Purchasing Administrator

Boardroom Appointments; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a diligent Spend Analyst in Gauteng to examine and analyse group spend, ensuring compliant processes and effective cost control. You will collect, categorize, and analyse expenditures daily, and prepare reports about spend recoverables for business units.

The role requires Grade 12, with a tertiary qualification seen as advantageous, and own transport with a valid driver’s license to cover travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 is required.
• A tertiary qualification is advantageous for this role.
• Own transport and a valid driver’s license are required to travel if needed.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensively examine all spend on a daily basis - collecting, categorizing, and analysing the expenditure.
• Analyse spend recoverable from customers, ensuring reports from BUs are maintained and updated with reasons and/or billing information.
• Prevent and decrease unnecessary spending, ensuring policies are followed.
• Ensure that purchase approval always transpires before the expense transpires.
• Check invoice irregularities and identify potential overcharges.
• Research and evaluate areas of opportunity to propose savings alternatives.
• Special projects as required and conduct supplier reviews, including price negotiation.

Skills

Own transport & Drivers license

Education

Grade 12

Tertiary Qualification Advantageous

Job description

To examine and analyse Group spend; how wisely and effectively money is spent; and how effective the outcomes of that spending are.

• Grade 12


• Tertiary Qualification Advantageous.


• Own transport & Drivers license

Responsibilities:

• Comprehensively examine all spend on a daily basis - collecting, categorizing, and analysing the expenditure.


• Analyse spend recoverable from customers, ensuring reports from BUs are maintained by them and updated with reasons and / or billing information.


• Prevent and potentially decrease unnecessary spending, ensuring policies are followed.


• Ensure that purchase approval always transpires before the expense transpires.


• Check invoice irregularities.


• Recognize & report possible overcharges.


• Research and evaluate areas of opportunity to propose alternatives where savings may be achieved.


• Special Projects when required.


• Conducting supplier reviews and negotiating prices.