Procurement Officer
Date:
Dec 24, 2025
Location:
Karachi
Company:
Job Role / Purpose
Responsible for end-to-end management of imports, expediting, customs clearance, and regulatory compliance, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and legally compliant procurement and delivery of imported materials, equipment, spares, and capital goods to plant sites.
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
- Ensure strict compliance with company procedures, import policies, SBP regulations, exchange control laws, and customs rules for all import and export-related activities.
- Review and verify quotations, proforma invoices, purchase orders, and determine accurate HS/PCT codes to ensure correct customs classification and duty/tax assessment.
- Establish, amend, and manage Letters of Credit (LCs), open account payments, bank contracts, and guarantees in coordination with Treasury, Finance, Planning, commercial banks, and SBP.
- Liaise with State Bank of Pakistan, customs authorities, and government departments to obtain NOCs, special permissions, advance payment approvals, and resolve foreign exchange remittance issues.
- Handle expediting of shipments against open purchase orders, monitor logistics timelines, and ensure timely customs clearance, inland transportation, and delivery to plant sites.
- Prepare and manage complete sets of import and shipping documents; coordinate with clearing agents and arrange bank guarantees or undertakings for delivery orders when required.
- Verify customs duties, taxes, withholding tax, and manage Customs PD Account adjustments, refunds, de-blocking cases, and attend customs hearings related to valuation, concessions, and disputes.
- Manage capital equipment imports for plant projects, logistics, customs clearance, and coordination with vendors, insurers, and internal stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate electronic records and databases of imports, LCs, guarantees, MERs, duties, and compliance documents; compile monthly performance and import reports.
- Support cost optimization and savings across freight, customs clearance, and logistics while ensuring ethical business practices and customer satisfaction for critical spares and equipment.
