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  • Posted: Aug 28, 2020
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Talent Network is a national, collaborative network of specialist recruiters, search consultants and HR service providers. Our core focus is connecting talented people with their career passion, and with your company culture and business need. Our passion is ensuring that you are connecting with yours. We have spent twenty one years researching and buildi...
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    Junior Purchasing Specialist

    Responsibilities:

    • Purchasing of IML and BR labels from local and international suppliers
    • Collaborating with sales team regarding customer requirements
    • Conducting supplier benchmarking & issuing RFQ/Tenders
    • Improving and maintaining of relevant supplier measures
    • Buying necessary labels as per customer requests, budgets and projections
    • Running relevant forecasts reports for customer updates and creating projection reports
    • Reporting weekly to sales team and customers regarding label stock levels
    • Ensuring that relevant labels are available as needed
    • Ensuring that customers approve the order of labels
    • Placing orders with suppliers timeously
    • Liaising with label suppliers to track label orders and informing planning
    • Ensuring consistently that labels received are of required quality
    • Managing relevant quality complaints and resolution
    • Initiating customer invoicing procedures and payment confirmation

    Managing the artwork life cycle:

    1. Submission
    2. Approval
    3. Maintain
    4. Disposal
    • Updating costing system with new label prices
    • Following up on GRV credits
    • Submission of all relevant paperwork for supplier payments and follow up on queries
    • Running & Updating ad hoc reports as required
    • Following all relevant ISO procedures

    To be considered for this position applicants must meet the following minimum criteria:

    • Have a BCom or a Purchasing Diploma
    • At least 6 years’ experience in an administrative role or sales admin role in a manufacturing environment
    • SAP knowledge (highly recommended) or similar Be highly computer literate (Excel essential)
    • Be highly numerate & computer literate
    • Be highly capable in MS Excel
    • An ability to communicate effectively with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders
    • An ability to negotiate cost effective prices
    • An energetic, positive personality
    • An ability to organize effectively
    • An ability to deal with pressure
    • Have excellent problem-solving skills
    • An ability to work effectively with customers
    • Be assertive

    This position is open to all individuals who meet the relevant minimum criteria. Psychometric testing may be required as part of this process

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Talent Network on www.linkedin.com to apply

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