Indirect Purchasing Buyer

Staff Solutions Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a skilled buyer with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business and a strong background in automotive manufacturing. You will manage local spend, supplier relationships, and ensure quality compliance while implementing best practices in purchasing. This role requires at least 5 years of experience in procurement in an industrial environment, focusing on strategic supplier management and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years Automotive manufacturing experience.
• Minimum 5 years experience in purchasing in an industrial environment.
• Experience of successfully managing and negotiating contracts.

Responsibilities

• Manage local spend based on commodities in scope.
• Run sourcing processes based on needs coming from business.
• Perform rigorous analysis on cost base and suppliers to ensure delivery of spend targets.
• Ensure supply of product and execution of local purchasing.
• Own and manage local supplier relationships.
• Manage local supplier performance.
• Stay abreast of market conditions and trends.
• Define and implement a local commodity strategy.
• Implement best practice commodity management techniques.
• Comply with overall purchasing spend policies.
• Participate in local and central skill development activities.
• Organize steps to address disruptive suppliers impacting deliveries.
• Propose continuous improvement ideas.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Supplier Management experience

Purchasing financial skills

Data analytics

Budgeting

Savings calculation

Business acumen

Strategic thinking ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Performance / Savings : Manage local spend based on commodities in scope
• Run sourcing processes based on needs coming from business, in line with the commodity strategies
• Perform rigorous analysis on cost base and suppliers to ensure delivery of spend targets
• Quality : Ensure supply of product and / or services to the business and execution of local purchasing
• Supplier management : Own, manage and negotiated local supplier relationships
• Manage local supplier performance (performance to SLAs, continuous improvement cost innovation)
• Stay abreast of market conditions and trends (including global pricing benchmarks) to inform strategy and ensure supply continuity
• Commodity Management : Define and implement a local commodity strategy if not covered by global and / or regional teams
• Purchasing Excellence : Implement best practice commodity management techniques
• Implement standards, processes and tools consistent with the overall purchasing function
• Compliance : Comply with overall purchasing spend and preferred supplier policies, and monitor compliance of business end users
• Team and skills management : Participate in local and central skill development activities
• When required, organize and lead escalation meetings with supplier leadership to address disruptive suppliers that are impacting company plants and programs and jeopardizing company customer deliveries
• Propose continuous improvement ideas in business efficiency and cost reduction
• Capitalizes on knowledge and shares best practices / lessons learned across organization and within the site

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (industrial or mechanical preferred) or Business.
• Minimum 5 years Automotive manufacturing experience
• Minimum 5 years experience in purchasing in an industrial environment
• Experience of successfully managing and negotiating contracts
• Skills and competencies:
  • Negotiation skills
  • Supplier Management experience
  • Purchasing financial skills, including data analytics, budgeting and savings calculation
  • Business acumen and strategic thinking ability