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Durban: Procurement Specialist posted by Profile Personnel

Durban: Procurement Specialist posted by Profile Personnel

Posted on 2025-07-15 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.
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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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