www.spaxel.com

Position: Procurement Specialist

About Spaxel
Spaxel is a vertically integrated development and investment firm with in-house acquisitions, development and management capabilities powered by best-in-class, bleeding edge technology. We primarily pursue investment opportunities in value-add and new construction multi-family targeting affordable and moderate-income housing.

Spaxel is led by Managing Partner Granit Gjonbalaj (previously Chief Development Officer at WeWork).

European Operations
We are a young and lean team. In Prishtine we employ a centralized back-office handling tenant support, marketing, leasing, procurement, accounting, IT, interior design, and architecture. Our Prishtina talent has years of experience in residential and commercial real estate development and operations. Extended time-zone working hours allows us to effectively respond to issues around the clock. Our young and energetic team manages our properties, people, tenants, and vendors digitally and our deployed technology allows us to run operations smoothly.

Procurement Specialist
Spaxel is looking for a Procurement Specialist to join our team in Pristina, Kosovo.

Job Overview
We are seeking to add a Procurement Specialist to the procurement team that will primarily focus on assisting the company needs for material and goods supply. Candidate must have excellent communication skills and have a calm personality as this position will be dealing with all kinds of personalities, additionally candidate must show deep negotiation skills with intention to always aim for the ‘best price for the best quality’ purchasing. Candidate must be proactive, a creative thinker, and have a team-oriented mindset.

Job requirements
- Establish sound and reliable relations with different company suppliers/vendors and building effective supply chain partnerships;
- Research construction, furnishing items, audio-visual, and security items and secure; quotes/proposals to support company’s ongoing and upcoming projects;
- Procure and monitor all orders from initial phase until final delivery;
- Generate regular status reports on all purchase orders;
- Maintains records and follow up files of purchases, shipments, and related matters;
- Maintains files of descriptions of available supplies;
- Administering the online purchasing systems. Reviewing all quotes/agreements to achieve ‘best price/best quality’ purchasing. Follows up on orders to ensure that materials are shipped and delivered on promised dates;
- Analyzing and reporting to the senior management for the progress on the procurement scope of work;
- Preparing and processing the procurement log in accordance with Architectural drawings for purchases;
- Making recommendations and advising senior management on all purchasing issues, maintaining records of supplier contracts, agreements, goods ordered received.

Key Qualifications
- At least 3 years of relevant procurement, supply chain and logistics experience (preferably on B2B over the phone communication experience).
- Ability to clearly articulate company needs and requests about materials and goods to the suppliers.
- Attacks everything with drive, energy, and an eye on the bottom line; pushes everything through to completion in a timely and thorough manner.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Management and/or equivalent experience.
- Computer software skills in Microsoft Office tools.

Instructions for applying:
Applicants should send an English CV to [email protected]. In the subject line, please specify the position you are applying for: Procurement Specialist.

We will contact only short-listed candidates. The job ad will be open from July 15th, 2021 to July 31st, 2021.