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A Metal Consultant (Purchasing Metallic Department) is required for permanent employment based in Port Elizabeth.

Salary: R35 000 to R50 000 per month commensurate with qualification and experience + benefits and relocation costs if out of town.

• Degree/National Diploma in the following disciplines – Purchasing, Logistics, Commerce, Finance or Business Management
• Minimum 3 years of direct purchasing experience in the automotive or related industry
• Knowledge of purchasing policies, procedures and legal requirements in respect of the platinum metal in the South African context
• Advanced strategic and critical thinking skills
• Advanced analytical- and problem-solving skills
• Excellent planning and prioritization capability
• Excellent organizational skills and advanced negotiating competence
• Advanced negotiating competence
• Fact-based decision-making skills
• Advanced commercial, technical and legal knowledge and understanding
• Good communication skills, written and verbal
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent computer literacy, MS Office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SAP)
• Excellent financial analysis and costing ability skills
• Excellent supplier interface skills
• Ability to interpret technical data
• Excellent knowledge of SAP functions, especially Bill of Material functions and Inventory movement functions
• Extremely self-motivated and driven

• Identify and ensure correction variances in inventory volumes at each of the Coaters and Canners by doing monthly variance reports from SAP to ensure the correct price level
• Conduct audit physical inventory at location at each of the Canners at the end of the year to ensure correct stock levels
• Analyze inventory requirements by verifying the quantities with the suppliers to sustain the supply chain
• Prepare and present, for approval, the financial liquidity report to ensure within budget
• Prepare and issue purchase order authorisations to Traders via SAP to ensure timeous availability
• Analyze and approve purchase invoices received from the suppliers to ensure alignment to pre-approved pricing parameters for purchases
• Issue sales invoices generated from SAP to exporters to ensure timeous financial recovery within the stipulated cost model time frame
• Prepare the Bill of Materials for each component in SAP by creating and maintaining the correct specification level to prevent over and under recovery
• Prepare and submit the annual inventory forecast for strategic finance planning team to ensure optimal inventory levels
• Ensure alignment of selling price parameters between company and South African Coaters and Canners to ensure correct pricing
• Manage supplier capacity requirements by visiting and liaising with locals to support ongoing production for company nominated parts
• Prevent potential line stoppages by providing the necessary support and assisting Coaters and Canners with immediate and remedial actions to secure production
• Troubleshooting and problem solving as and when required by involving all the relevant stakeholders to mitigate potential risks
• Develop and maintain Work-Instructions pertaining to all related tasks and reports
• Develop and maintain a risk assessment by involving the relevant departments for all related tasks to prevent risks