Procurement Agent

**South Africa - Western Cape**, Brackenfell**

**R 30000 - R 54000 Monthly Cost To Company (Market related, Negotiable)**

**Our international client in the pharmaceutical industry who is based in Brackengate, Cape Town has a vacancy for a **Procurement Agent.**

**IMPORTANT**: This is a 6-month contract, which may be extended to a maximum of 2 years, based on the performance during the first 6 months.**

**Job purpose***:
**The Procurement Agent is responsible for the execution of sourcing support and purchasing support activities within a specific region, country, or site in support of manufacturing operations or product development. The role is responsible for executing various value-add operational and transactional activities to meet business and/or project objectives.**

**The Procurement Agent has knowledge of business enterprise tools (e.g., SAP) and the overall**

**procurement process/methodology, such as documenting requirements, conducting analysis and negotiations, the purchase-to-pay process, and communicating with stakeholders and suppliers.**

**By efficiently and effectively supporting the procurement process end-to-end and providing high levels of internal customer service, the Procurement Agent ensures that internal stakeholder expectations are satisfied.**

**Core Accountabilities***:
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- **Supporting the effective procurement of products and services in a timely and efficient manner.**
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- **Maintaining master data: materials, suppliers, and workflows.**
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- **Supporting the Procurement organization to ensure that all relevant documentation is complete and available in SAP (for example RFP, scoring tools and results, Signature Sheets, Contracts, SoWs).**
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- **Providing operational procurement support as assigned by the Team Lead (for example support to supplier data entry blocked invoice resolution, or MyBuy purchase requisitions).**
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- **Working with team members and business partners to mitigate any Procurement and/or business issues and help achieve agreed business goals.**
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- **Executing operation procurement activities in line with a responsible Procurement approach while using tools, processes, policy setting, and enforcement in alignment with DOP business processes.**
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- **Contributing that established targets and metrics on customer service are delivered. Track and monitor these metrics where required, and escalate issues as they arise.**
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- **Optimizing processes in order to increase quality and efficiency standards.**
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**Personal Accountabilities**

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- **Training - Perform continuous professional development activities and ensure up-to-date training in processes and systems relevant to the position.**
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**Education, experience, and skills**

**Required***:
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- **University-entry diploma**
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- **Business level fluency in English as well as the primary business language of the site(s).**
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- **2+ years of procurement operational purchasing or procurement support experience.**
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- **Experience with enterprise IT systems and procure-to-pay tools.**
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- **Strong organizational and time-management skills**
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- **Skilled in Google tool suite**
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- **Effective interpersonal skills. Good communication written and spoken.**
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**Desired***:
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- **University degree in a business-related study.**
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- **Life Sciences experience.**
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- **5+ years’ experience in operational/tactical Procurement processes.**
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- **Experience with enterprise systems and procure-to-pay tools and eSourcing tools.**
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- **Excellent interpersonal skills. Good communication written and spoken.**
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- **Competence or fluency in other sub-region languages is strongly encouraged.**
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**For all employee**
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- **Permanently optimizes processes in order to increase quality and efficiency standards.**
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For more information please contact:
**Cobus Visser