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Job Description:

Rainbow is seeking a Buyer to join the Chicken Division. The candidate should be analytical, have good communication skills, be target driven, and customer focus orientated. The role will be based in Rustenburg and will report to the Technical Buyer.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 with Mathematics and Accountancy
• Completed a NQF 6 level qualification in the following areas:Commerce, Logistics, Supply Chain or Procurement field
• Minimum of 5-8 years’ experience within a procurement / sourcing and commercial experience
• Procurement experience within an FMCG environment would be advantageous.
• Technical knowledge would be advantageous.
• Details Knowledge of Contract Management.
• Knowledge of Tender processes.
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Working Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identify and select the vendor to procure requisitioned commodities from as informed by the buying mix of price, quantity, quality BBBEE and delivery date.
• Prioritize workload to ensure adherence to procurement service levels on order turnaround, order accuracy and on-time in full deliveries.
• Ensures that purchasing requisitions are converted into ERP generated purchase orders on a timely and efficient manner within 24to 48 hours.
• Ensures where there is a group contract, the orders are placed with reference to the group contract. Orders placed must be 85% on contract.
• Communicate all late/unrealistic delivery dates to end users.
• Interview sales representatives to develop new sources of supplies,securing favorable terms for the Business.
• Update records and files and secure samples, descriptions, photos, or information for site management.
• Investigate and determine what/how/why products came in incorrectly or damaged.
• Monitor price increases and communicate changes as necessary.
• Buying on contract in my mind this is not required only for non-contract spend.
• For non-contract products and services, negotiate all terms and conditions, in line with the business operating procedures, ensuring the best total acquisition costs or total cost of ownership.
• Provide procurement-related information and support as required to the functional managers and other internal customers for planning and operational purposes.
• This will include but not be limited to delivery dates and pricing for products and services required on site.
• Monitors open orders and ensures that orders are expedited timeously, there should be no open order older than 30 days.
• Monitor and analyse accuracy of supplier delivery times against contract lead times (i.e lead time analysis).
• Liaise between suppliers, manufacturers and relevant internal clients and users.
• Verify budgeted funds for specific products/projects Process financial data and documents (eg. bids, incoming purchase requisitions, etc) for the purpose of updating and distributing information and/or acquiring resources to support the purchasing operation
• Communicates all late/unrealistic delivery dates and times to end users.
• Check “purchase order audit trials” daily to pick up possible mistakes.
• Follows up and fixes problem invoices by assisting in resolving queries between suppliers and creditors.
• Ensure that the necessary supplier details are correctly and promptly loaded onto SAP Compile ad-hoc spreadsheets and analysis when required

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