Procurement Officer
Location: Surulere, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- The Label Store is seeking a proactive, detail-oriented, and highly organized Procurement Officer to join our growing retail operations team.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing goods and services, negotiating with vendors, processing purchase orders, coordinating deliveries, and ensuring the timely availability of products across our supermarket branches.
- This role requires strong analytical skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to build productive supplier relationships while maintaining cost efficiency, quality standards, and compliance with company procurement policies.
Key Responsibilities
- Source and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, reliability, and delivery performance.
- Obtain and compare quotations from multiple vendors to ensure competitive pricing.
- Prepare and process purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and procurement documentation.
- Negotiate pricing, payment terms, delivery schedules, and service agreements with suppliers.
- Monitor inventory levels and coordinate with inventory, warehouse, and branch teams to prevent stock shortages and overstocking.
- Track orders from placement through delivery and resolve any supply or logistics issues promptly.
- Maintain accurate procurement records, supplier databases, contracts, and pricing schedules.
- Conduct periodic supplier performance evaluations and recommend improvements where necessary.
- Ensure compliance with company procurement policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with finance and accounts teams to reconcile invoices, purchase orders, and supplier payments.
- Prepare procurement reports, cost analyses, and purchasing forecasts for management review.
- Support cost-saving initiatives and identify opportunities for process improvement within the procurement function.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or HND in Purchasing & Supply, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 2 years of procurement or purchasing experience, preferably in a retail supermarket, FMCG, wholesale, or distribution environment.
- Strong knowledge of procurement processes, vendor management, and inventory coordination.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and manage multiple procurement activities simultaneously.
- High level of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to recruitment@thelabelstores.com and thelabelstoreng@gmail.com with the subject line “Procurement Officer”.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.