• Min Matric with a relevant Purchasing Degree/N. Diploma.
• Min of 5 years in a purchasing environment, linked to a manufacturing facility.
• SAP knowledge would be an advantage.
• Responsible and accountable for all purchasing & expediting, where the incumbent will be expected to manage & lead a team of buyers in order to achieve the set goals.
• Implement systems and processes in the department in order to show continuous improvement, measured through stretch goal achievement.
• Supplier evaluation system, with continuous feedback to suppliers on supplier performance.
• Responsible for supplier development, with focus on delivery performance & first time right supply.
• Monitor, manage and action outstanding vendor analysis.
• Monitor, manage and action outstanding system material warnings (MD06 on SAP)
• Responsible to monitor and report on line stoppages due to material shortages, where root cause analysis is a crucial attribute for the incumbent to posses, in order to ensure effective close out of actions.
• Accountable for all material shortages.
• Ensure purchase requisitions are converted, on time, to purchase orders.
• Manage, control and action all open purchase orders.
• Improve on BEE spend
• Implement enterprise development programs
• Responsible to ensure line loading targets are met through ensuing material availability at all-times to the set production plans and requirements.
• Pricing strategy, focused on driving down prices & dual supply.
• Implementation of a comprehensive purchasing strategy.
• Responsible and accountable for achieving a min of 1% saving on procured items, as a % of cost of sales.
• Setting up and managing effective supply chains, with the focus on cost savings.
• Responsible and accountable for inventory levels, where year on year improvements are a requirement, through best practise procurement activities.
• Responsible & accountable for the processing of DA190’s