Category Buyer

4 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa Engen Full time

**Purpose of the Job**:
To drive the execution of transactional sourcing and end-to-end order-to-pay process in line with Procurement processes & policies and relevant LOA’s to ensure the delivery of business requirements and performance.

**Who You Are**:

- You have strong interpersonal, communication, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- You are committed to delivering quality outputs, with a high concern for accuracy and attention to detail.
- You are team orientated and customer focused.
- You work well under pressure, with little or no supervision, and display excellent time management skills.
- You have a reputation for performing above expectations.

**What you'll have done before**:
Baseline:

- NQF Level 6 (Diploma in Finance/ Supply Chain or related)
- 4 years of Procurement experience including procure-to-pay processes
- Knowledge of Procurement processes, systems and policies
- Experience in Procurement buying and Procurement SAP System

Advantageous:

- CIPS Certificate.

**Exciting challenges you might face in the role**:

- Managing market volatility.
- Building strong supplier relationships.
- Balancing cost and quality.
- Identifying and mitigating risks.
- Conducting thorough market research.
- Addressing sustainability and compliance.
- Leveraging data analysis for decision-making.
- Driving continuous improvement.

**What you'll be doing**:
PROCURE TO PAY MANAGEMENT
- Execute procure-to-pay processes less than or equal to R2M by implement transactional sourcing and supporting the supplier’s selection process and quotations and support the negotiation process for transactional sourcing to ensure delivery of business needs.

NON-STRATEGIC SOURCING CATEGORIES SUPPORT
- Perform non-strategic sourcing categories through preparation of documents (RFI, RFQ, RFP) and perform bidding process and create & manage contracts to ensure delivery of business needs.

PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE
- Monitor process and compliance for transactional PO’s and contracts through management of contract compliance including ownership of open and post facto purchase orders and performing procurement processes to ensure PO' s are complete for execution.

DATA MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING
- Manage data and provide accurate information and reports through analysing and reporting on all procurement transactions to ensure performance and delivery against set targets and to ensure data integrity.

**Additional Information**:
Location: Cape Town

Salary Band: FM

**Job Advert Closing Date**: All job adverts close five days after date posted

**Engen’s approved Employment Equity plans and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.**

**Important Information**:

- The appointment will be made in line with Engen's Employment Equity Strategy.
- Engen reserves the right not to make an appointment.

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