Procurement Clerk
Kenya Ports Authority
Total years of experience :7 years, 9 Months
1. Taking purchase requests from various departments
2. Sourcing suppliers and getting price quotes from them
3. Contacting suppliers to schedule deliveries
4. Discussing shortages or missed deliveries
5. Compiling information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services on behalf of the company
6. Review prices and product specifications from various suppliers to determine which would provide the best deal
7. Creating and maintaining purchasing files and price lists, as well as determining if the company has enough inventory on hand
Attachment training program and my duties included:
1. Inward/Outward tallying and allocation of teas at the go-down
2. Data entry into the harvest system (an automated ERP software consisting of data bases and spreadsheets which accounts for stock movement in and out of the warehouse)
3. Sorting of samples and processing of printing programs distributed from headquarter
4. Processing reprinted programs upon request by brokers in need of repeated samples that failed to get auctioned
5. Analysis of Shipment Instructions (SI) from clients and amending of tea blend sheets
6. Preparing loading plans, shipment reports and sanctioning of tea consignments released from the warehouse
7. Launching of entries, booking of shipping lines, assessing pre-advise statements, filing of shipping documents and attaining release orders from Customs post
8. Accessing clearance from the port using Container Shipment Witness Forms (CSWF) and seeking inquiries also collecting cheque transfers from clients
Procurement Option: Yet to Graduate
Credit
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education obtained a C PLAIN
