Purchase Officer – Job Description
Job Title

Purchase Officer – Poultry Integration & Feed Business
Department

Purchase / Procurement & Supply Chain
Reporting To

Purchase Manager / General Manager – Operations / Management
Job Purpose

The Purchase Officer will be responsible for ensuring the timely, economical, and quality-controlled procurement of raw materials, medicines, poultry farm supplies, equipment, packaging materials, and other operational requirements.

The officer will also be responsible for identifying and negotiating with reliable transporters from the market, maintaining a transporter network, arranging vehicles within the required timeline, and ensuring timely transportation of live birds, feed, raw materials, medicines, and other materials.

The position requires solid market knowledge, negotiation skills, vendor development, cost control, follow-up, and coordination with farm, production, sales, accounts, and logistics teams.
Key Job Responsibilities A. Transporter Sourcing & Management




Identify and develop a robust network of local and outside transporters through market references, personal contacts, existing vendors, transport associations, and other sources.
Continuously hunt for current and affordable transporters to reduce transportation costs and avoid dependency on a limited number of vendors.
Obtain and compare transportation quotations/rates from multiple transporters before assigning vehicles wherever practical.
Negotiate competitive transportation rates based on:
Distance
Vehicle type
Load capacity
Route
Fuel cost
Market conditions
Urgency
Return-load availability
Arrange suitable vehicles within the required time frame, particularly for time-sensitive transportation of live birds and poultry feed.
Ensure that vehicles are available according to the dispatch/placement schedule given by the concerned department.
Maintain an updated database of transporters containing:
Name
Contact n

📌 Purchase Officer Dehradun
🏢 Motachi Foods Private
📍 Dehradun