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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