Procurement Officer at SoluGrowth Pty Ltd

Description

• Solugrowth is looking for a Procurement Officer - 3 months contract role in Middelburg for a client in the earth moving equipment environment to support Middelburg & Polokwane regions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Understand category strategies and sourcing plans to support their regional execution

• Ensure a full understanding of regional buying needs
• Identify future supply and/or demand issues to ensure a proactive and effective response
• Provide intelligence on potential or existing issues
• Check accuracy of PR data
• Where contracts are not in place, select suppliers by getting quotations or executing local tender process (with support from Senior Procurement Officers)
• Raise POs to selected suppliers
• Track the orders and report on the order status
• Follow up with suppliers to ensure correct delivery
• Inform relevant Category Manager/Analyst about supplier pricing and delivery issues
• Understand and keep up with macro-trends and regulations in the region and communicate findings with Category Managers/Analysts
• Communicate supply and demand issues/changes with relevant Category Managers/Analysts
• Ensure that managers in local plants get the value agreed to from Category Management
• Link local end users to sourcing actions to ensure new supply agreements are developed and implemented appropriately
• Proactively manage operational risks and challenges stemming from regions 

KPIs:
% spend by P2P channel by plant

• Number of days’ reduction in P2P cycle time by plant 
• Number of deviations in good receipts versus PO
•  End user satisfaction

Requirements

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• 1-3 years’ experience in procurement
• Preferably experience in multiple geographies/regions
• Good communication skills,
• SAP MM Module knowledge
• Numerical ability, Resilience, Basic negotiating skills
• Computer literacy

COMPETENCIES

• Analytical thinking, Attention to detail, Problem solving, Judgement/decision making
• Verbal and written communication skills, Applied business numeracy, Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour, Influencing and negotiation, Time, and self-management
• Operational excellence, Analysis for business decision making Business acumen
• •Supplier and local market insight