Buyer – Wet Plant (Food Manufacturing)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Reporting to Operations Manager.

 

Main Purpose of Job:

• Determine sourcing requirements with demand and forecasting input from the sales department and management
• Build and maintain good relationships with staff, suppliers and key functions in the business

 

Main Responsibilities:

• Place purchase orders (PO’s) with suppliers according to portfolio
• Ensure that PO’s are placed timeously
• Draw reports to monitor and action as listed
• Open goods receipt quantities – Keep control of and update placed purchase orders and delivery dates thereof
• Maintain open invoice quantities
• Regularly check system balances with in-stock items.
• Inform relevant department of incorrect bill of materials (BOM) setups, which have been picked up when working through the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) run
• Negotiate lead times with Suppliers and Contractors
• Ensure internal customers receive timeous feedback on delivery dates from suppliers.
• Assist Quality and stores department with stock upliftment’s
• Use MRP and SYSPRO applications
• Timeous feedback to departments to avoid delays
• Ensure no out of stock situations arise
• Ensuring competitive pricing and implementing cost savings
• Implementing and adhering to purchasing policies and procedures
• Verification of stock figures from the stores
• Evaluate vendors and contractors to determine price, quality and service
• Establish and create new vendors after evaluation

 

Dimensions/KPI:

• Placing purchase orders
• Ensure establishment, placing, monitoring and controlling of purchase requirements (proactive expediting)
• Use SYSPRO to identify items which are needed and place order, keeping in mind not to overstock and lead times
• Evaluate MRP settings and request changes to be carried out if the settings are leading to out of stock or over stocks

 

Requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Strong communication skill, written and spoken
• 2 + year’s experience in a FMCG environment
• Negotiation skills

 

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