Purchase Assistant

Job description / Role

• Provide administrative support to Purchaser in a professional and efficient manner.
• Review of purchasing arrangements with suppliers including price,
delivery, performance and discounts to achieve reduced supply chain
Costs to committee.
• Data Entry of details and uploading documents in AMS system.
• Develop, compile, reconcile, and/ or update information in vendor and
Stock databases to provide effective processing, information Management and reporting.
• Co-ordinate the overall operation of purchasing function to ensure goods, works and services are provided at the most competitive rates.
• Obtain quotations for the purchase of goods, works and services to limits authorized Committee.
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure the most up-to-date data is available for the supply of goods and services.
• Monitor organizational procurement trends and implement improved Procedures of Tendering.
• Co-ordinate, monitor and review the tender and quotation process.
• Fixed Assets Management – physical verification, record maintenance, Movements of assets, reconciliation and disposal of assets and coordinate with finance.

Requirements

Skills / Job Knowledge
• Preferably Commerce Graduate
• Minimum 1 years experience as an Purchase Assistant
• Bilingual - English & Arabic
• Record keeping skills
• Basic negotiation skills

About the Company

The bank started with a paid up capital of AED 1 billion. The bank is supported by the Government of Ajman which owns 25% and it is also supported by leading financial institutions and private individuals from the UAE. The bank has taken an initial public offering of 55% of its equity to raise capital to fund its aggressive roll-out strategy to support its objective of becoming one of the UAE's favourite financial services providers. The IPO for Ajman Bank was more than 85 times oversubscribed. The bank is listed on the Dubai Financial Market since Feb 08.

The Bank's strategy is to target the rapidly expanding Shariah financial services market with innovative products and services, designed to meet customers' needs, all supported with outstanding levels of customer service.

Headquartered in the Emirate of Ajman, the bank intends to have a branch network spread across the UAE with the first two branches in the Emirate of Ajman already in full operations, offering its range of innovative products and services.