Agricultural Commodities Buyer

**Administration and coordination of Raw Material Procurement**
- Identify all suppliers of specific raw materials and evaluate their prices, payment terms, quality and service levels.
- Conduct annual supplier audits and evaluations.

**Administration and management of purchasing reports**
- Gathering of information on raw materials and markets effecting raw materials.
- Keep management up to date with market trends and report back on market trends.

**Administrating and maintenance of stock for all manufacturing plants**
- Determine and plan the raw material requirements of each plant according to the sales forecast formulation breakdown and schedule deliveries accordingly.
- Communicate stock levels at plants.

**Trading**
- Trade products where required at a profitable level by buying and selling the products with the authorisation of Group Purchasing Manager and Trader. Especially excess products

**Raw Material Quality**
- Ensure that raw materials purchased conform to minimum procurement specifications and to the requirement of the technical and quality department.

**Administration of supplier contracts**
- Ensure that the supplier files are up to date and relevant at all times.
- Upload and maintain supplier and transporter contracts on the database.

**Qualifications**:

- Matric (Grade 12 Certificate)
- BCom; BSc degree (Agri would be advantageous)

**Legal requirements**:

- Possession of a valid Code 08/EB drivers license