Procurement Specialist, Cape Town

An industry leader in the manufacturing sector has an opportunity for an energetic, highly motivated Procurement Specialist to join their supply chain team, based in Cape Town. Are you a natural self-starter with a strong sense of urgency and pride yourself on your positive work ethic and excellent attention to detail? Are you looking for an opportunity to work with like-minded people, establishing a career with a company that offers longevity, personal and professional growth? Then this opportunity could be what you've been working towards!

Duties and Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Senior Procurement Specialist, some of the outputs you will be responsible for are:

• Managing projects on various commodities from start to implementation phase.
• Arranging the necessary DRM's, trials, samples, etc. to ensure the project moves at pace and that the transition / implementation is smooth.
• Continuously conducting market research or scanning the market to stay up to date with industry related developments.
• Continuously looking for new ways for the company to save money, be more efficient, improve the quality of products, etc. in order to gain competitive advantage.
• Ensure that all product specific data sheets received from vendors have the relevant information for the product in question.
• Evaluate all shipping quotations to ensure that shipping is cost effective and discuss with the PM before any business is awarded.
• Arrange all necessary paperwork when exporting / importing products.
• Prompt resolution of all queries.
• Price analysis
• Waste Management
• Procurement Compliance, including BBBEE compliance

Desired Qualifications and Skills

• Purchasing Diploma or Supply Chain Diploma or Operations Management Diploma or similar
• Project management experience will be an advantage.
• At least 3 – 5 years' experience in a procurement/purchasing role
• Be highly computer literate (Excel essential)
• Be highly numerate and meticulous attention to detail
• Communicate effectively at all levels, internally and externally
• Good business verbal, written and telephone communication skills are required
• Knowledgeable of all INCO Terms would be an advantage
• Knowledge of SAP or other ERP system would be an advantage.

Interested?

Submit your CV and all supporting documentation (copies of ID, qualifications and a recent payslip) soonest.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and psychometric assessments will be required.