Procurement Officer - Cape Town, South Africa - Zethu Resourcing

Zethu Resourcing

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Minimum Requirements for the ROLE:

As an independent and accountable individual, the primary focus is on overseeing all aspects of procurement for the Cape Town Branch.
Adjudicate and convert authorized requisitions into orders on a daytoday basis for Cape Town (CPT).
Act as the primary communicator of procurement information between Operations and Vendors through daily interactions and formal meeting minutes with action points.
Implement and maintain an efficient workflow between Operations and Procurement, ensuring deadlines are met for optimal efficiency and value.
Establish and reinforce relationships with local CPT vendors, with the Senior Contract Manager maintaining the overarching relationship with all vendors.
Manage vendors, ensuring adherence to quality, correct stock specifications, timely lead and delivery times, HACCP requirements, and overall maintenance of service levels.
Formally report instances of vendor indiscipline when necessary.
Complete daily invoicing control functions, with a specific focus on resolving orange queries, including credit requests for pricing and quantity discrepancies.
Communicate correct lead times to Client Operations and ensure compliance.
Provide firstline support to Cape Town Management on procurement matters, troubleshoot queries, and address adhoc collection of stock items in case of vendor default.
Manage and report on emergency stock requests.
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the Client's business, including volume fluctuations and trends, staying informed about all procurementrelated issues.
Conduct adhoc pricing and reporting exercises.
Expand the existing supplier database and proactively manage substitute items and vendors as needed.
Ensure alignment of all strategies with Wanama's contract with the Client, emphasizing direct purchasing.
Proactively implement action steps as needed.
Provide system support (TP) to all users in CPT.
Manage and update the Cape Town Database, focusing on key data as highlighted on the TP dashboard.
Activate the Disaster Recovery Plan if and when the TP system is unavailable.
Support operations in accurately managing stock within the stock system.
Proactively manage the definition of specifications with operations and propose alternative product solutions.
Actively manage monthtomonth and yearonyear inflation, implementing action plans to enhance value continuously.
Manage and report on all compliancerelated matters.
Assist with unit food safety and associated documentation.