We are looking to hire an expert Procurement Manager to join our stellar team at Cardoso Recruitment in Paarl, Western Cape.
Growing your career as a Full Time Procurement Manager is a terrific opportunity to develop excellent skills.
If you are strong in creativity, decision-making and have the right initiative for the job, then apply for the position of Procurement Manager at Cardoso Recruitment today!
SUMMARY: .
JOB DESCRIPTION: Our client, a manufacturing concern in the Cape Winelands, is looking for a Procurement Manager.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Procurement
- Manage procurement of all applicable items required (e.g. raw materials, packaging materials etc)
- Ensure competitive supplier pricing
- Drive product development & provide procurement for raw materials
- Strategizing to find cost-effective deals and suppliers to ensure low procurements expenses
- Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies
- Collaborate with key persons in different departments to ensure clarity of the specifications and standards expected from the company
- Liaise with other parts of the business and make strategic decisions relating to stock holding.
- Conduct monthly stock control meeting
Forecasting
- Ensure analyst sends water and effluent samples each month
- Conduct current and future forecasting analysis, ensuring forecasting processes and methods are followed.
- Use forecasting to develop capacity plan
- Resolve potential shortages or surpluses of products by managing or adjusting inventory levels
- Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients
- Expect unfavourable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies
Service delivery
- Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships
- Ensure proper supplier management in terms of pricing, product & service level agreements
- Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
- Examine and test existing contracts, manage contracts for transport
- Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements – check credentials, references from industry partners, etc
Financial
- Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs (monthly meeting)
- Finalise purchase details of orders and deliveries
- Manage invoices and follow up on Purchase orders
- Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness and waste management
Miscellaneous
- Fire safety
- Health & Safety Training
- Security
- Maintenance procurement
- Management of Forklift training
Skills and characteristics required of this role:
- Good communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Strong analytical abilities & reporting skills
- Detail oriented & extreme accuracy
- Financial acumen and data analysis skills
- Excellent decision-making skills
- Strong planning and purchasing skills
- Negotiations skills
- Excellent risk analysis and risk management skills
- Problem solving skills
- Deadline driven
- Persuasive and influential
REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum requirements: BCom degree in Procurement / Supply Chain / Similar
- A minimum of 8 years’ experience in a procurement specialist role
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a management role
- Experience in the FMCG industry is essential
- Advanced sourcing and project management experience
- Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as a dexterity in “reading” the market
- Talent in negotiations and networking
- Background in master scheduling, forecasting, procurement, and planning
- 5+ years’ experience in demand planning process
- Experience in advanced procurement - managing end of life cycle and absolute inventory
- Experience on ERP (enterprise resource planning) software, Syspro would be an advantage
- Own transport
- SALARY
- Negotiable depending on experience
WORKING HOURS
Monday – Friday 07:00 – 17:00
Please use the following reference number in the subject line of your email: CR585 when applying for this position. Please submit your CV in Word Format to Kindly consider your application unsuccessful should you not receive feedback within 1 week.
Benefits of working as a Procurement Manager in Paarl, Western Cape:
● Learning opportunities
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Attractive package