Senior Procurement Officer - Buyer (Gqeberha aka PE)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Educational Qualifications:

Grade 12 and c

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Educational Qualifications:

Grade 12 plus

• Diploma in Purchasing, Logistics or related fields (NQF 6) or
• Bachelor’s Degree in Purchasing, Logistics or related fields (NQF 7)

Experience:

5+ years’ experience as a Buyer in a Manufacturing environment.

• Experience with Six Sigma and Lean Tools
• Proficient in Excel
• Analytical Skills
• 5+ Years’ experience Negotiation experience
• SAP proficiency
• Intimate understanding of imports, international buying and shipping.
• Experience in managing several projects in a production environment

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY RESULTS AREAS

Key Responsibilities

Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets, both local and foreign.

• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
• Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible
• Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement
• Negotiate contracts, improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures during supplier negotiations and contracts award process.
• Explore alternate sources for goods and materials
• Assess tenders and quotations from potential suppliers
• Prepare purchase orders in line with final negotiations with selected suppliers and in line with organisational targets and requirements
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, and delivery or invoice issues.

SLA’s and Contracts

Ensures continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicates any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.

• Monitors market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
• Researches and evaluates areas of opportunity and reduces costs where possible.
• Assesses and evaluates suppliers, undertakes performance reviews to ensure contract compliance.
• Manages performance improvement activities including the exploration of alternative sources for goods and materials.

Compliance

Operates within controls and procedures in order to ensure total 100% integrity of the procurement processes

• Identifies and reports risks / areas of concern to management within area of responsibility.
• Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and procedures to prevent fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure.
• Ensures compliance with company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures during contract award and supplier negotiations.
• Ensures and promotes BBBEEE compliance on behalf of AutoX.

Cost and Financial Control

Promotes and communicates the effective, efficient, economical and transparent use of financial and other resources.

• Contributes to the budget preparation process.
• Monitors and controls expenditure against budget and ensures spending occurs within budgetary limits and financial guidelines, report deviations to direct Manager.
• Explores opportunities to control and reduce costs.

Customer Service

Maintains effective working relationships with customers (both internal and external) towards rendering highest quality of services.

• Ensures the professional and consistent approach when building and managing all supplier relationships.
• Represents entity profesionaly in meetings with relevant stakeholders.
• Identifies and solves problems creatively whilst demonstrating a high level of integrity in line with company core values