Cape Town: Procurement Manager posted by KERSTON FOODS CC

About the Role

Kerston Foods CC is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Procurement Manager to join our team. As a fast-growing foods services company, we are committed to maintaining high standards and delivering exceptional customer experiences. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and managing the Procurement Function, aligning with demand forecasting and analysis, and optimizing product availability to meet our existing and emerging customer base.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and refine Procurement policies and procedures designed to support effective supply chain and procurement processes.
• Develop, implement, and refine procurement planning models that are aligned with strategy, annual targets, and benchmarks of supply effectiveness, optimizing procurement value contribution to operational and business success.
• Align the Procurement System(s)/IT base to business and operational products/supply demands, enabling an optimal mix of standardization and adaptability of products supply to customer base needs.
• Develop, implement, and refine administration and documentary support, follow-through, and internal and customer processes alignment, to achieve optimal administrative control of procurement.
• Manage an effective, integrated, and systematic approach to orders and supply sufficiency, optimizing availability for sales-based orders and ensuring effective/expedient sourcing to meet orders.
• Develop, manage, and refine the supplier network that will enable effective sourcing, availability, and cost of products required, managing primary and secondary suppliers within the network.
• Continuously refine functional interface integration with sales, warehousing and distribution, as well as finance/accounting to optimize KF supply chain effectiveness contributions by procurement.
• Develop, agree on, and apply cost and margins indicators of procurement and align staff and underlying processes to optimize the value contribution of procurement to overall KF business success.
• Proactively locate and explore bulk purchases/supply opportunities in the market, utilizing these jointly with others or for both KF and others leveraging bulk buying power and developing significant income and profit contribution streams for KF.
• Direct, guide, and affirm staff in their roles, leveraging their development through encouragement and support, displaying work culture principles to be enforced.

Requirements

• A degree or diploma or equivalent in Procurement, Business or Operations Management with a significant IT/Systems module and statistics module as part of these studies (equating in total to 3 years or preferably 4 years of formal tertiary studies).
• At least 5, preferably 6 years of experience as a Procurement Specialist/Buyer, 2 of which as at least team or section leader.
• Proven track record of achieving targets and increasing revenue within the specific industry.
• Valid drivers license and own car needed.
• FMCG background in similar role would be an advantage.

Qualifications

No formal qualifications mentioned.

Salary & Benefits

No salary information provided.

Closing Date

Friday, 8 March 2024