Technical Buyer

**Listing reference**: mr_001625**Listing status**: Online-
**Position summary**

**Industry**:Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
- **Job category**:Energy and Power Engineering**Location**:Bedfordview
- **Contract**:Permanent**Remuneration**:Market related**Introduction**
- The Technical Buyer will manage and be responsible for the procurement department of renewable projects and enhancing the procurement effectiveness by managing the overall purchasing activities leading to the purchase of goods, materials, services and equipment in accordance with project requirements and in compliance with systems, policies and procedures**Job description**

**Key performance indicators**:

- Contribute to the overall procurement strategy, risk identification, critical tasks & performance targets
- Extracting transactional reports from JD Edwards for the contract evaluation process.
- Purchase order amendments to avoid payment discrepancies.
- The placing and expediting of purchase orders with suppliers listed approved vendor database.
- Authorise Vendor administrator to correct the supplier contact information if necessary.
- Compile and issuing of RFQ’s, RFI’s, RFP’s and making written recommendations after adjudication.
- Communicate with Procurement to investigate possible contracts for identified monthly transactional purchases.
- Ensuring that all purchases are processed in accordance with procurement contract terms and references.
- Negotiate discounted prices and source commodities from alternative suppliers to accumulate savings and share the spend.
- Meet budget constraints.
- Negotiate best prices, lead times with respect to quality, risk, and delivery requirements.
- Establishing and maintaining strategic partnerships with key product and service providers.
- Driver for continuous improvements to support internal and external customers.
- Ensure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) methodology is followed.
- Demonstrate cross functional engagement within the procurement commodities
- Coordinate and drive the BBBEE spend with the purchasing team to meet the Company’s preferential procurement and local purchasing targets.
- Monitor the team’s performance and adherence to departmental procedure and policies.
- Evaluate and approve purchase orders on JD Edwards.
- Identify and vetting of potential suppliers to be registered on the company vendor database

**Key responsibilities**:

- Complete assigned procurement activities on time, to the prescribed schedule, according to the needs of the assignment and/ or project organization using the correct procedures and processes.
- Manage and implement supplier evaluation and selection processes to ensure the cost effective procurement of goods and services.
- Support the estimation process by obtaining supply information to compile a winning bid timeously and at the best cost to the projects.
- Identify and collate a procurement risk profile for the project and implement mitigating actions.
- Support the site by ensuring all plant, equipment and consumables are procured in the agreed time and at the agreed cost.
- Be part of the contract review team with the construction team and implement learning acquired from previous procurement activities.
- Coordinate the dispatch of materials to site in order to meet the construction plan on time.
- Issue clearing documentation for inbound and outbound logistics.
- Scan the market for new suppliers and alternative products with regards to price and quality.
- Negotiate purchase agreements, lease agreements, sale and settlement discounts.
- Perform the tender administration process and compile tender specifications for suppliers.
- Review the tender with user department and review all documentation for Tender Board.
- Ensure appropriate systems and controls are in place to manage resources and assets.
- Be responsible for supervision of the pricelist for projects.
- Work closely with projects control costing in terms of cost control, budget information, commitments to date and assist with final estimated cost and budget control.
- Work closely with the Accounts Payable department in ensuring that price mismatch queries and related invoice queries are finalized timeously.
- Liaise closely with the Planning department to ensure material resource planning.
- Work closely with Material Management Stores people in ensuring all goods are delivered to the End Users in terms of services provided.
- Be responsible for the purchasing process of all materials, suppliers, equipment and services.
- Review Enquiry Documentations, identify the Scope of Work and related documents to determine the extent of procurement input required.
- Extract relevant information and compile procurement packages.
- Ensure procurement strategy is supported by internal vendor approval status (initiate additional vendor approvals as and when required).
- Prepare Request for Quotation (RFQ) packages according to the procurement requirements.
- Issue and manage R