South Africa: PGM Consultant

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Purchasing, General Management (PGM) Consultant to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring smooth operations and strategic alignment within the company, as well as managing PGM procurement and inventory. This is a critical role that requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as excellent communication and negotiation abilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring smooth operations and strategic alignment within the company and the broader Vgroup
• Managing PGM (Platinum Group Metals) procurement and inventory, supporting various teams with forecasts and problem-solving
• Identifying and ensuring correction of variances in PGM pool inventory volumes at each of the coaters and canners by doing monthly variance reports from SAP
• Conducting physical inventory audits at each of the canners at the end of the year to ensure correct stock levels
• Analyzing inventory requirements by verifying the quantities with the suppliers to sustain the PGM supply chain
• Preparing and presenting, for approval, the financial liquidity report to ensure that we are within budget
• Issuing PGM purchase order authorisations to PGM traders via SAP to ensure timeous availability of PGMs
• Analyzing and approving PGM purchase invoices received from the suppliers to ensure alignment with pre-approved pricing parameters for PGM purchases
• Issuing PGM sales invoices generated from SAP to PGM exporters to ensure timeous financial recovery within the stipulated cost model time frame
• Preparing the bill of materials for each component in SAP by creating and maintaining the correct specification level to prevent over- and under-recovery
• Preparing and submitting the annual PGM inventory forecast for the strategic finance planning team to ensure optimal inventory levels
• Preparing and submitting the beneficiation license register (Diamond report) to the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator to comply with legislation
• Ensuring alignment of selling price parameters between the group and South African coaters and canners to ensure correct pricing
• Managing supplier capacity requirements by visiting and liaising with locals to support ongoing production for the group-nominated parts
• Preventing potential line stoppages by providing the necessary support and assisting coaters and canners with immediate and remedial actions to secure production
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving as and when required by involving all the relevant stakeholders to mitigate potential risks
• Developing and maintaining work instructions about all PGM-related tasks and reports
• Developing and maintaining a risk assessment by involving the relevant departments for all PGM-related tasks to prevent risks

Requirements

• Affirmative Action South African citizen
• A Degree/ National Diploma in Purchasing, Logistics, Commerce, Finance or Business Management
• Minimum 3 years of direct purchasing and finance management experience in the automotive or related industry

Qualifications

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Salary & Benefits

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