Job Details

Permanent position in the Property sector in Port Elizabeth in South Africa (Eastern Cape). Benefits: Medical Aid and Provident Fund.

Responsibilities:

The primary objective of the Buyer is to maintain the acquisition of goods and services of the corporation. The work includes reviewing request, source quotations from suppliers, examining prices, assess suitability and availability of items or services, affirmative buying, value analysis and other objectives. The work is performed independently under the supervision of the Senior Buyer. In pursuance of this primary objective, the Buyer is required to:

Essential Functions:
• Assist Business Units when procuring goods and services.
• Confirming the BEE status of service providers.
• Create Standard and Planned Purchase Orders in the Oracle System.
• Utilizing the corporation's approved service providers and distribute orders equally.
• Sourcing of service providers from the corporation's Data Base and in some cases from the market.
• Ensure that the 3 quote system is fully utilized when procuring from non-preferred service providers.
• Manage and control Open Purchase Orders.
• Organize, update and retain product information files and purchase order records.
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes and work co-operatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.

Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in Commerce or any other related field of study.
• Five (5) years experience as Buyer in Public Sector.
• Computer literacy is important (word & excel).
• Basic negotiation skills.
• Be honest, reliable and trustworthy.
• Subscribe to the principle of confidentiality.
• Be familiar with BBBEE Act, PFMA and PPPFA of 2000.
• No criminal record

Candidates meeting the requirements may forward their detailed CV’s to:

charmaine [at] human-touch.co.za

For Attention Charmaine Soloman

If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of submitting your application, please regard it as being unsuccessful.