Senior Buyer

MECS Africa; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

MECS Africa in Gauteng seeks a diligent procurement assistant to support the Project Procurement and Contracts Manager on purchasing matters and to ensure procurement objectives are met. You will assist with planning, standards, and tender documentation, while evaluating PO conditions and tender documentation during tendering.

You will convert requisitions to RFQs, register bids, and negotiate with suppliers.

Qualifications

• Must be responsible, accurate and thorough in all areas.
• Thorough knowledge of and hands on experience with computers and associated complex software packages.
• Appreciation of and participation in team behaviour within the Procurement and Project delivery team environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Procurement and Contracts Manager on purchasing matters.
• Ensure that procurement objectives and philosophies are met.
• Assisting with preparation and issuing of procurement plan.
• Assisting the Project Procurement and Contracts Manager with preparation of procurement standards, documentation and procedures.
• Evaluation and risk assessment on Purchase Order conditions and tender documentation during the tendering process
• Action all material requisitions raised by Engineering, approved by the Project Manager
• Convert material requisitions into Request for Tender and Issue.
• Receive, open and register tenders.
• Analyse and adjudicating tenders commercially.
• Arrange and participate in negotiations with suppliers

Skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Computer literacy

Education

High School Education

Job description

• Support the Project Procurement and Contracts Manager on purchasing matters.
• Ensure that procurement objectives and philosophies are met.
• Assisting with preparation and issuing of procurement plan.
• Assisting the Project Procurement and Contracts Manager with preparation of procurement standards, documentation and procedures.
• Evaluation and risk assessment on Purchase Order conditions and tender documentation during the tendering process
• Action all material requisitions raised by Engineering, approved by the Project Manager
• Convert material requisitions into Request for Tender and Issue.
• Receive, open and register tenders.
• Analyse and adjudicating tenders commercially.
• Arrange and participate in negotiations with suppliers

Qualifications:

• High School Education
• Appreciation of and participation in team behaviour within the Procurement and Project delivery team environment.
• Must be responsible, accurate and thorough in all areas.
• Thorough knowledge of and hands on experience with computers and associated complex software packages.