Buyer - Cape Town at BP International

Responsibilities

• Inspect incoming requisitions for correctness and completeness and re-distributing or referring them when appropriate
• Assign sources of supply in accordance with category guidance or other relevant sourcing instructions
• Implement day-to-day procurement operations to ensure delivery meets customer expectations.
• Identify and evaluate potential sourcing opportunities.
• Obtain supplier quotes/proposals, evaluate supplier quotes/proposals in accordance with the selection factors and recommend best supplier quote/proposal. Evaluate ongoing efficiency of vendors.
• Lead Purchase Order process including create complex requisitions and purchase orders and route purchases to the preferred supplier.
• Intensify business process policy failures, communicate policy adherence related to supplier management and complete approved policy changes delivered from bpcategory management.

Essential Education

• Min 2 years post qualification experience, preferably in a procurement / supply chain management.
• Strong negotiation and influencing ability
• Strong networking skills
• Requisition and Purchase Order Processing
• Customer focused, service oriented and performance driven
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team environment