Durban: Procurement Specialist posted by Profile Personnel
Posted on 2025-05-01 00:00:00
Employer | Profile Personnel |
---|---|
Category | Automotive Service |
Location | Kwazulu-Natal / Durban |
Job Summary
Well-established automotive company based in Durban are seeking a qualified and experienced applicant to join their dynamic team.
Requirements:
- National Diploma in Supply Chain Management
- CIPS level 5 and above
- Minimum 5 years experience in a similar role
- Working knowledge of Automotive standards (PPAP, APQP)
Duties relevant to task:
Procurement Management:
- Ensure integrity and transparency in Supplier Management and Sourcing.
- Participate in the vendor approval process on SharePoint.
- Assist in supporting and identifying procurement synergies with central procurement and opportunities to become more efficient.
- Facilitate cross functional & cross plant communication forum to seek synergies and benchmarks.
- Implement continuous improvement activities with suppliers to achieve supply base management targets.
- Identify negotiation opportunities (cost benefits and terms and conditions).
- Research and benchmark procedures, processes, and practices.
- Actively identify cost savings/avoidance opportunities using spend analysis, cost categorisation, vendor categorisation, LPPs, CBDs etc.
- Management and control of item master and creation of item codes with correct allocations to GL expense.
- Project buying and coordination of bought out parts according to customer project milestones.
Control Milestones:
- Achieve agreed targets and work within agreed deadlines in line with Procurement objectives
- Assist in the management of supplier contract amendments process.
BBBEE
- Optimise BBBEE spend through the identification of ED and SD suppliers.
- Create an awareness internally for end-users to use BEE vendors.
- Provide support in reporting of BBBEE procurement spend.
- Assist in the co-ordination and collection of BBBEE evidence for company certification.
Tenders & RFQ’s:
- Compile and submit Request for Tender / Request for Quotation documents to identified suppliers.
- Compile tender evaluation reports for presentation to tender Committee with recommendations and supporting information.
- Evaluate tenders by co-ordinating input from all role players to facilitate adjudication process.
- Participate in tender adjudication process according to the company procedure.
- Analyse quotes and make recommendations Conduct Supplier evaluations to determine whether Suppliers can fulfil requirements.
- Negotiate terms and conditions within agreed mandates (Price, Quality, Delivery conditions, payment terms, etc.)
Key Material Trend Analysis:
- Maintain and update material standards where applicable.
Supplier Evaluations:
- Assist the Factories with the resolution of Supplier problems (Quality, supply, etc.)
- Review key Supplier performance (audits and supplier visits) and compile Supplier Reports.
- Identify opportunities for improvements with Suppliers.
- Maintain and develop Suppliers to add value by, targeted value-added projects, substitution, aggregation of purchase value engineering.
- Chair supplier/end-user meetings to maintain strategic supplier relationships.
- Assist in the design of the supplier audit matrix; implement, maintain, and manage.
Financial Control
- Participate in the Audit process.
- Adhere to Financial Policies and Procedures.
- Protect company assets (working capital & fixed assets).
- Detect and prevent fraud.
- Promote good Corporate Governance.
- Monitor and control consumables Working Capital.
Policies and Procedures
- Maintain Procurement Policies, Procedures, Protocols, Work Instructions, Codes of Practice, etc.
- Roll out and control Procurement processes.
- Ensure implementation and compliance of Procurement Policies and Procedures.
Customer Relations
- Maintain and improve relationships with procurements customers.
- Identify opportunities for improvements with customers.
Supplier Relations
- Maintain and improve relationships with suppliers.
- Maintain the vendor performance management system.
- Ensure improvement in vendor performance and compliance with company requirements.
- Maintain and improve relations with suppliers.
Reporting:
- Procurement KPIs.
- Review open orders report.
- Review open requisitions.
- Status report on Contracts/catalogue progress
- Monthly Spend analysis.
Should you wish to apply please email your CV through to Erin Bentz at *****@*****.co.za
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.
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