Purchasing Officer; Intérim

Summary

Perform a wide variety of professional level procurement duties involving Organization, acquisition of goods and services, planning, supplier management, Coordination and ensuring correct procedures and policies; performs related duties as assigned. The Purchasing Officer reports to the Supply Chain Manager. You will be expected to work with minimal up-front guidance and take ownership of your work product. You will work closely with all major functional leaders of the Company.

Safety Assurance

• Ensure safety standards are adhered to
• Safety Assurance

Stock orders

• Buying
• Expediting
• Manage discrepancies for emergency and stock orders
• Planning all procurement activities
• Ensure that Orders are duly approved before transmission to supplier
• Coordinating the timely acquisition of goods and services from the right sources in line with the principle of value for

Money

• Determining the best procurement methods.
• Communicating to suppliers the right quality of goods and services in line with the company policy.
• Raising local purchase orders
• Scrutinizing vendor tax invoices and forwarding to finance for payment.
• Advising the end users on ETA’s for goods on back order.
• Backorder management.
• Negotiating better deals with the company suppliers in order to make savings.
• Adherence to the procurement procedures/policies
• Ensure timeous delivery of stock by consistently following-up with suppliers
• Make alternative arrangements for sourcing of emergency items.
• Notify supplier immediately of shortages, damaged / incorrect items received.
• Process re-orders immediately for shortfall items depending on urgency according to procedure.
• Ensure that team members achieve performance objectives.
• Conduct coaching and mentoring to meet individual needs.
• Establish a continuous improvement culture.
• Utilize staff skills correctly to ensure accurate and timely task completion (i.e. use people with the necessary skills).
• Ensure that the correct procedures and policies are being adhered to at all times

Education & Qualification

• Purchasing and Supply Diploma or equivalent
• Procurement experience a must
• Conversant with MS Office
• Knowledge of Pivoting tables and conditional formatting

Experience

2 years’ experience at same level

• A permanent contract
• A competitive salary and an interesting package of extra-legal benefits
• A human sized company with international dimension, encouraging autonomy and team spirit
• Cooperate in a team with experienced and passionate colleagues within a successfully growing family-owned company
• Benefit from a challenging career opportunity with an extensive training program
• In this challenging job you get the possibility to take initiative and further develop the function