Procurement Specialist

**About the Role**

Planet Smart City is seeking a skilled Procurement Manager to join our team in Fortaleza, Brazil. As a key member of our procurement function, you will be responsible for purchasing goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets.

**Key Responsibilities**

• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities
• Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organisation
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
• Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities
• Prepare reports and updates as and when required
• Work closely with others in the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements
• Adhere to any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, staff, and visitors
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Prepare and raise purchase orders and order schedules
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures and guidance during supplier negotiations and contracts award process.
• Conduct research for new components and suppliers
• Compile data relating to supplier performance to enable evaluation
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and contribute to performance reviews to ensure contract compliance
• Claims Management skills
• Improvement of green, ethic and impact friendly procurement strategies

**Requirements**

• Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders, and suppliers
• Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem-solving abilities
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve set targets
• Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the production, manufacture, and customer order fulfilment
• Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Familiarity with an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system would be beneficial
• Good knowledge of Portuguese and English Language (Italian optional)

**What We Offer**

• Competitive salary: R$10.000,00 - R$12.000,00 per month
• Full-time contract
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

**How to Apply**

Please submit your application, including your resume and a cover letter, to [insert contact information].