Buyer / Store Supervisor

Primary Job Purpose

The main purpose of the job is to co-ordinate the purchasing of all stock for the business to ensure that only approved suppliers are utilized to ensure that pre-determined stock levels are not exceed and to minimize stock-outs.

Minimum Requirements

- Grade 12
- Tertiary qualification in Purchasing / Inventory management
- Minimum 5 years Purchasing Experience
- Syspro

Key Performance Areas

- Develops a purchasing strategy.
- Reviews and processes purchase orders.
- Maintains records of goods ordered and received.
- Negotiates prices and contracts with suppliers.
- Builds and maintains relationships with vendors.
- Selects prospective vendors and negotiates contracts.
- Evaluates vendors based on quality, timeliness, and price.
- Schedules deliveries and ensures timely fulfillment of orders.
- Researches and evaluates vendors to compare pricing and services.
- Coordinates with managers to monitor inventory and determine supply needs.
- Ensures quality of procured items and addresses problems when they arise.
- Keeps up with trends in procurement.
- Stays current with purchasing technology trends and oversees purchase and implementation, as necessary.
- Develop and maintain all policies and procedures relating to inventory, tendering and purchasing.
- Vetting requisitions
- Raising and placing purchase orders
- Maintaining the ERP data base
- Assist as requested in the formulation of departmental budget/ forecast and to ensure that budgeted levels of costs are not exceeded.
- Cost saving projects
- Ensure computer data is captured timeously
- Manage all stock levels
- Processing of PRs for finance
- Maintain accurate records for accounting, audit and reference purposes
- Problem solving and corrective actions
- Any other reasonable duties as assigned from time to time.
- Apply relevant ISO requirements.