Purchaching Clerk

**Procurement**
**Cape Town**
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**Purchasing Clerk**

**Cape Town**

**R25 000 (TCTC)**

We are looking for an experienced Purchasing Clerk for our client, a National chemical hygiene cleaning manufacturer and distributor. The successful applicant will have
**relevant Industry background (Chemical Manufacturing or similar) **and be responsible for the accurate procurement, purchasing and control of raw materials, products and supplies.

**Minimum Requirements***:

- Grade 12 / NQF equivalent
- Tertiary Qualification in Procurement/Purchasing or similar
- Minimum 3 - 5 years relevant experience
- Must have working Industry experience (chemical manufacturing environment or similar industry)
- Computer literate / knowledge of Navision / Syspro / Accpac and or other related ERP or MRP systems, is essential
- Excellent understanding of MS Office / and advance skills in Excel

**Key Responsibilities***:
**Planning**:

- Continuously analyse production needs and plan procurement of materials accordingly
- Prepare purchasing worksheets accordingly
- Analysing buy out report and items required per depot, place orders and manage stock accordingly
- Ensure buy-outs safety stock is updated monthly

**Procurement**:

- Ensure sufficient procurement of raw material, packaging and labelling to meet production needs
- Continuously evaluate quality of suppliers and raw materials
- Regular liaison with suppliers, building and maintaining relationship
- price negotiations and supplier evaluations throughout the year
- Ordering of all buyout items
- Quarterly analysis of imported perfume requirements, and procuring stock accordingly
- Oxone must be ordered quarterly or when required. (Ensure sufficient stock before next shipment arrives.)
- Attend to and resolve queries with suppliers on outstanding documentation, price queries, stock shortages etc.
- Procuring, managing and controlling of all PPE clothing
- Sourcing of new packaging and raw materials as and when required

**Administration**:

- Booking in all stock items that get delivered into the depots
- Responsible for tracking of raw material totals by vendor / supplier
- Responsible for tracking the quality of raw materials by load, vendor and ship form
- Following up on outstanding orders
- Updating prices once a month
- All buy out items correctly allocated and delivered to various depots
- SLA’s must be updated and renewed every 3 years.
- Ensure all documents for imported products and shipping agents requirements to clearing of containers is in order and correct
- Updating the buyout prices list and send it through to Sales for updating monthly
- Controlling of PPE
- Capturing of STN’s for stock transfers between the various entities
- Update spreadsheet for the movement on the top raw materials on a monthly basis
- Follow up on payments for suppliers on COD accounts
- Maintain accurate filing systems
- Manage and control the issue of monthly staff packs