Purchasing Procurement Officer

2 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Vocation Staffing Solutions Full time

**Purchasing Procurement Officer - Consumables**

Johannesburg based

**Job Summary**:
As a Consumable Buyer/Procurement/Purchasing Officer, your role will focus on supplier relationship management, and ensuring the optimal balance between cost, quality, and efficiency in the consumable procurement process. A pivotal role in securing high-quality and cost-efficient supplies for our business.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Implement and optimize procurement budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness and financial efficiency.
- Implement cost-saving initiatives while maintaining high-quality standards in Consumable procurement.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand end-user requirements and preferences.
- Streamline and enhance the procurement process for Consumables, ensuring efficiency and compliance.
- Implement procurement strategies that align with overall business objectives.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, market dynamics, and advancements and prices changes in Consumable procurement.
- Achieve targeted cost savings in Consumable procurement through negotiation and strategic sourcing.
- Monitor and enhance supplier relationships to ensure timely deliveries and high-quality products.
- Implement improvements in the procurement process to enhance efficiency and reduce lead times.
- Generate reports for management on stock levels, purchasing activities, and cost analysis.
- Follow-up on quotes, back orders, pricing requests daily.
- Raising purchase requisitions > purchase orders > goods receipt, ensuring the documents are correctly processed and approved. Follow up on any outstanding documents.
- Consumable procurement for all four offices.
- Estimate and establish budgets for purchases.
- Maintain purchase records and other important data
- Negotiate pricing and supply contracts.
- Processing of staff expense claims.
- General Ledger reconciliations.
- Raises accruals at month end for expenses.

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Attention to detail and meticulous are essential.
- Calculations, reconciliations and resolving queries.
- Streamline and efficient.
- Planning and organising skills are key and excellent time management skills.
- Analyse information quickly with good problem-solving skills.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Forward thinking, uses their initiative wants to add value to the business.
- Results Driven.

**Education/Qualifications**:

- Matric
- Bachelor degree in Business - Supply Chain Management or
- Diploma in Supply Chain Management and Procurement (certified through Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Chain - CIPS)

**Job Type**: Permanent



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