Job Description

Procurement Specialist Procurement ~ Supply Chain
Durban - KwaZulu Natal - South Africa

Our client, a multinational manufacturing company in South Africa, is looking for a Procurement Specialist to procure, monitor, control and conduct spend analysis.

Requirements:

• National Diploma: Purchasing Management or CIPS level 4
• BCOM Supply chain or CIPS level 5 and above

Skills:

• MS Office Excel (advanced proficiency in EXCEL a critical requirement)
• ERPLX
• Qlik

Knowledge:

• Quality (ISO)
• Cost Analysis
• Value Analysis
• Cost Reduction of processes and products
• Purchasing Principles
• Financial Control

Key Performance Areas:

Financial Control:

• Initiate procurement department requests for CAPEX/Disposal/Transfers
• Participate in the Audit process
• Adhere to Financial Policies and Procedures
• Detect and prevent fraud
• Promote good Corporate Governance
• Maintain and improve relationships with procurements customers

Supplier Relations:

• Maintain and improve relationships with suppliers
• Maintain the vendor performance management system

Procurement Management:

• Ensure integrity and transparency in Supplier Management and Sourcing
• Assist in the supervision of procurement administration employees
• Participate in the vendor approval process
• Assist in identifying procurement synergies
• Implement continuous improvement activities
• Identify negotiation opportunities (cost benefits and terms and conditions)
• Actively identify cost savings/avoidance opportunities using spend analysis, cost categorisation, vendor categorisation etc.

Control Milestones:

• Achieve agreed targets and work within agreed deadlines in line with Procurement objectives
• Assist in the management of supplier contract amendments process
• Create and maintain catalogues on the ERP system

BBBEE:

• Optimise BBBEE spend through the identification of ED and SD suppliers
• Create an awareness internally for end-users to use BEE vendors
• Provide support in reporting of BBBEE procurement spend
• Assist in the co-ordination and collection of BBBEE evidence for company certification

Tenders:

• Compile tender documents and contracts and submit Request for Tender documents to identified suppliers
• Compile tender evaluation reports for presentation to tender Committee with recommendations and supporting information
• Evaluate tenders by co-ordinating input from all role players
• Participate in tender adjudication process

Key Material Trend Analysis:

• Maintain and update material standards where applicable

Reporting:

• Procurement KPIs
• Review open orders report
• Review open requisitions
• Status report on Contracts/catalogue progress
• Monthly Spend analysis

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