Junior Buyer for Turnkey Smpp Contractor

With key clients in the mining, industrial, infrastructure and commercial sectors, our client is looking for a Junior Buyer to assist the procurement team with consumable buying, delivery on projects and quality assurance.

Requirements: A minimum of 2 years’ related experience and /or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. STRUMIS experience advantageous.

Position details:
Type: Permanent
Reports to: Procurement Manager
Job description / core competencies:

- Assisting with Consumable Buying
- Suppliers
- Improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make savings.
- Purchase Orders
- Prepare and raise purchase orders in STRUMIS ensuring all information required is completed.
- Ensure On Time Delivery
- Expedite open purchase orders utilizing the STRUMIS outstanding orders report.
- On time and in full delivery from suppliers.
- Communication time lags
- Communication of procurement timing with the Procurement Manager.
- Ensuring products are purchased at the right time, to specification and at a good price.
- Assisting with Monthly PPE and Beverage Packs
- Monthly PPE and Beverage items are ordered are on time with expected timeframes.
- 1 month of packs are ready made-up packs are in the storeroom to avoid late issuing.
- Assisting with Stationery and Office Beverages
- Monthly Stationery and Beverage items are ordered are on time with expected timeframes.
- Assisting with Creditors Function
- Matching of invoices and delivery notes to purchase orders.
- Submission of all documentation to the CNC/Procurement Manager for checking.
- Assisting with clients Procurement Function
- Sourcing and Procurement of goods for clients.
- Assisting Buyers
- Sourcing of Bought Outs Items.
- BBBEE
- Procurement to achieve best score on Enterprise and Supplier development element of scorecard.
- STRUMIS Implementation
- Drive the implementation to STRUMIS in all aspects of procurement environment.
- Use STRUMIS for all procurement ordering.
- Full delivery of Projects
- Ensuring each area is 100% procured, accounted for and jobs are closed out and before the due dates.
- Quality Assurance
- In conjunction with Quality Manager ensure the Procurement team is working to ISO 9001:2015 procedures.
- Changes to welding consumables need to be approved by Quality Manager.
- Communication & Meetings
- Lead / Contribute to required meetings at the required frequency.
- (P) Department meetings - Bi-Weekly.
- Meetings set up and meeting times kept. Meetings are not to be skipped.
- Preparation for meetings is essential.
- Meetings to have outcomes that are actionable.
- Assisting with Vehicles
- Mobile / Overhead Cranes
- Assisting with keeping Mobile / Overhead Cranes files up to date with all service history load testing/ Services / repairs docs.
- Ensure that Mobile Crane services are up to date.
- Ensure that company vehicles services are up to date.
- Forklifts
- Assisting with keeping Forklift files up to date with all service history load testing/ Services / repairs docs.
- Trucks
- Assisting with keeping Truck files up to date with all service history load testing/ Services / repairs docs.
- Completing truck licenses / roadworthy documents and or updating licenses / roadworthy before due dates.
- Ensure that company truck services are up to date.
- Motor Vehicles
- Assisting with completing vehicle licenses and or updating licenses before due dates.
- Ensure that company vehicles services are up to date.
- Ensure company vehicles tires are rotated, balanced and wheel alignment done.
- Ensure that tracker devices are installed in new company vehicles and monitored on a continuous basis via tracker reports and report to Management any discrepancies arising out of the tracker report.
- Report any mechanical faults to Management and keep a register of Employee vehicle usage.
- Keeping vehicle files up to date with all service history.

Location (country, city): Kempton Park, Gauteng

Job Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

- A minimum of 2 years’ related experience and /or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to effectively interpret and translate instructions to other employees in a professional and respectful manner.
- Ability to meet deadlines and be accountable for quality/quantity.
- Must demonstrate strong ethical character in all interactions and demonstrate the ability to work effectively and productively.
- Oral Communications - Communicates well one on one, in small groups and public speaking. Fluent, quick on feet, command of language. Keeps people informed.
- Excellent people skills
- Decision making and trouble shooting.
- Able to develop and execute production plans.
- Very good computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet Browser, Strumis)

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent