Procurement Officer

**Key Responsibility**:
Support the Production Manager and Production Planner in the development and execution of procurement strategies.

**Job Objectives**:

- COGS Reduction
- Planning and Forecasting
- Support to New Product Development Team

**Key Result Areas**:

- Develop and agree strategic objectives
- Support RFQ process through internal data collection, external brief, external data collection, data analysis, evaluation and feedback to stakeholders
- Support project implementation of Procurement strategy as defined by Group Procurement Manager (ex. qualification of alternate sources and/or specifications)
- Conduct annual suppliers’ price reviews
- Act as liaison between demand and supply planning teams to support material forecasting processes
- Support implementation of Material Resource Planning (MRP) in Syspro through collection and validation of purchasing parameters, upload of data and ongoing monitoring of functionality of MRP
- Monitor stock cover of key material components
- First escalation point for pending supply risks
- Validate alignment of quotations for new components against supply agreements in place or components of similar nature. Escalate variances or unique components to Group Procurement Manager
- Support validation process of pending write-off costs per Stock Standstill document managed by NPD
- Ad hoc support of NPD engagement with external suppliers with regards to new requirements, pending changes or planned discontinuations

**Required nowledge**:

- Solid knowledge and understanding of procurement processes, policy and systems

**Required Prior Learning / Experience**:

- Bachelor or Equivalent Tertiary qualification
- Computer literate
- Fully competent in required software packages (SYSPRO)
- 3 years’ experience in similar position

**Personal Characteristics**:

- Strong interpersonal skills
- Action orientated
- Energetic and passionate

**Salary**: R20,000.00 - R24,000.00 per month

**Education**:

- Diploma (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Procurement: 3 years (required)
- SYSPRO: 1 year (required)
- FMCG: 3 years (required)

Application Deadline: 2024/02/15
Expected Start Date: 2024/04/01