Job vacancy Senior Buyer

Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth / Uitenhage)

Requirement:

• A National Diploma in Purchasing Management/Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years experience with relevant purchasing knowledge of raw materials with complex specifications, including
• Experience with imports.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in supervising or managing staff in a purchasing environment.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supervising/managing staff.
• Responsible for purchasing various goods including machinery, equipment, raw materials, and/or other supplies for internal consumption.
• Reviewing purchase orders, assessing with other departments to verify orders, contacting vendors, and evaluating bids/quotations offered by suppliers.
• Assisting with the development and implementation of various purchasing procedures, inventories, accounts, proposals, and similar preparations and processing of special customer orders.
• Request inventory counts and/or stock checks where appropriate.
• Obtaining and negotiating prices, delivery, terms, and sources of supply following specified policies and procedures.
• Ensure and maintain daily outputs.
• Verify charges indicated on purchase orders and requisitions against cost center accounts.
• Verify bids offered on "substitute" items against specifications and, if necessary, with ordering departments.
• Utilize the ERP system i.e. automated purchasing system in the processing of appropriate documentation.
• Importation of raw materials.
• Stock ordering and monitoring.
• Evaluate and review bids/quotations submitted by suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance concerning delivery, quality, and quantity.
• Assist in the identification and establishment of sources of supply and the inspection of samples.
• Expedite goods by contacting vendors regarding shortages and administering overcharges and breakage, etc.
• Investigate information about the preparation of proposals and specifications.
• Develop and maintain files of reference materials such as supply catalogs and brochures.
• Perform any other incidental tasks, as needed.

Salary:
Market-related.
Medical aid.
Pension/Provident Fund.
13th cheque (Management discretion)

PE000951

30 Apr, 2025 (333 days left)