Senior Purchasing Specialist Urgent Hire
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Job Description
Our Client is on a search for a Senior Purchasing Specialist to join their dynamic team, the role of the Senior Purchasing Specialist will be to research and identify prospective suppliers, evaluate their offering against key business criteria and the required product specifications, and negotiate purchase agreements.Key responsibilities:
- Lead the development, improvement and roll out of category strategies
- Running cost saving projects and localization initiatives
- Monitoring supply risks and developing sourcing strategies
- Negotiating commercial terms and supply conditions
- Benchmark studies
- Inputting correct material prices in the system
- Minimize pricing errors in SAP
- Investigate & correct pricing errors
- Identify and resolve financial risk.
- Negotiate and implement contracts
- Successful introduction of ISIRs and pilot runs
- Securing suppliers that match company business goals
- Global material discussions and negotiations
- Market Analysis
- Spend Analysis
- Degree - Engineering / Supply Chain / Procurement
- 3 - 5 years' experience in Procurement
- High degree of analytical capability
- Understand manufacturing processes
- Ability to engage, network and influence suppliers
- Proven track record for problem solving and successful project delivery
- Proficient in MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
- Must have very good SAP knowledge and skills
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1318241
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationDurban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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EducationNot mentioned