Vacancies at May & Baker Nigeria Plc 

May & Baker Nigeria Plc was founded on September 4, 1944 as Nigeria’s first pharmaceutical company. It has its origin in England, the United Kingdom in 1834 where three chemists founded Grimwade, May & Pickett, a firm for manufacturing chemicals for pharmaceutical products.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

Job Title: Material Planning Officer

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities 

• To ensure prompt materials requirement planning and issuance of purchase requisitions for procurement of direct materials for production use.
• Prepares monthly/quarterly/annual material requirement plans as per the sales forecasts and production phasing to ensure timely procurement of materials for production use.
• Participates in the Sales and Operations Planning Process (S&OP) through relevant planning reporting and summary of key planning constraints.
• Ensures purchase requisitions are executed promptly as required to foster effective procurement of materials.
• Responsible for monitoring raw and packaging materials stock levels, to avoid sudden stock outs.
• Maintains optimum inventory stock levels by reducing material wastages due to overstocking and expiration of materials.
• Maintains strong communications with production team and procurement officers to confirm production/shipping schedules and monitor open purchase orders.
• Establishes effective relationships with key internal stakeholders to achieve quality standards and improvements on a continuous basis.
• Prepares monthly report on planning activities.
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the Head, Planning and Procurement.

Qualifications
Competencies:

• Good knowledge of best practices in planning and procurement
• Analytical and Proactive
• Meticulous and detail-oriented
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (MS Excel and other analytical tools), ERP – Microsoft Navision

Requirements:

• A B.Sc. or HND in Science or related discipline.
• Between 2-3 years cognate experience in similar role.

Key Performance Indicator

• Frequency of material stock-outs
• Inventory holding
• Purchase requisition timelines
• Openness, transparency and efficiency of the planning process.

Application Closing Date
13th November, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@may-baker.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Job Title: Technical Procurement Officer

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full-time
Reports To: Head, Planning and Procurement

Job Description

• To ensure strategic sourcing and procurement of engineering/technical items, consumables, equipment, machines, services, and projects in a timely and cost-efficient manner.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures prompt procurement of engineering spares, consumables, equipment, machines, services and projects in line with company’s procurement policy.
• Liaises with user departments and suppliers to ensure that items/services procured meet required specifications.
• Conducts regular market/price intelligence survey to ensure competitiveness on items and services procured.
• Ensures purchase orders are executed promptly as required to foster effective delivery of purchased materials/services for uninterrupted operations.
• Works with a cross-functional team to schedule and monitor assigned projects and ensure they are completed within the stipulated budget and time frame.
• Develop service level agreements with vendors and contractors.
• Conducts the annual vendors’/contractors’ performance evaluation process, prepares the performance evaluation report and gives recommendations to concerned stakeholders.
• Establishes mutually beneficial, ethical and healthy relationships with vendors/contractors to achieve quality standards and improvements on a continuous basis.
• Prepares monthly reports on procurement activities.
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the Head, Planning and Procurement.

Key Performance Indicators

• Purchase requisition processing as per agreed lead time
• Procurement cost reduction and avoidance
• Timeliness of purchase and deliveries
• Frequency of deviations from contracts terms and agreed service level
• Openness, transparency and efficiency of the procurement process.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or HND in Engineering or related discipline.
• Membership of relevant Professional bodies.
• Between 2-3 years of cognate experience in similar role.

Competencies Required for the Role:

• In-depth knowledge of best practices in procurement and supply chain management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong negotiation skill
• Must have an eye for detail, a drive for efficiency, and a passion for creativity and innovation
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with external and internal stakeholders
• Analytical and Proactive
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, ERP – Microsoft Navision.

Job Benefits
Attractive and Negotiable.

Application Closing Date
13th November, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@may-baker.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.