Technical Site Buyer

A leading chemical company situated Gqeberha is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Technical Site Buyer to join their team.

The successful incumbent for this position will be responsible for:

• Act as primary contact & local escalation point for site stakeholders / management, working closely with the Regional Procurement leadership.
• Execute all site buying needs according to the ECMS Procurement guidelines in cooperation with the wider ECMS Procurement organization, functional experts and BU teams.
• Contribute to ECMS, BU and site performance, drive EBIT and additional value contribution, and provide transparency on progress, opportunities, blocks etc. Actively engage with business partners to promote ECMS objectives, manage and challenge requirements as a partner and deliver site needs.
• Supplier management (negotiations, innovation, development, meetings, sourcing, assessment) as well as market intelligence.
• Ensure PR’s are appropriately managed through the P2P process in a prompt and efficient manner, supporting / training requisitioners in effective system usage.
• Work with ECMS P2P BEx functional process experts to maintain global SAP system functionality and performance, and maintain local SAP data / contracts and other systems and processes.
• As needed development of the local strategies / tactics in high impact areas, simplifying and automat-ing non-critical activities.
• Act in a way to develop and support “one team” approach throughout ECMS, BU and procurement departments.
  

Key requirements:

• Bachelor degree (Business, Engineering or Commercial background required).
• Minimum of 3 years Technical Procurement experience within a multinational environment.
• Experience in Purchasing and Contract Management activities.
• Experience in SAP R3 or S4 is beneficial.

If you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by either filling in the online application form or emailing your CV to logistics@hireresolve.za.com

You are welcome to contact Rebecca or Nehelene on 021 551 8638

Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates for this position. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.