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The Role
The successful candidate will be responsible for:- Sourcing and purchasing raw materials and production consumables.
- Managing suppliers and ensuring continuity and security of supply.
- Executing strategic sourcing initiatives and identifying alternative sources.
- Negotiating pricing, commercial terms, quality and delivery requirements.
- Placing, expediting and reconciling purchase orders.
- Resolving supplier queries, payment issues and claims.
- Monitoring spend, sourcing portfolios, supply planning and procurement KPIs.
- Proactively identifying and mitigating supply-chain risks.
- Supporting New Product Development (NPD) requirements.
- Working cross-functionally with Production, R&D, Logistics, Marketing and other internal stakeholders.
- Identifying opportunities to optimise cost, quality and delivery through alternative materials and suppliers. Job Description Raw Materials …
What You'll Need
A relevant 3-year Degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Commerce or a related field is required, while SAPICS/CIPS certification would be advantageous.Candidates should bring 3–5 years' strategic sourcing/procurement experience, ideally gained within manufacturing, FMCG, chemical or a related production environment. Strong supplier negotiation, sourcing-project execution and stakeholder-management capability will be important. Job Description Raw Materials …
What Will Set You Apart?
We're particularly interested in candidates who have genuine, hands-on experience buying raw materials directly into a manufacturing environment. You should understand the impact that supplier performance, material quality, pricing and availability can have on production.The environment is highly price-sensitive, with challenges including limited sources for critical raw materials, quality risks and changing economic conditions—so you'll need to be commercially astute, analytical, resilient and solutions-driven. Job Description Raw Materials …
The Opportunity
This is an excellent 6-month FTC opportunity for a procurement professional who can step into an established environment, quickly understand the raw-material portfolio and make an immediate contribution across sourcing, supplier performance, cost optimisation and continuity of supply.Interested or know someone suitable?
? Kavian Naidoo
Recruitment Consultant – Supply Chain & Procurement
Network Recruitment
kavnaidoo@networkrecruitment.co.za
061 434 7211
Please note: The identity of the hiring organisation will remain confidential during the initial recruitment process.
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