Job Description

Job title: Procurement Superintendent (Short-term contract) Kuruman
Role description: Responsible for both Strategic and Operational Procurement and warehousing activities on site.
Tasks and responsibilities:

• Overseeing procurement and warehousing activities onsite.
• Managing procurement activities on site to ensure compliance with SCM processes and procedures.
• Collaborative supply planning with Procurement manager.
• Verify and coordinate updating of demand plans from HODs.
• Manage relationship between H/O and Site.
• Vendor communication and quality assurance.
• Provide oversight of warehouse supervisors.
• Creating and managing Purchasing Orders according to delegation.
• Inventory Planning, Management and Managing Suppliers.
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure rapid expediting of goods.
• Developing and implementing specific procurement strategies.
• Update cataloguing when new (non-catalogued) components /materials are identified.
• The Procurement Superintendent will lead/ participates in sourcing projects at site and head office level for well-defined ranges of products and services.
• Ensure SHE guidelines and procedures are included in demand plans, decision making and SCM activities on site.
• Promote awareness of SCM policy and procedures.
• Provide training and coaching to the relevant warehouse team.
• Ad hoc, any other reasonable duties as and when requested from time to time.
• Be able to recommend and propose best fit SCM solutions for Operations and Head Office.
• Attend daily operational and supportive meetings to ensure quality reporting and support.

Minimum requirements:

• Grade 12
• Diploma /B-Tech/ Degree in Logistics / Supply Chain Management or similar
• A minimum of 8 years' operational/technical experience in a procurement environment within the mining industry, with a minimum of 3 years at supervisory role
• Experience working with Procurement and inventory

Other requirements:

• A valid code B/EB driver's licence

Knowledge skills & other competencies:

• Good communicate skills in English (written & verbal)
• Well-developed business, managerial and technical acumen
• Analytical and Problem-Solving ability
• Attention to Detail
• Leading and Managing Change
• Conflict Management
• Crisis Management
• Proven knowledge of maintenance management systems, for e.g., SAP, Pragma or Karabo
• MS Office proficient including MS Projects