After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 10.8 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. With revenues of US$2.2 billion, the company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Championships and the Copa de Naciones Digicel. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean and has recently acquired a license in French Polynesia

The main responsibility is to search for the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible purchase cost.
Evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability and selection variety.
Responsible for the proper processing of documents for PO preparation and control of payments.

A more specific Scope of Work is defined below
1. Receive via e-mails all requests for purchase from clients

2. Log the requests for purchase in the action plan file

3. Issuing of RFQs to subcontractors, manufactures and suppliers in order to get the required quotations.

4. Contract negotiation with the transport subcontractors and suppliers of materials.

5. Determining fair market price for all materials during negotiations with the subcontractors.

6. Evaluation and selection of the subcontractors.

7. Ensures the communication and defines process for interaction and delivery timeframes with suppliers

8. Present the findings to the clients for their approval

9. Follow-Up with Digicel customs department to make sure that suppliers are respecting the agreed delivery timeframes.

10. After Client’s approval, PO will be raised through administration department.

11. Supervise Junior Purchaser who performs mainly lower cost purchases.

12. Supervise PO preparation and payments control.

13. From the administration’s informations, prepare monthly a report of approved disbursements by client

14. Maintain up to date Action Plan File

15. Maintain up to date a database of suppliers with rating

16. Maintain a quality/price balance in all purchases.

17. Follow-Up the team in order to achieve the target by responding to every request also by providing us with the necessary weekly and monthly report.

18. To respect the deadline for any request and to work tirelessly if needed.

19. To get a good communication between departments and specially the financial department.

20. Based on Administrative Assistant and PO Controller Manager’s POFI and ACCESS files (related to proofs of payments), follow-up on not paid Pos after 10 days since PO approval

• Good skills in Microsoft office excel, word….
• Minimum 2-5 years experience in Purchasing.
• Documentation experience
• Methodical person
• Works well under extreme pressure with tight timeframes.
• Accurate, reliable, self-confident and firm
• Highly mobile.
• High level of attention to detail
• Strong computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
• Ability to communicate in English, French and local language preferred.

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