Senior Tender Buyer

SUMMARY:
Senior Tender Buyer

POSITION INFO:

Qualifications & Experience

• Grade 12 + BCom / BTech degree in Procurement / Supply Chain Management
• Proven technical Buying experience in the Construction Industry
• Woking knowledge of Tender Buying and Contracts Buying
• Computer literacy, Advanced Excel BuildSmart, Leads to Business and CCS
• Understanding of BoQ, Construction Materials, Production Schedules and Lead Times of all Material Requirements
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of Resource List produced by CCS, and supply chain management
• Management of Bulk Orders

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Must have 8+ years of Tender Buying Experience.

Responsibilities

• Managing the procurement of the business as well as tender buying for the tender division and contracts buying for the construction division
• Negotiate contracts, improved process and terms of business with suppliers, Negotiate terms of agreements to achieve the best deal for our company
• Assess tenders and quotations from potential suppliers
• Monitoring market changes, competitor prices and products
• Forge and maintain trust relationships with suppliers to promote fair dealing with the correct strategic partners in the business
• Identify customer preferences and forecast customer/retail trends- Identify market and realize a possible shortage or over supply and to take advantage
• Negotiate terms of agreements to achieve the best deal for our company

• Contact supplier to resolve price, quality delivery or invoice issues
• Improve and reduced cost on material with assistance of production team, and Master scheduler
• Internal and external stakeholder management, communicate and inform relevant department of any expected shortages/ delivery delays
• Expedite deliveries from key suppliers, obtain quality and production approval for alternative methods, sources or material
• Investigate invoice/ purchase order discrepancies
• Compliance within budgetary parameters, production requirement, and quality requirements.
• Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Knowledge of relevant purchasing process, policies and sourcing concepts

• Evaluate supplier options according to prices, quality, B-BBEE, Enterprise Development and determine the best choices and how to form a strategic partnership with suppliers.
• Development of supplier date base