AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An exciting opportunity exists for an Engineering Buyer at NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Snackworks, Rosslyn.  The successful incumbent will be responsible for placing orders for engineering spares and consumables, manage master data on SAP, liaise with suppliers, and ensure availability of required parts and spares to support the site operations. 

Line Manager: Logistics Manager

Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas:

• Use Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) as a complete system to create and expedite orders for critical spares
• Keep accurate inventory of spares within agreed targets by adopting stringent re-order principles
• Monitor and compile capex expenditure and supplier evaluation reports
• Adopt a three-quote system to source the most cost effective spares at the right quality
• Execute imports buying of capital equipment by creating Purchase Orders (POs) timeously
• Manage vendor database and update master data for the site buying team
• Manage and control critical spares in the factory (stock items replenishment)
• Initiate workflows for new material masters and new vendors
• Liaise with suppliers and Accounts Payable department with regard to invoice queries
• Source competitive pricing through the (Request for Quotation) RFQ process (engineering spares and services)
• Expedite delivery of orders to ensure that the factory equipment downtime is minimized (On Time In Full)
• Management of obsolete or redundant material
• Management of non-stock materials
• SAP maintenance including open POs and requisitions, MRBR daily and view all invoices that are blocked for payment

Experience:                                                                   

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience as an Engineering Buyer or Technical Buyer
• 3 years of working experience within an FMCG environment
• Experience in engineering/spares environment

Qualifications:

• A relevant completed tertiary qualification in Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics or Stores Management

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrated purchasing experience in the technical or engineering field
• Sound Excel proficiency
• Working knowledge of SAP essential