Job Description

Responsibilities / Tasks
1) Purchasing:

• Coordinates all activities related to procurement, beginning with intent to purchase, through delivery.
• Analyze the requirements of the commodity, including preliminary specifications, preferred supplier, and date commodities are required.
• Solicits and evaluates proposals for the requested commodity.
• Advises team members on the appropriate supplier to be used.
• Negotiates the lowest possible cost for the commodity balanced against the optimum quality and schedule needs.
• Assures that the commodity is delivered on schedule, at the negotiated price, and meets the quality standards of the company.
• Maintains timely control of orders, amendments, and other documents to assure accurate retention of records.

2) Engineering Administration:

• Ensure material certificates are supplied.
• Create data packs required for contractors to manufacture pressure vessels.
• Liaise with the pressure vessel inspectors (AIA).
• Follow up on the drawing design appraisals.
• Issue material certificates.
• Complete all pressure vessel data books.
• Ensure welders qualifications and welder procedures are up to date.
• Creating and issuing of Certificates of Manufacture for all pressure vessels.
• Completion of documentation for all imported pressure vessels.

3) Additional Duties:

• Monitor and manage all open purchase orders for the manufacturing workshop.
• Ensure that purchase orders are received on Axapta after delivery has been received.
• Request outstanding Invoices from suppliers
• Ensure that all purchase orders are in invoice status timeously to ensure that creditors are paid according to agreed terms.
• Handling all creditor-related queries.
• Completing applications for new vendors.
• Completion of credit application forms of vendors.
• Posting manufacturing items to stock.
• Checking manufacturing margins.
• Returning components incorrectly delivered.
• Ordering consumables for the workshop.
• Complete transfer journals for the picking of stock required for projects.

Your Profile / Qualifications

• 5-10 years' experience in purchasing and engineering administration.
• AXAPTA experience would be advantageous.
• General MS Office proficiency
• Good communication skills.
• Planning & organizing skills.

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