Procurement Officer
Location | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of |
Date Posted | January 1, 2024 |
Category | Management Procurement |
Job Type | Full-time |
Currency | TZS |
Description
Responsibilities
- Acquire comprehensive knowledge of products, including product features and negotiate signed agreements for agricultural product procurement.
- Familiarize yourself with local processing plants, understand agricultural product processing details, product storage methods, quality control, etc., and negotiate signed agreements for processing cooperation.
- Organize clear product line information based on the approved list of African agricultural products and the domestic market demand in China.
- Familiarize yourself with the business situation of African port warehousing, and negotiate business cooperation with local customs clearance companies.
- Understand information about farms or cooperatives, daily search and visit local farm owners or cooperative leaders to find matching agricultural products.
- Learn about agricultural products, collect various information about products from farms or cooperatives, including but not limited to planting scale, harvest season, expected yield, prices, storage conditions, transportation methods, processing methods, and various selling points of products.
- Negotiate and sign agreements for agricultural product procurement based on purchasing requirements.
- Collect information about logistics companies and responsible persons, understand the operation of local logistics and warehousing enterprises.
- Understand information about logistics transportation methods, warehouse conditions, prices, and timeliness for corresponding products, and promptly update and improve logistics and warehousing business forms.
- Choose suitable local logistics companies to negotiate and sign long-term logistics and warehousing business cooperation agreements.
- Collect information about processing plant companies and responsible persons, understand the operation of local processing plants.
- Choose suitable processing plant companies to negotiate and sign long-term product processing business cooperation agreements.
Required profile for job ad : Procurement OfficerRequirements
- Bachelors Degree , majoring in agriculture, international trade, logistics, or related fields.
- Experience in managing local logistics, including transportion and warehousing.
- Strong ability to gather and manage information related to farms and agricultural products.
- Knowledge of export clearance procedures.