2x Transactional Buyer

To source and procure goods and services of the right quality, quantity and timeously to ensure no loss of production. Maintaining best practice procurement, contracts and commodity management. Prepare contracts, plans, organize, lead and direct Commodity spend. Day to Day management and sourcing with respect to goods and services. Advise management and strategic sourcing teams of procurement problems and opportunities which may develop from time to time.

**Transactional Procurement**
- Complete specific transactional, instructional and procedural forms/ documents (requisitions), referring to procedure guidelines prior to submitting for processing.
- Ensuring that alternate quotes for all stock items and direct purchases
- Investigate alternate sources of supply
- Vendor managed inventory (critical stock negotiated with vendors with turnaround time
- Creating Info records for MRP & Stock Purchases
- Introducing BBB-EE Vendors
- Placing & transmitting orders to Suppliers
- Liaise will mills on a weekly basis to improve planning of technical material
- Review compliance with THG approved supplier list and commercial conditions
- Negotiate discounts and execute purchase orders
- Track and trace imported materials/direct orders on a weekly basis
- Implement cost and budgetary controls
- Determine best practice procedures and implement improvement plans
- Advise management on procurement matters such as sourcing, pricing, industry standards, suppliers to be audited etc.
- Provide input for pricing mandate negotiations.
Develop effective relationships with Divisional and Group purchasing staff
- Expediting of all orders on weekly basis

**Experience**

**Process/Place/Area**

Manufacturing Environment Min 3 years

Procurement Leadership Skills to manage team/people

Procurement Planning, Scheduling & Crises Management

Procurement Supply Contracts

Procurement Tenders/RFx’s /RFI)/Forecasting

**Procurement Systems** - knowledge of esourcing, e-tendering systems, reverse auctions

**Lifecycle Cost** - knowledge of total cost of ownership components (TCO)

**Accounting Principles** - knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

**International Finance** - understanding of financials applicable to international areas, which may include foreign exchange, conversions, duties/tariffs, freight costs, etc.

**Lease/Buy Analysis** - understanding of financial impact of leasing or buying, in house or outsource

**Financial Plan Budgeting** - knowledge of accurate budgeting by business unit, taking into consideration volumes, economic indices, future market direction, foreign exchange currencies and their financial impact on the budget

**Business Continuity** - ability to evaluate the supply base for unforeseen business disruption and develop a contingency and/or crisis plan

**Discretion** - ability to maintain confidentiality of information when working with external and internal resources

**Supplier Selection** - ability to determine the negotiation framework and process, prepare the RFP, identify the Most Desirable Outcome Supply Agreements, determine the negotiation team

**Commercial Terms** - advantageous commercial and payment terms as considered appropriate for local and international vendors

**Benchmark and Improvement** - ability to benchmark, conduct performance measurement and tracking analysis, and develop continuous improvement plans

**Negotiation**:

- ability to achieve mutually satisfying agreements in negotiations with others by listening to adversaries' objectives, effectively communicating own objectives, and seeking common ground and collaborative solutions

**Supplier Implementation and Management** - ability to implement a newly negotiated agreement and transition to the new supplier relationship. This includes establishing the implementation team, verifying supplier's capabilities, and establishing the supplier management program

**Sourcing Strategy** - ability to develop a sourcing strategy by conducting “Five Forces” analysis, positioning the sourcing group, determining approaches for the sourcing group, and defining implementation tactic

**Continuous Improvement** - lead and promote departmentally. Develop and maintain suitable business and operational and product knowledge and expertise /Effectively conduct team meetings

**Legal & Supplier Compliance on contracts awarded Preparation** of supply agreements, SLA’s. monitoring performance

Negotiations Skills

Project Management

Supplier Management

Strict moral code of ethics

Communication skills

Ability to drive change

Negotiation skills

Strategic Thinking

**Job Type**: Temporary
Contract length: 2 months

**Salary**: R18,000.00 - R36,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Gauteng, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- transactional buying: 4 years (required)
- manufacturing industry: 4 years (required)
- SAP: 3 years (required)
- Technical