Buyer | Purchasing - Automotive - Port Elizabeth
Salary: R25k + Incentives & Benefits

Complement Recruitment are recruiting for a Buyer from the Automotive, Component / Commodities sector. SYSPRO experience is non-negotiable as is automotive commodities purchasing. This is a permanent position based in Port Elizabeth. Duties include, but are not limited to Sourcing, negotiating and buying of goods, materials and services to meet the Company’s operational requirements. Components and commodities sourcing in South Africa. You will work with to build localization plans for different components being delivered to the plants in South Africa. At our client’s request, preference will be given to affirmative action applicants for this position

Please Note: Companies may expire jobs at their own discretion. Should you not meet the minimum requirements or
hear from us within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Key Responsibilities & Job Objectives:
• Purchase goods, materials and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply.
• General and Task Management - Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets
• Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities
• Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
• Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities
• Prepare reports and updates as and when required
• Work closely with others in the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements
• Adhere to any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, staff and visitors
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Prepare and raise purchase orders and order schedules
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures guidance during supplier negotiations and contracts award process.
• Conduct research for new components and suppliers
• Compile data relating to supplier performance to enable evaluation
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and contribute to performance reviews to ensure contract compliance
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues
• Identify and evaluate potential automotive component suppliers in South Africa
• Participate in Supplier Evaluation activities
• Build business cases that meet the requirement of Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature, Technology, Sustainability and Risk Management
• Work cross functionally with other stakeholder’s to implement decided parts
• Manage negotiation and contract management
• Work with colleagues in Purchasing contributing to Automotive supplier strategies
• Secure that Supplier in your portfolio fully meet requirements, i.e. logistic demands
• Work with cost improvement ideas in your portfolio
• Manage all project related supplier relations
• Ensure supplier readiness for production
• Make presentation to Management for business case presentations

Education and Job Experience
• Matric, Diploma or Degree in Business, Engineering or related field (Purchasing)
• Must have 3 - 5 years Automotive Purchasing and negotiation experience: NON-NEGOTIABLE
• Must have 3 - 5 years solid experience of local parts, commodities sourcing projects
• Syspro experience non negotiable
• Driver’s License, Own Vehicle

Job Knowledge and Skills
• Business oriented mindset
• Strong communication
• Must have negotiation and networking skills.
• You will have a financial, technical and legal understanding of project buying within the automotive industry
• You must be target oriented.
• You must be an individual worker as well as team orientated

Previous/Current roles & Automotive industry experienced candidates who may apply:
? Technical Buyer
? Commodity Buyer
? Category Buyer
? Project Buyer
? Procurement Specialist
? Purchasing Officer

At our client’s request, preference will be given to affirmative action applicants for this position.

Self Management
• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies
• Assertive, resilient and welcomes change
• Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together
• Proactively contributes to the team
• Actively committed to teams development
• Is self aware and optimistic
• Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings

Skills and Attributes:
• Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers
• Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem solving abilities
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve set targets
• Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment
• Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Familiarity with an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)system would be beneficial

Experience Levels:
? Previous experience of working in a purchasing team within an automotive or manufacturing environment
? Good knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown
? Experience of working closely with suppliers
? Able to add value, reduce costs and in put to business improvements
? An understanding of automotive processes and components would be advantageous
? Computer literate, with advanced Excel skills/abilities