Cape Town City Centre: Indirect Purchasing Buyer

Job Responsibilities: Performance / Savings: Manage local spend based on commodities in scope Run sourcing processes based on needs coming from business, in line with the commodity strategies Perform rigorous analysis on cost base and suppliers to ensure delivery of spend targets Quality: Ensure supply of product and/or services to the business and execution of local purchasing Supplier management: Own, manage and negotiated local supplier relationships Manage local supplier performance (performance to SLAs, continuous improvement cost innovation) Stay abreast of market conditions and trends (including global pricing benchmarks) to inform strategy and ensure supply continuity Commodity Management: Define and implement a local commodity strategy if not covered by global and/or regional teams Purchasing Excellence: Implement best practice commodity management techniques Implement standards, processes and tools consistent with the overall purchasing function Compliance: Comply with overall purchasing spend and preferred supplier policies, and monitor compliance of business end users Team and skills management: Participate in local and central skill development activities When required, organize and lead escalation meetings with supplier leadership to address disruptive suppliers that are impacting company plants and programs and jeopardizing company customer deliveries Propose continuous improvement ideas in business efficiency and cost reduction Capitalizes on knowledge and shares best practices / lessons learned across organization and within the site Job Requirements : Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (industrial or mechanical preferred) or Business. Minimum 5 years Automotive manufacturing experience Minimum 5 years experience in purchasing in an industrial environment Experience of successfully managing and negotiating contracts Skills and competencies: Negotiation skills Supplier Management experience Purchasing financial skills, including data analytics, budgeting and savings calculation Business acumen and strategic thinking ability