Position: Raw Materials Procurement Manager
Type: Permanent
Location: Uitenhage
Salary: Pending Experience and Qualifications

Requirements
• Be an excellent negotiator
• Have strong leadership and procurement competencies
• Have excellent analytical report writing skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Strong knowledge and experience in financial markets
• Strong cost management skills
• Building strategic working relationships
• Excellent computer literacy, including all MS Office applications
• Experienced in working with large databases
• Stress tolerance
• Great attention to detail
• BCom degree or Similar Accounting Degree
• 5 years direct purchasing experience
• Prior experience dealing with negotiations, contracts of supply and financial reporting at a senior level

Duties
• Plan, negotiate and execute feed purchases with local and international key suppliers
• Maintain feed expenditure within budget
• Conduct and maintain costing of major raw material inputs
• Manage negotiations and contracts of supply
• Maintain and measure accurate forward cost planning
• Manage hedged positions, protecting against negative market movements
• Investigate and benchmark alternate suppliers of feed raw materials world-wide
• Compile and maintain critical financial controls, reporting and matrixes at a group level
• Build sustainable relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Manage and develop subordinates

Only candidates meeting the minimum criteria will be considered for this position
Non-response within 2 weeks indicates an unsuccessful application