Buyer, Purchasing
Entity: Aga Khan University
Location: Karachi
Introduction to the Aga Khan University:
Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, autonomous, and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, AKU provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programs and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact, and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.
As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.
Job Role / Responsibilities:Ensure timely availability of products by exercising 04-R’s approach (right product, right price, right quality and right time). Carry-out market surveys, market intelligence studies to recommend effective purchasing decisions and resolve day to day supply chain issues. Specifically, you will be responsible to:
- regularly monitor purchase requisitions and make purchase orders within stipulated time and also ensure timely delivery
- obtain Quotations from suppliers and analyse & evaluate them to make effective purchasing decision. Based on evaluation making recommendation based on price, quality, delivery and service
- undertake market surveys and market intelligence studies to enable / recommend effective purchasing decisions by meeting people, reading newspapers, magazines, purchasing journals and using internet
- make effective negotiations with suppliers for obtaining competitive prices
- meet suppliers regularly to strengthen business relationship; understand market trends, introduction of new products and resolve day to day issues
- meet end-users to ensure customer satisfaction and resolve their issues and queries Strive for improvement of User satisfaction level and compliance
- improving Purchase turnaround time
- develop and implement appropriate sourcing partnership strategies to enable reliable supply chain performance in an adverse environment at a fair price to the institution
- review and control freight cost through informed decision
- ensure utilization of capital budget within Stipulated time of its release
- rationalize and optimize inventory levels by reviewing stock reordering and replenishment processes to achieve turnover
- ensure that the requirements of participating organizations of AKDN,P Group Purchase Program are fulfilled in timely and cost effective manner.
Eligibility Criteria / Requirements:
- Masters degree preferably in Supply Chain or equivalent
- Degree / Diploma / Certifications in Supply Chain will be considered as an added advantage
- minimum two years of experience in procurement and supply chain fields
- hands on knowledge of ERP will be preferable
- adequate knowledge of computer softwares pa1ticularly command over MS Office especially Excel
- excellent interpersonal and analytical skills
- excellent communication skills (Oral & Written)
- able to analyse things critically
- negotiation skills
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.
