Buyer at CBRE Excellerate

About the position: 

• To provide the successful delivery of an integrated Facilities Management solution to the client in line with the Service Level Agreement. The timely placement of quote and purchase requests and delivery of items to meet customer order requirements.

What you will bring:

• Minimum of Grade 12 or equivalent qualification.
• 2 years relevant experience
• Preferably a qualification in Purchasing.

Skills required:

• Advanced Computer literacy (SAP, Pastel, MS Office – Excel Advanced, Word, PowerPoint, Planon)
• Basic numerical skills
• Financial and accounting skills
• Administration skills
• People Management skills
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Customer Service Centric

Knowledge required:

• Sound knowledge of office stationery, paper and furniture
• Strong proficiency in E-Procurement (Purchase Order and General Ledger)
• Accounting and financial principles/processes
• Purchasing practices and procedures
• Technical product knowledge
• Knowledge of administrative procedures relating to purchase orders.

What will you being doing:
Purchasing Process:

• Action Procurement activities with regards to:
• Basket(s) of Goods
• Quote Requests
• Order Requests
• Tender / Quotation process / Levels of Approval
• Analysis of quotations / tender information with recommendations to clients
• Raise Purchase Orders
• Monitor progress and follow up on deliveries.
• Manage special procurement requests.
• Complete GRN’s
• 3-way match and handover to Finance for payment
• Resolve and escalate any discrepancies or materially substantive issues in a timely manner.
• Reporting:
• Compile procurement spend report
• Carbon footprint reports
• Procurement spend per categories, BEE status, suppliers etc.
• Commodity reports (Value of procurement)

Communication:
Supplier liaison for:

• Purchase orders
• Quotes
• Payments

Operational team liaison for:

• Purchase orders
• Quotes
• Payment
• Client liaison for:
• Requests and order status

Research:
Product research 

Ad hoc:

• Complete ad hoc requests by management and the client in order to assist with the successful delivery of an integrated Facilities Management solution to the client in line with the Service Level Agreement.