Principal Manager

Imcd Us Llc; Randburg; Sur place; ZAR 900 000 - 1 500 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Market related salary

Flat hierarchies

Benefits and working conditions

Résumé du poste

IMCD South Africa, based at Randburg head office, is seeking an experienced Principal Manager to lead international purchasing for the pharma sector. The role reports to the BU Manager: Pharma and involves maintaining supplier bases, developing priority product segments, price negotiation, and handling customer inquiries with technical guidance on formulations.

Ideal candidates hold a chemistry-related degree with 6–10 years in pharma purchasing, strong regulatory knowledge, and excellent

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemistry or a related science; business degree is an advantage.
• 5–10 years of international purchasing experience.
• Strong purchasing experience of commodity and specialty pharmaceutical raw materials.
• Working knowledge of INCO Terms.
• Experience and knowledge of regulatory requirements in the pharma industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Be resilient, able to multi-task and work under pressure.
• Be a team player and self-motivated.
• Highly numerate; comfortable with quotes, orders and reports.

Responsabilités

• Maintaining the existing supplier base and identifying new opportunities.
• Development and expansion of product segments with strategic importance.
• Creation and submission of offers, including price responsibility.
• Negotiation of supply contracts with international suppliers.
• Independent processing of customer inquiries including complaints.
• Technical advice to customers on formulation development and sampling.
• Market analysis of customers, products, competitors and applications.
• Report maintenance and documentation in the CRM system.
• Budget and requirements planning responsibility.
• Collaboration and participation in trade fairs and customer seminars as sales promotion measures.
• Sales responsibility for a small amount of key accounts.
• Stock management: coordinate with suppliers and supply chain; monitor expiry dates.

Connaissances

International purchasing

Pharmaceutical raw materials

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Numerical/quoting

Self-motivated

Team player

Formation

Chemistry or related science degree

Business degree (advantage)

Outils

CRM system

INCO Terms

Description du poste

Principal Manager

The IMCD Group is aglobal leader in sales, marketing and distribution of specialty chemicals andingredients. With a network of global locations and warehouses in EMEA, Americaand the Asia-Pacific region, IMCD offers its partners tailor-made solutions forsupra-regional distribution management. IMCD South Africa is looking for anexperienced Principal Manager who will play a crucial role in our ambition to become a leading supplier to the PharmaIndustry in South Africa. The Principal Manager will be based at the IMCD SA‘sHead Office in Randburg reporting into the BU Manager: Pharma.

Person Profile: Targeted Skills & Capabilities

• Have a relevanttertiary qualification with between 5 – 10 years relevantinternational purchasing experience.
• Strong purchasingexperience of both commodity and specialty pharmaceutical raw materials
• Working knowledge ofapplicable INCO Terms
• Experienceand knowledge of regulatory requirements in the Pharma industry.
• Excellentwritten and verbal communication skills.
• Be resilient, and able tomulti-task and work under pressure.
• Be solution-focused.
• Have highindependence and self-motivation.
• Be a team player – supportingcolleagues when needed and working as part of a team is essential to oursuccess.
• Beinghighly numerate – giving quotes, placing orders, preparing reports orworking with spreadsheets. Being able to spot discrepancies, working withpercentages and in general be comfortable working with numbers.
• Be computerliterate.
• Experience in amultinational company on operational level will be an advantage

The position is responsible for:

• Maintainingthe existing supplier base, as well as identifying new opportunities.
• Developmentand expansion of product segments with strategic importance
• Creationand submission of offers, includingprice responsibility.
• Negotiationof supply contracts with international suppliers.
• Independentprocessing of customer inquiries including complaints.
• Technicaladvice to customers on the development of formulations, including appropriatesampling.
• Marketanalysis of customers, products, competitors and application markets
• Reportmaintenance and documentation in the CRM system
• Responsibilityfor budget and requirements planning.
• Collaborationand participation in trade fairs and customer seminars as sales promotionmeasures
• Takesales responsibility for a small amount of key accounts.
• Stock Management: Working closely with suppliers and supplychain to ensure an optimal stock holding.Monitoring expiry date on allstock items.

Expected Qualification/Education:

Degree in Chemistry or one of the other sciences. An additional business degree would be an advantage but not essential. Alternatively candidates can bring a business degree with relevant deep industry knowledge.

Work Experience:

Ideally between 6 - 10 years of work experience in the Pharmaceutical industry. Multi sector experience is appreciated.

Primary Job Location:

275 Oak Avenue, Ferndale, Randburg

Travel:

Regional Travel Required - as needed to visit customers

IMCD Offers

• A market related Cost to Company salary with attractive benefits and working conditions.
• A corporate culture that promotes performance and is based on partnership with flat hierarchies.

Closing date for Applications: 30 November 2026. If you have not heard from us within two weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.