Shipping / Procurement Specialist - International Consumer Suppliers

SUMMARY:
A well-established chemical manufacturing company requires the above to assist the Sales and Product Managers with procuring raw materials from international technology partners / suppliers who they represent within the personal care and homecare manufacturing industries.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum requirements for the role:

• A matric or equivalent is essential for this role.
• A sourcing and/or logistics qualification would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Must have excellent Microsoft office and Excel skills.
• Previous experience having worked on SAP is essential for the role.
• Previous shipping experience having dealt with shipping imports, exports and procuring from international suppliers is preferred for the role.
• Previous experience and a clear understanding of product costing is preferred.
• Previous experience in dealing with local and international suppliers and logistics companies is preferred.
• Does not have to work on PowerPoint.
• Previous experience having worked within a distribution or manufacturing co supplying the chemical and related manufacturing markets is preferred.

• Assisting the Sales and Product Managers with procuring raw materials from international technology partners / suppliers who they represent within the personal care and homecare manufacturing industries.
• Placing and loading orders onto SAP and then sending it onto international personal care and homecare suppliers.
• Overseeing demand planning and ordering stock from a portfolio of international suppliers for key accounts.
• Monitoring short shelf-life stock and slow moving stock.
• Allocating stock to customers and approving cancellations/amendments of sales orders.
• Handling various queries such as pricing, stock availability etc from principles.
• Requesting sea freight estimates/air freight estimates.
• Checking expiry dates of the COAs before products are shipped.
• Advising sales and senior management regarding delays on their stock.
• Requesting relevant shipping documents – dealing with the suppliers TDS, certificate of analysis.
• Liaising with the shipping company regularly to ensure that stock will be arriving in time.

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