Assistant Manager – Sales and Procurement

Durpro Workforce Solutions; Durban; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Durpro Workforce Solutions is seeking an Assistant Manager – Sales and Procurement to oversee procurement, inventory, budgeting and sales for existing customers, ensuring uninterrupted plant operations while supporting quotations and price reviews.

The role acts as the operational caretaker of current sales and procurement functions, optimizing day‑to‑day processes and driving improvements within a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Matric or equivalent
• Diploma in Supply Chain and/or Logistics
• Bachelor’s degree preferred (Business Admin / Supply Chain / Finance)
• 3–5 years’ supply chain experience with 2+ years’ supervisory experience
• Experience in supply chain and inventory management is essential
• Automotive industry or manufacturing sector experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation of the annual sales budget and provide input on trends
• Analyze sales vs cost of sales and Plan vs Actual
• Provide input on debtors, creditors and Inventory for monthly cash-flow analysis
• Monitor overdue inventory and resolve aged stock
• Ensure timely month-end tasks
• Monitor ordering cycles and identify cost/supply risks
• Handle RFQ process, quote preparation and order management
• Calculate pricing and gross profit for quotations and price reviews
• Support customer price reviews, engineering changes and build changes
• Place monthly orders based on forecasts and manage stock levels
• Analyze and approve monthly pipeline orders to mitigate under/overstocking
• Calculate pricing change points based on customer usage
• Manage supplier and customer relationships
• Coordinate with internal teams on facility constraints vs demand
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety and environmental standards
• Apply kaizen mindset to identify business improvements

Skills

Advanced MS Office

Decision making

Task follow‑up

Quoting & FOREX

Clearing and Forwarding

Financial / numerical acumen

Risk Management

Education

Matric

Diploma in Supply Chain / Logistics

Bachelor’s degree in Business Admin / Supply Chain / Finance

Job description

We are seeking an Assistant Manager – Sales and Procurement, to provide effective and efficient hands‑on management of procurement, inventory, budgeting and sales ensuring uninterrupted plant operations for existing customers, while supporting accurate quotations and price reviews. The role acts as the operational caretaker of current sales and procurement functions, including optimizing day‑to‑day processes.

Minimum Qualification / Experience

• Matric

• Minimum of a Diploma in Supply Chain and/or Logistics

• Preferably a Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance or a related discipline)

• 3 - 5 years' minimum supply chain experience with 2+ years' minimum supervisory experience required

• Experience in supply chain and inventory management is essential

• Previous experience in the automotive industry or manufacturing sector is preferred

Deliverables/KPAs

• Assisting in preparation of the annual sales budget, providing key input information and sales activity trends

• Numerical understanding of sales vs cost of sales as well as Plan vs Actual

• Provide input on debtors, creditors and Inventory to enable monthly cash‑flow and net working capital analysis with finance

• Close monitoring of overdue inventory and resolution of aged stock

• Ensure timeous completion of month end tasks

• Monitor ordering cycles across short and long-term horizons, identifying cost and supply risks linked to over or under ordering

• Handle process from Request for Quotation, preparation of quote and order management

• Combine material, production and logistics costs to calculate pricing and gross profit for quotations and price reviews

• Support customer price reviews, engineering changes, and build changes for existing and new business

• Place monthly orders for future material requirements based on forecasts including stock level management

• Analyse and approve monthly pipeline orders from sales coordinators, continuously monitoring to mitigate under/overstocking risks

• Calculate effective pricing change points based on customer usage

• Supplier and Customer relationship management (communication, need satisfaction, effective partnership)

• Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment between operational facility issues / constraints and customer demand

• Manage compliance with quality, safety, and environmental regulatory requirements

• Apply kaizen mindset to identify opportunities for business improvement

Competencies/Knowledge/Skills

• Advanced level of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Decision making (construct a decision matrix and select the best options)

• Manage tasks until completion i.e. Follow up

• Experience with quoting and FOREX

• Clearing and Forwarding experience

• Financial / numerical acumen: Experience with profit and loss analysis including the knowledge of balance sheet and cash flow

• Risk Management