Buyer jobs in South Africa

At Rock Processing, we’re passionate about development and advanced technology, and we always aim to offer the best possible experience for our customers in a sustainable way. It’s a mission that takes commitment, but as an industry leader we aim for nothing but excellence in everything we do.

We are looking for a a diligent and results orientated individual to join our team as a Technical Buyer in the Regional Supply Chain Business Area.

The role will report into the Procurement Manager and will be based from our offices in Spartan, Kempton Park, Johannesburg.

• To purchase goods and services from suppliers by creating and releasing purchase orders, administrate order acknowledgements/confirmations and follow up and track deliveries.

• Accountable for the successful completion of procurement functions
• End to end responsibility including Purchase Order placement, Purchase Order tracking from Supplier Acknowledgement to Delivery.
• Expediting urgent orders, resolving discrepancies, data integrity maintenance and responding to sales teams’ queries.
• Manage and maintain supplier relationships within your portfolio.
• Maintaining agreed performance targets in respect to on-time delivery and lead-time accuracy.
• Facilitates smooth interaction with All Stakeholders e.g., Workshops, Warehouse, Inventory, Freight and Order Management, Sales, and Aftermarket, SHEQ teams.
• Capturing Purchase Orders in the Syspro ERP SYSTEM.
• Issuing Job related Purchase Orders from Engineering product drawings in accordance with planned delivery date schedule.
• Issuing Stock Buy Out Purchase Orders in accordance with Warehouse stock requirements and Sales Order ship dates.
• Weekly expediting of all orders to avoid late deliveries.
• Capture import and export orders and provide Delivery Statuses.
• Support with Export shipment estimates and purchase orders.
• Resolving supply issues in a timely manner on activity.
• Allocate Stock items to Production jobs.
• Assist stores with stock reorder levels and purchasing of stock.
• Provide costs estimates to Sales and Production teams for Budget Cost Analysis.
• Understand and improve customer experience by driving improvements on item availability rates and lower supplier lead times. Attend Business Operational meetings and provide updates on all operational buying tasks.
• Responding in a timely, professional, and comprehensive manner to requests involving contract compliance, cost proposals and other administrative procurement tasks
• Perform other tasks to support the Procurement team to achieve department goals.

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Preferred a tertiary degree/diploma in the Supply Chain or related field.
• +3 years' experience in manufacturing; technical and/or engineering environment

• In depth knowledge of procurement process, systems, and their applications.
• Computer literate (high skills level with Microsoft Office, advanced excel)
• Ability to understand and interpret data using the applicable software applications and ERP systems, Syspro advantageous.
• Good command of Business English, written and oral.
• Must be able to handle a diversity of functions / multi- tasking.
• Good people and communication skills
• Valid drivers license

• We offer you an interesting role in an international business environment, extraordinary products, great colleagues, and opportunities for your professional development. At Sandvik, we believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and, thereby, our customers. Visit our stories hub , LinkedIn Opens in new window or Facebook Opens in new window to get to know us better.

• Send your application as soon as possible as we will be evaluating candidates continuously, and no later than 26 January 2026.
• Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career,

• Rock Processing is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and construction industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition.