Buyer

Minimum requirements:

• Matric. / Grade 12 certificate
• National Diploma in Purchasing or equivalent
• Computer literate (MS Office), Advance Excel
• ERP System
• 3-5 years related experience in an Engineering manufacturing environment
• Project Management experience
• Technical knowledge/experience will be advantageous

Understanding of the following:

• MS Office 
• Baan
• ERP equivalent 
• MRP logic
• The Bill of Materials (BOM) and the impact on order creation.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures, or company regulations. 
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. 
• Effectively present information and respond to questions.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for purchasing and procuring of OE, service parts and consumables at the right price on time at the right cost
• Manage production orders on the system.
• Place orders.
• Confirm orders.
• Change dates.
• Update order details (quantities, suppliers, prices, etc.).
• Receipt orders.
• Troubleshoot orders (cancel, partial receipt, fix incorrect pricing, etc.).
• Manage orders logically.
• Calculate expected requirements (based on current stock levels, the critical list, and the production schedule).
• Predict batch size requirements (based on what is needed by production).
• Gauge and manage pricing (or PPVs) based on knowledge of material, part size, machining requirement, etc.
• Responsible to explain the data presented (overdue purchase orders, buffer levels, critical list, velocity, cage account, etc.).
• Communicate changing requirements with supplier.
• Empower suppliers to manage themselves (supply them with supporting information) (communicate and manage around draw off rate).
• Work with planners to coordinate production based on lower level availability.
• Create and manage matrices to measure own performance 
• Understand and manage according to planner codes and planning types.
• Manage subcontracting
• Negotiate subcontracting prices based on knowledge of material, part size, machining requirement, etc.
• Manage the quotation process.
• Manage lead times.
• Understand and manage the link between production orders and purchase orders.
• Understand the difference in time requirements between complete machine, balancing, and reworks.
• Manage rework orders in terms of part receipts and physical part location.
• Adherence of all HSE and housekeeping requirements
  
• Adhere to Duty of Care Policy at all times