Procurement Specialist

3 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Saudi Arabia Sealed Air Full time

Responsibilities

  • Analyze industry and demand trends and support senior management with the development and implementation of sourcing strategies.
  • Gather quotes, proposals, and purchase terms and conditions.
  • Execute purchasing of goods or services approved by the Material Manager.
  • Expedite orders to meet operational needs, both short and long lead time.
  • Evaluate and negotiate vendor contracts.
  • Track inventory and submit purchase orders as needed.
  • Recommend new products, services, or materials in keeping with industry trends.
  • Negotiate, and manage Purchase Orders for competitive market quotes.
  • Creation of Internal order IO.
  • Sourcing for materials by Requesting for quote RFQ, Requesting for information RFI & Request for price RFP in conjunction with R&D and sales/marketing.
  • Monitor supplier performance through KPI reporting and corrective action.
  • Ensure compliance with corporate procurement guidelines.
  • Provide support to internal stakeholders for goods and services supply.
  • Attend vendor meetings to strength supplier relationship, maintain good supplier relations and negotiating for improved pricing structures and services based on annual volumes.
  • Onboard new and maintain existing suppliers via the Group Compliance Procedure.
  • Negotiate and maintain better vendor payment terms.
  • Assisting the Finance team to resolve invoice issues with suppliers.
  • Attend to GRIR queries and run MRBR to ensure invoices are paid.
  • Working closely with our contracted logistics providers to ensure cost effective movement of materials.
  • Create and Maintain Info Records.
  • Maintaining/updating master data for accurate MRP info record and SPK's.
  • Maintaining TRLT and MOQ to acceptable business trends and requirements.
  • Coordinating the intercompany extension & new vendor applications.
  • Coordinating vendor credit application forms.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

  • Degree/BTech Qualification in Supply Chain, Logistics or Procurement.
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience of in the procurement department.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively apply MS Excel and other MS tools.
  • Able to work both independently and within a team, generating results with general/minimal guidance from management.
  • Communication - oral and written abilities are needed to build and sustain supplier relationships.
  • Computers - use of procurement software systems is a job requirement
  • Critical analysis - the ability to understand company standards and apply them.
  • Mathematics - numbers and financial forecasting are second nature to specialists.
  • Negotiation - a core function of procurement involves pushing for favourable terms.
  • Organization - the ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks at once.
  • Problem-solving - a knack for analyzing challenges and exploring all possible solutions.
  • Project management - the ability to plan, delegate, and evaluate progress.

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