Procurement Specialist

2 weeks ago


Kempton Park, South Africa Sealed Air Full time

SEE designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient.
SEE strives to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance - a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. Our culture guides everything we do - how we partner with our customers and suppliers, attract and retain top talent, and create value for our stakeholders.
To assist in acquiring the company’s various supplies/vendors by locating key suppliers/vendors, negotiating the company’s purchasing agreements and making sure their materials and products meet the company’s specifications. Responsibilities
- Analyze industry and demand trends and support senior management with the development and implementation of sourcing strategies.
- Gather quotes, proposals, and purchase terms and conditions.
- Execute purchasing of goods or services approved by the Material Manager.
- Expedite orders to meet operational needs, both short and long lead time.
- Evaluate and negotiate vendor contracts.
- Track inventory and submit purchase orders as needed.
- Recommend new products, services, or materials in keeping with industry trends.
- Negotiate, and manage Purchase Orders for competitive market quotes.
- Creation of Internal order (IO).
- Sourcing for materials by Requesting for quote (RFQ), Requesting for information (RFI) & Request for price (RFP) in conjunction with R&D and sales/marketing.
- Monitor supplier performance through KPI reporting and corrective action.
- Ensure compliance with corporate procurement guidelines.
- Provide support to internal stakeholders for goods and services supply.
- Attend vendor meetings to strength supplier relationship, maintain good supplier relations and negotiating for improved pricing structures and services based on annual volumes.
- Onboard new and maintain existing suppliers via the Group Compliance Procedure.
- Negotiate and maintain better vendor payment terms.
- Assisting the Finance team to resolve invoice issues with suppliers.
- Attend to GRIR queries and run MRBR to ensure invoices are paid.
- Working closely with our contracted logistics providers to ensure cost effective movement of materials.
- Create and Maintain Info Records.
- Maintaining/updating master data for accurate MRP info record and SPK’s.
- Maintaining TRLT and MOQ to acceptable business trends and requirements.
- Degree/BTech Qualification in Supply Chain, Logistics or Procurement.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience of in the procurement department.
- Able to work both independently and within a team, generating results with general/mínimal guidance from management.
- Communication - oral and written abilities are needed to build and sustain supplier relationships.
- Computers - use of procurement software systems is a job requirement
- Mathematics - numbers and financial forecasting are second nature to specialists.
- Negotiation - a core function of procurement involves pushing for favourable terms.
- Organization - the ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks at once.
- Problem-solving - a knack for analyzing challenges and exploring all possible solutions.
- Project management - the ability to plan, delegate, and evaluate progress.

**Requisition id**: 46990
**Relocation**: No
SEE is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. SEE prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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