Sourcing and Materials Leader - Steel components Manufacturing /Rail

Recruiter:

Progessive International

Job Ref:

JHB001048/SF

Date posted:

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

negotiable

SUMMARY:
Primary Purpose of Role: Position will serve as the local owner for sourcing for the supply of components into our manufacturing and customer service businesses.

POSITION INFO:

Primary Purpose of Role:. These responsibilities include the development, communication and execution of strategies to ensure realization of the business objectives for project, which includes the Cost of Bill of Materials, Target Costing, Should-Be Costing activities, identifying suppliers and supporting planning of incoming materials.

Education and Required Experience/skills:

Engineering Degree and/or Commercial degree.
5-8 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, with exposure to technical manufacturing drawings

3 years of commercial sourcing experience in sourcing
Excellent negotiations skills and analytical skills with the ability to manage and develop supplier relationships
Ability to energize, develop and build rapport at all levels within an organization
Proven ability to execute and deliver on commitments
Experience implementing a compliant supply chain

Responsibilities:

• Leading the development & execution of our local and international sourcing strategies. This includes supplier selection, development, and supplier consolidation to ensure sourcing optimization and overall supplier performance.

• Leading sourcing execution for assigned commodity(s) or suppliers, including full accountability for buy and meeting deflation targets.

• Performing detailed cost analysis of components & manufacturing processes used by our suppliers to ensure highest quality at the lowest cost solution

• Monitoring supplier quality and delivery performance and developing improvement strategies to ensure business needs are met.

• Partnering with key business stakeholders to ensure sourced material and services meet the needs of the business.

• Driving improvements in sourcing processes including escalations due to delivery/quality issues, invoicing/payables issues, and database management.

• Capture the local content and configuration for manufactured items

• Manage and place Orders for a pool of suppliers as required by MRP and Materials Planning Manager.

• Manage acknowledgements and commitments from suppliers to ensure on-time availability of materials for production.

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