General Buyer

**AVI Ltd. **is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

**NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED** operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An exciting opportunity exists for a **General Buyer **at **NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Isando, Coffee and Creamer**. The purpose of the role is

**Line Manager**: Logistics Manager

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:

- Weekly procurement process (purchase requisitions and purchase order creation, follow-up on requisition releasing, MRP management, engineering meeting), in collaboration with Stores Clerks, All Site Dept, other buyers and factory managers
- Monitor Daily Purchase Orders - Open orders, OTIF, Stock Replenishment, service levels, materials forecast, monitor stock usage rates etc.
- Using replenishment / re-order principles for anything procured under the respective portfolio: Identifying re-order levels and sourcing against these for continuous supply.
- Sourcing three quotes: Following procurement procedure to ensure most effective cost of procurement requirement and the right quality.
- Reporting of urgent / breakdown items: Feedback monthly the number of urgent / breakdown orders and the opportunity costs thereof.
- Resolving account queries with professionalism: Quick turnaround of account queries.
- Supplier management: Top ten supplier evaluation & expenditure reporting. Establish & maintain monthly interface with these vendors.
- Vendor database maintenance: Reduce number of new vendors loaded to database. Offer alternatives or remove & replace method.
- Manage Import requirements: Compile Purchase Orders using forex & inco terms - expedite imports orders for capex and projects.
- Open & clear communication with Internal and External Stakeholders
- Maintain safety stock levels.
- Attend key daily and weekly meetings to report back on factory and supplier performance
- Monitor full utilization of MRP board and purchase orders
- Ensure that the Procurement Master data is accurate with correct throughput per Engineering materials and Vendors scope
- Participate in Quarterly Standard Committee meeting to review throughputs and to align SAP capacity and planning/ procurement capacity accordingly
- Consolidate relevant information for the monthly reporting cycle (Monthly & Annual Orders report, Working Capital Report, weekly tracker of urgent orders)
- Create templates and tools for reporting efficiencies
- Optimise and improve identified reporting mechanisms
- Weekly management and directors report
- Weekly OTIF report

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in an General Buyer or Technical Buyer role gained in a FMCG environment
- Demonstrated purchasing experience in the technical or engineering field
- Sound Excel proficiency
- Working knowledge of SAP essential

**Qualifications**:

- Grade 12
- A relevant completed tertiary qualification in Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics or Stores Management Minimum NQF4 level qualification

**Competencies**:

- Can initiate, decide and achieve action driven results
- Attention to detail
- Communication
- Deciding & Initiating Action
- Working With People
- Analysing & Accuracy
- Planning & Organising
- Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
- Adapting & Responding to Change