Assistant Procurement Manager

Job Description

Assistant Procurement ManagerWork DynamicsWhat this job involves:Keeping an eye on sourcing activitiesEasing the path for the country team s procurement activities will be your main concern. You ll assist in drafting requirements for bidding and conduct various sourcing references including requests for information, proposals and quotations. You ll also draw up contracts and find opportunities to drive costs down. You ll also be expected to always be ready in the face of any pricing issues that may arise. On top of these, you ll lend support to our solutions department team, so part of your strategic plan should be to get the best pricing that s in line with their tenders.Are you adept in monitoring and generating reports In this role, you ll handle the development, implementation and maintenance of purchase orders and benchmark reports. You ll also carry out scheduled audits to ensure that both contract and insurance requirements are met. To excel in this role, you ll also take part in growing the business by actively participating in tender/pricing activities.Finding the right partners and keeping themYou should have an eye for vendors who can deliver on time and live up to our quality standards at the right price. A strong relationship based on trust pays off with great dividends, that s why building lasting relationships with the right vendors and suppliers should be second nature to you. You ll also spend a lot of time keeping track of their performance to make sure that we partner with only the best ones.Also part of your mandate is to support our supply chain management team by developing and looking after vendor management programmes, ensuring seamless negotiation processes and promoting effective project coordination. You ll also see to it that transition and information updates are well in place.Sound like you To apply you need to be:An experienced professionalAre you a degree holder with two to three years experience in procurement processes Are you a stickler for key business goals and results Do you put customer satisfaction at the forefront If you said yes to all these, we re more than happy to work with you.An effective communicatorYou ll be teaming up with people across various departments, so a good command of spoken and written English and other non-English languages coupled with superior people skills will be indispensable in this role. You should also be proficient in all MS applications to land this job.What we can do for you:At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realise your full potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment. We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package.Apply today!JLL Privacy NoticeJones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. We take our responsibility to protect the personal information provided to us seriously. Generally the personal information we collect from you are for the purposes of processing in connection with JLL s recruitment process. We endeavour to keep your personal information secure with appropriate level of security and keep for as long as we need it for legitimate business or legal reasons. We will then delete it safely and securely.For more information about how JLL processes your personal data, please view our Candidate Privacy Statement .For additional details please see our career site pages for each country.For employees in the United States, please see a fully copy of our Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action policy here .Jones Lang LaSalle ( JLL ) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process including the online application and/or overall selection process you may email us at AccomodationRequestam.jll.com . This email is only to request an accommodation. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.,

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