Procurement Manager - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 06-10-2019 4:14:40 PM
05-11-2019 9:29:40 AM
Global skincare company is looking for a Procurement Manager

Responsible for

Monitoring and managing the performance of primary packaging suppliers, including monthly reviews and the escalation and resolution of issues that lead to non-conformances
In partnership with the procurement director, the operations director and the quality assurance manager, driving the implementation of a range of improvement initiatives to the point where they can be handed over to operations
Initiating optimization projects in partnership with suppliers in order to drive down component costs
Identification, evaluation and procurement of equipment relating to direct (conversion, filling, packaging, etc) and secondary (visual inspection, take-out robotics, etc) manufacturing
Requirements

The successful candidate will have sufficient technical acumen that he/she can quickly grasp manufacturing technology and process concepts
Skilled in relationship building and comfortable switching between strategy and operations.
Exceptional communication skills in all formats and the ability to manage conflict situations are essential competencies.
A relevant post graduate degree (e.g. CA/Industrial Engineer)
At least 8 years commercial experience is required
Broad background in procurement and/or supplier projects and/or supplier management
Corporate procurement experience skewed to working on supplier projects (> 8 years)
Engineering or other technical experience (> 8 years)
Manufacturing experience preferred (> 8 years)