Supply Chain Coordinator

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Puratos Full time

**Do you have the appetite to Grow Your Magic?**

Consumers everywhere are increasingly conscious of the quality of the food they eat. Puratos develops, produces and distributes a unique range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers who demand the very highest quality.

Founded in Belgium in 1919, Puratos is growing rapidly with over 9000 employees in 75 countries, with a consolidated turnover of over €2 billion in 2019. Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit and core values continue to propel our global ambitions. This, coupled with our commitment to our communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

**Position Overview**

Based in _Johannesburg_, in order to further strengthen our local _Supply Chain_ team, we are currently seeking a:
**Supply Chain Coordinator**

(_Johannesburg, South Africa_)

**Key Accountabilities**
- Develop a high-level view of our current supply chain strengths, challenges, and opportunities
- Create new and update reporting and tracking processes to ensure leadership has accurate and useful information.
- Liaise with branch procurement, factory procurement, planning supervisor and to determine ideal scheduling and timelines
- Develop contingency plans to account for temporary materials or transportation disruption
- Coordinating with other members of the supply chain including suppliers, vendors, shipping companies, and warehouse managers to ensure all shipments are delivered on time
- Collaboration with purchasing to ensure correct inventory levels by ordering materials needed for production, right size purchasing.
- Coordinating with marketing teams to identify and resolve any issues causing disruptions to the supply chain
- Communicate with members of the supply chain regarding order status or delivery issues to ensure smooth operation of the supply chain
- Reviewing inventory levels daily, to identify areas for improvement in efficiency or cost savings
- Ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards as per Puratos group standard, and company policies regarding hazardous materials handling
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as those pertaining to labelling and shipping times
- Creating reports on supply chain activities and performance, including purchase orders, inventory levels, shipment schedules, and production schedules
- Identifying potential risks in the supply chain and communicate with stakeholders and develop plans to mitigate these risks
- Coordinating with other members of the supply chain including suppliers, vendors, shipping companies, and warehouse managers to ensure all shipments are delivered on time
- Maintaining inventory levels by ordering materials needed for production
- Coordinating with marketing teams to identify and resolve any issues causing disruptions to the supply chain
- Communicate with vendors regarding order status or delivery issues to ensure smooth operation of the supply chain
- Ensuring compliance with applicable federal laws, state regulations, and company policies regarding hazardous materials handling
- Ensuring suppliers are meeting operational requirements to keep production efficient.
- Being a key communication source for all manufacturing needs
- Coordinating delivery schedules, working closely with the buying team to meet MRP schedules
- Strong supply chain experience, with good working knowledge of supply chain operations
- Work according to factory times or must be available according to operational requirements.
- Perform other duties as per operational requirements.

**Profile**
- Matric (Grade 12) and post matric qualification in Logistics or Supply Chain Management.
- Experience with complex logistics planning, vendor relationship management, and forecasting
- Strong proficiency with efficiency software, spreadsheets and material requirement planning (MRP)
- Computer literacy: MS Office suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
- Excellent communication skills able to effectively liaise and build relationships with suppliers
- Ability to read and write in English and any other language(s)
- Good personality, hardworking, teamwork, service orientated, creative, innovative, trustworthy, open to learn from feedback.
- Business fluent in English (written & verbal)

**Required Competencies**
- _Finds and implements creative and innovative solutions for business challenges_
- _Develops and shares strategic business and market insights and translates these into solutions for the business_
- _Promotes our company culture within the wider organization. Facilitates the understanding of the organizational structure and proactively connects key stakeholders_

**Offer**

Puratos provides a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages our people to take initiatives and bring ideas that will contribute to the success of the company. Of course Puratos offers a competitive package (salary, group insurance, healthcare, training ) but additionally, offers you a position



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