Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate MRP daily, generate purchase orders in timely manner, resolve material issues/shortages, support responsible inventory management practices and reporting to help achieve KPI goals.
• Negotiate pricing and terms for parts and services and establishes strategic stocking plans and/or blanket purchase agreements with vendors, subject to management approval.
• Manage Day to Day relationship ownership of active suppliers and assessing supplier risk and develop mitigation plans.
• Maintain accurate supplier and part information in SAP/Pronto.
• Acquiring quotations from Third Party and Tembo Nickel vendors.
• Review Purchase requisition for completeness and accuracy.
• PO Creation and Transmittal & PO related services for multiple segments of Tembo Nickel.
• Assist in execution of PO changes.
• Delivery follow-ups and PO confirmation with Supplier.
• PO status tracking and expediting.
• PO closeout support during project finalization.
• Support sourcing options for non-critical parts (i.e., distribution for standard parts).
• Supervise PO status reports and work to resolve to discrepancies.
• Support invoice processing via Purchasing tools.
• Support Purchasing Master Data efforts like new vendor and material master creation.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics Management or Business Administration.
• 5 years of work experience in procurement or as a Buyer.
• Conversant with procurement systems like SAP, pronto etc.
• Excellent analytical and judgment skills. Strategic sourcing, opportunity analysis, and strong negotiation with highly effective communication skills is a must.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, prioritize appropriately and handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously with various cross functional teams.
• Membership of PSPTB is a Must.
• Excellent knowledge of local content legislation is an added advantage.

How to Apply

Applicants are invited to send their resumes indicating the role title in the subject via email jobs@tembonickel.com