South Africa: PGM Consultant: Purchasing posted by Abantu Staffing Solutions
Posted on 2025-08-12 00:00:00
| Employer | Abantu Staffing Solutions |
|---|---|
| Category | Automotive Service |
| Location | South Africa / South Africa |
Job Summary
REQUIREMENTS
- Affirmative Action South African citizen
- Degree/ National Diploma in the following disciplines Purchasing, Logistics, Commerce, Finance or Business Management
- Minimum of 3 years of direct purchasing experience in the automotive or related industry
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Knowledge of purchasing policies, procedures and legal requirements in respect of the PGM in the South African context
- Advanced strategic and critical thinking skills
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent planning and prioritisation capability
- Excellent organizational skills and advanced negotiating competence
- Advanced negotiating competence
- Fact-based decision-making skills
- Advanced commercial, technical and legal knowledge and understanding
- Good communication skills, written and verbal
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent computer literacy: MS Office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and SAP
- Excellent financial analysis and costing ability skills
- Excellent supplier Interface skills
- Ability to interpret technical data
- Excellent knowledge of SAP functions, especially Bill of Material functions and inventory movement functions
- Extremely self-motivated and driven
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure smooth operations and strategic alignment within the company and the broader group
- Manage PGM (Platinum Group Metals) procurement and inventory, supporting various teams with forecasts and problem-solving, and ensuring the uninterrupted supply of key components
- Identify and ensure correction variances in PGM pool inventory volumes at each of the coaters and canners by doing monthly variance reports from SAP to ensure the correct price level
- Conduct audit physical inventory at the location at each of the canners at the end of the year to ensure correct stock levels
- Analyse inventory requirements by verifying the quantities with the suppliers to sustain the PGM supply chain
- Prepare and present, for approval, the Financial Liquidity report to ensure that we are within budget
- Prepare and issue PGM purchase order authorisations to PGM traders via SAP to ensure the timely availability of PGMs
- Analyse and approve PGM purchase invoices received from the suppliers to ensure alignment with pre-approved pricing parameters for PGM purchases
- Issue PGM sales invoices generated from SAP to PGM exporters to ensure timely financial recovery within the stipulated cost model time frame
- Prepare the Bill of Materials for each component in SAP by creating and maintaining the correct specification level to prevent over- and under-recovery
- Prepare and submit the annual PGM inventory forecast for the strategic finance planning team to ensure optimal inventory levels
- Prepare and submit the Beneficiation Licence Register (Diamond Report) to the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator to comply with legislation
- Ensure alignment of selling price parameters between the group and South African coaters and canners to ensure correct pricing
- Manage supplier capacity requirements by visiting and liaising with locals to support ongoing production for group-nominated parts
- Prevent 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
- Develop and maintain work instructions about all PGM-related tasks and reports
- Develop and maintain a risk assessment by involving the relevant departments for all PGM-related tasks to prevent risks
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