Senior Buyer

**Listing reference**: click_015143**Listing status**: Online-
**Position summary**

**Industry**:FMCG & Supply Management
- **Job category**:Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain**Location**:Roodepoort
- **Contract**:Permanent**EE position**:Yes**Introduction**
- We are looking to recruit a permanent Senior Buyer to work for United Pharmaceutical Distributors (UPD). The role will be based in Lea Glen, Roodepoort reporting to the Supply Chain Executive.**Job description**

**Job Purpose**:
Responsible for the procurement of ethical products, contributing to the profitability of UPD through building strong supplier relationships, active engagement with operations and other departments on stock related issues, managing short dated stock, and engaging with sales team to ensure that customer service levels are maintained at all times.**Key Performance Areas**:

- Responsible for the procurement of pharmaceutical products using the JE system.
- Dealing with Suppliers around aged stock, expired, short dated and overstocks, ensuring such are taken back.
- Managing out of stocks with Suppliers, updating out of stock schedule for reporting purpose.
- Responsible for managing supplier in fills.
- Actively engage with operations and other departments to resolve supply issues quickly and efficiently.
- Negotiate appropriate supply agreements that maximize commercial terms.
- Comparing the "regrets" (out of stock) lists against the physical stock levels to ensure accurate stock level figures are maintained including investigating any discrepancies in stock levels.
- Answer and resolve product and pricing disputes as well as redundancy issues
- Compile and produce reports:

- Regret reports.
- High/Low stock levels - Stock holding
- Stock infill and availability.
- Potential problem products bought in for key customers.
- Report on stock holding to ensure it is within budgeted stockholding days.
- Analyse and action customer buy always and gross profit shortfalls
- Dealing with Suppliers around aged stock, expired, short dated and overstocks, ensuring such are taken back.
- Evaluate and measure supplier performance in accordance with the standards implemented by the company and make recommendations on improving supplier performance standards.
- Consider the potential supply risks from the supply base and proactively remove or minimize those risks
- Monitor manufacturing and pharmaceutical trends to ensure the company’s supply base can satisfy these ever-changing requirements

**Skills**:

- Computer skills on MS Office (Word and Excel)
- Communications Skills
- Detail Orientation
- Organising Skills

**Knowledge**:

- Wholesale and Distribution experience an advantage
- Product Knowledge is essential

**Personal Competencies**:

- Analytical and strategic thinking
- Communicate effectively at all levels.
- Strong planning and co-coordinating skills

**Minimum requirements**

**Minimum Education and Qualification**:

- Pharmacy qualification

**Minimum Experience**:

- Knowledge of Pharmaceutical industry is essential
- Product knowledge is essential
- 5-10 years buying experience

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