantities for commonly used items are sufficient for the needs of the company and orders more supplies as needed.
  • Conduct research via the Internet, catalogues, trade publications, and trade shows to identify potential suppliers.
  • Interview prospective suppliers either face-to-face or over the phone to determine prices, discounts, terms, etc.
  • Create spreadsheets with vendor & product or service comparisons of prospective suppliers to support management decisions
  • Prepare, maintain and review purchasing files and records, price lists, the status of requisitions, contracts and orders, locate suppliers, approve bills for payment, monitor subcontractor performance, calculate the cost of orders, ensure invoices are charged to the appropriate accounts, and monitor inventory transfer forms for bookkeeping records.
  • Prepare procurement execution plans and oversee the full array of materials management and procurement functions of purchasing, expediting, shipping, receipt and inspections, and logistics.
  • Develop plans for the effective organization and temporary storage of project materials and general inventories at various company and/or independent warehouse locations.
  • Optimize the material and supplier portfolio – that is what materials should be bought in bulk and consumed as needed from inventory by projects, and which materials are best to acquire as needed for specific projects.
  • Support, and in some cases lead, cost reduction efforts.
  • Monitor and support returns, damage replacements, and warranty claims.
  • Prepare and review all of the comparisons for purchasing orders.
  • Negotiation with the suppliers to reach for the best prices
  • Prepare the vendor list, update and get approval


Requirements

  • B.Sc. degree in Civil engineering /Costing /QS /Supply chain management with 5+ years of industry experience in commercial and materials management aspects of procurement of EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) sector.
  • Post-graduate specialization in Supply Chain Management will be an added advantage.
  • Experience in both EPC execution and PMC (Project Management Consultancy) will be an added advantage
  • 7-8 years prior work experience


Benefits

HMO Benefits
Other Statutory Benefits