Technical Buyer at Sandvik

The job responsibilities:

• Accountable for the successful completion of procurement functions 
• End to end responsibility including Purchase Order placement, Purchase Order tracking from Supplier Acknowledgement to Delivery. 
• Expediting urgent orders, resolving invoice discrepancies, data integrity maintenance and responding to sales teams’ queries. 
• Manage and maintain supplier relationships within your portfolio.  
• Maintaining agreed performance targets in respect to on-time delivery and lead-time accuracy.  
• Responsible for system parameter maintenance i.e. lead-time days, safety stock levels and classification.  
• Facilitates smooth interaction with All Stakeholders e.g., Workshops, Warehouse, Inventory, Freight and Order Management, Sales, and Aftermarket, SHEQ teams. 
• Supplier Onboarding, evaluation, and approvals.  
• Capturing Purchase Orders in the Syspro ERP SYSTEM.
• Issuing Job related Purchase Orders from product drawings in accordance with planned delivery date schedule.
• Issuing Stock Buy Out Purchase Orders in accordance with Sales Order ship dates.
• Weekly expediting of all orders to avoid late deliveries.
• Update Import Order Delivery Statuses.
• Control the flow of import documentation from Carrier to Warehouse/Finance.
• Support with Export shipment estimates and purchase orders.
• Resolving supply issues in a timely manner on activity.
• Open and Close Work in Progress Jobs to Finished Goods.
• Allocate Stock items to Production jobs.
• Job Costing Analysis.
• Provide costs estimates to Sales and Production teams for Budget Cost Analysis.
• Understand and improve customer experience by driving improvements on item availability rates and lower supplier lead times.
• Attend Business Operational meetings and provide updates on all operational buying tasks.
• Responding in a timely, professional, and comprehensive manner to requests involving contract compliance, cost proposals and other administrative procurement tasks
• Perform other tasks to support the Procurement team to achieve department goals.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements:

• Grade 12  or equivalent qualification / Trade Certificate preferred 
• Tertiary degree / diploma in the Supply Chain or related field. 
• 5 -10 years’ experience in manufacturing; technical and/or engineering environment

Other Requirements & Competencies:​

• The understanding of technical drawings
• Must be able to place all technical related orders from drawings & bill of materials
• In depth knowledge of procurement process, systems, and their applications. 
• Computer literate (high skills level with Microsoft Office, advanced excel) 
• Ability to understand and interpret data using the applicable software applications and ERP systems, Syspro advantageous.
• Good command of Business English, written and oral. 
• Must be able to handle a diversity of functions / multi- tasking. 
• Good people and communication skills 
• Valid driver’s license