- East Rand
- Salary: (Negotiable)
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Automotive
- Reference: 75170
Vacancy Details
Employer: Unique Personnel
Reports To Procurement Manager
Job Overview
The Buyer-Planner is an experienced, highly organized, numerically minded, and detail-oriented individual responsible for purchasing and expediting raw materials, auxiliary components, production consumables, and services to meet prevailing production and customer requirements. This role primarily focuses on evaluating and analyzing customer and production planning forecasts, managing the supply chain pipeline for imported production requirements, identifying potential supply chain delays, and initiating corrective measures. Additionally, the Buyer-Planner is responsible for obtaining supplier quotes, negotiating acquisition prices, maintaining supplier relationships, and ensuring timely delivery of orders and consignments via oceanfreight and airfreight.
Key Performance Areas
Primary Responsibilities:
Monitor inventory levels to ensure minimum stock levels are established, maintained, and reviewed on an ongoing basis.
Compile production material rundown sheets (RDS’s) for all imported production materials, components, and consumables on an ongoing basis.
Engage in daily interactions with production planners, buyers, suppliers, and vendors regarding planned activities, including weekly and daily production schedules for all manufacturing plants, anticipated late changes, and customer emergency call-offs; ordering, manufacturing, despatch, shipping, and supply schedules for all overseas suppliers and vendors.
Daily review of all stock movements and purchase order movements on the SYSPRO mainframe computer system in line with build forecasts and open purchase orders with overseas suppliers and vendors. Highlight the need for additional purchase orders to ensure continuity of supply to all customers (locally and abroad) on an ongoing basis.
Monitor shipping patterns daily and weekly from all affected supply destinations abroad with relevant shipping lines and freight forwarders. Monitor weather patterns locally and abroad for potential shipping delays, vessel berthing issues, and discharge of FCL containers and LCL consignments, as well as potential windbound ports causing further consignment delays.
Review production material consumption and usage levels daily and weekly, along with customer forecasting and call-off patterns, trends, and behaviors. Initiate adjustments to RDS’s as required and implement corrective measures to adjust ordered consignments of specific production materials, components, and consumables with relevant suppliers and vendors.
Provide continuous feedback to production planners on any anticipated delays in the receipt of expected production materials, components, and consumables.
Ensure timely delivery of items and follow up with vendors on late orders.
Secondary Responsibilities:
Source, negotiate, and select vendors that meet the company’s quality, price, and delivery requirements.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with vendors and suppliers.
Monitor supplier performance in terms of quality, cost, and delivery.
Review and analyze purchase requisitions and generate purchase orders.
Resolve invoice discrepancies with vendors.
Maintain accurate records of purchases, pricing, and other important data.
Prepare reports on purchase activity and supplier performance.
Review actual usage levels against forecasted levels and compile monthly reports highlighting variances in customer forecasted and actual usage levels.
Job Overview
The Buyer-Planner is an experienced, highly organized, numerically minded, and detail-oriented individual responsible for purchasing and expediting raw materials, auxiliary components, production consumables, and services to meet prevailing production and customer requirements. This role primarily focuses on evaluating and analyzing customer and production planning forecasts, managing the supply chain pipeline for imported production requirements, identifying potential supply chain delays, and initiating corrective measures. Additionally, the Buyer-Planner is responsible for obtaining supplier quotes, negotiating acquisition prices, maintaining supplier relationships, and ensuring timely delivery of orders and consignments via oceanfreight and airfreight.
Key Performance Areas
Primary Responsibilities:
Monitor inventory levels to ensure minimum stock levels are established, maintained, and reviewed on an ongoing basis.
Compile production material rundown sheets (RDS’s) for all imported production materials, components, and consumables on an ongoing basis.
Engage in daily interactions with production planners, buyers, suppliers, and vendors regarding planned activities, including weekly and daily production schedules for all manufacturing plants, anticipated late changes, and customer emergency call-offs; ordering, manufacturing, despatch, shipping, and supply schedules for all overseas suppliers and vendors.
Daily review of all stock movements and purchase order movements on the SYSPRO mainframe computer system in line with build forecasts and open purchase orders with overseas suppliers and vendors. Highlight the need for additional purchase orders to ensure continuity of supply to all customers (locally and abroad) on an ongoing basis.
Monitor shipping patterns daily and weekly from all affected supply destinations abroad with relevant shipping lines and freight forwarders. Monitor weather patterns locally and abroad for potential shipping delays, vessel berthing issues, and discharge of FCL containers and LCL consignments, as well as potential windbound ports causing further consignment delays.
Review production material consumption and usage levels daily and weekly, along with customer forecasting and call-off patterns, trends, and behaviors. Initiate adjustments to RDS’s as required and implement corrective measures to adjust ordered consignments of specific production materials, components, and consumables with relevant suppliers and vendors.
Provide continuous feedback to production planners on any anticipated delays in the receipt of expected production materials, components, and consumables.
Ensure timely delivery of items and follow up with vendors on late orders.
Secondary Responsibilities:
Source, negotiate, and select vendors that meet the company’s quality, price, and delivery requirements.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with vendors and suppliers.
Monitor supplier performance in terms of quality, cost, and delivery.
Review and analyze purchase requisitions and generate purchase orders.
Resolve invoice discrepancies with vendors.
Maintain accurate records of purchases, pricing, and other important data.
Prepare reports on purchase activity and supplier performance.
Review actual usage levels against forecasted levels and compile monthly reports highlighting variances in customer forecasted and actual usage levels.
Candidate Requirements
Minimum Qualifications and ExperienceRequirements and Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in purchasing, buying, and/or planning preferred.
Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
Strong knowledge of purchasing principles and procedures.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Proficiency in mainframe computer systems (SYSPRO proficiency advisable).
Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within various teams.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Inventory Turnover Rate: Maintain an optimal turnover rate to ensure efficient use of inventory.
On-Time Delivery Rate: Ensure a high percentage of orders are delivered on time and in full.
Cost Savings: Achieve targeted cost savings through effective negotiation and sourcing strategies.
Supplier Performance: Monitor and maintain high supplier performance ratings in terms of quality, cost, and delivery.
Stockout Incidents: Minimize the number of stockout incidents impacting production.
Order Accuracy: Ensure high accuracy in purchase orders and inventory records.
Lead Time Reduction: Achieve targeted reductions in lead times for key materials and components.
Customer Satisfaction: Maintain high levels of internal and external customer satisfaction through reliable supply chain performance.
Compliance: Ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures.
Reporting Accuracy: Maintain accurate and timely reports on procurement activities and supplier performance.
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