Procurement Agent

SUMMARY:
Our international client in the pharmaceutical industry who is based in Brackengate, Cape Town has a vacancy for a Procurement Agent.

IMPORTANT: This is a 6-month contract position for someone comfortable to work remotely. So you do not need to stay within traveling distance from the site.

POSITION INFO:
Job purpose:
The Procurement Agent is responsible for the execution of sourcing support and purchasing support activities within a specific region, country, or site in support of manufacturing operations or product development. The role is responsible for executing various value-add operational and transactional activities to meet business and/or project objectives.
The Procurement Agent has knowledge of business enterprise tools (e.g., SAP) and the overall
procurement process/methodology, such as documenting requirements, conducting analysis and negotiations, the purchase-to-pay process, and communicating with stakeholders and suppliers.
By efficiently and effectively supporting the procurement process end-to-end and providing high levels of internal customer service, the Procurement Agent ensures that internal stakeholder expectations are satisfied.
 
Core Accountabilities:

• Supporting the effective procurement of products and services in a timely and efficient manner.
• Maintaining master data: materials, suppliers, and workflows.
• Supporting the Procurement organization to ensure that all relevant documentation is complete and available in SAP (for example RFP, scoring tools and results, Signature Sheets, Contracts, SoWs).
• Providing operational procurement support as assigned by the Team Lead (for example support to supplier data entry blocked invoice resolution, or MyBuy purchase requisitions).
• Working with team members and business partners to mitigate any Procurement and/or business issues and help achieve agreed business goals.
• Executing operation procurement activities in line with a responsible Procurement approach while using tools, processes, policy setting, and enforcement in alignment with DOP business processes.
• Contributing that established targets and metrics on customer service are delivered. Track and monitor these metrics where required, and escalate issues as they arise.
• Optimizing processes in order to increase quality and efficiency standards.

• Training – Perform continuous professional development activities and ensure up-to-date training in processes and systems relevant to the position.

• University-entry diploma.
• German Speaking.
• Skilled on SAP.
• Business level fluency in English as well as the primary business language of the site(s).
• 2+ years of procurement operational purchasing or procurement support experience.
• Experience with enterprise IT systems and procure-to-pay tools.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Skilled in Google tool suite.
• Effective interpersonal skills. Good communication written and spoken.

• University degree in a business-related study.
• Life Sciences experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in operational/tactical Procurement processes.
• Experience with enterprise systems and procure-to-pay tools and eSourcing tools.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Good communication written and spoken.
• Competence or fluency in other sub-region languages is strongly encouraged.

• Permanently optimizes processes in order to increase quality and efficiency standards.

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