Purchasing Manager (Remote)
RMG Recruitment
- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leverage Company Total Purchase Volume for your assigned commodity. Define commodity strategies for assigned spend considering the global sourcing strategies but tailoring them to fit the business
- Establish best in class supply-chain-management processes focused on productivity, quality, and Lead a virtual/disciplinary regional Commodity team for strategy development and implementation. Lead supplier management in commercial issues, supplier qualification, development, and overall relationship management.
- Apply supply market intelligence and Commercial & Technical Levers to drive strategy. Life-cycle responsibility and autonomy for delivering high quality, value for money components utilizing robust and objective nomination and sourcing processes that represent best-in-class
- Accountability for cost and budget management for spend portfolios. Executing sourcing strategy. Negotiate Master Procurement Agreements, including pricing, terms & conditions, payment terms in alignment with Local / Regional Lead regional commodity team and have oversight of projects. Drive/Monitor project progress and cost savings implementation.
- Utilize Supply Market Intelligence, spend Pooling, and all commercial levers and technical levers to drive productivity. RFQ of New/Existing Products, Quote & Total Cost Analysis, Component Review, Sourcing Decision. Utilization of company sourcing tools for all new business
- Extensive experience related to Procurement
- Bachelors' degree or equivalent work experience is required for this
- Prior experience demonstrating strategic commodity management will be
- Excellent verbal and communications skills
- Strong computer skills including Excel,
- Successful experiences in negotiating with senior level
- Demonstrated understanding of entire supply chain and cost drivers
- Demonstrated data and financial analysis capability
- Cross functional/organizational project management and facilitation skills (internal and external)
- Demonstrated self-starter
- Experience with electronic purchasing tools
- Solid continuous improvement skills
- SAP working experience essential