Buyer – Imports & Cross Trade (drop shipments)

SUMMARY:
Buyer – Imports & Cross Trade (drop shipments)

POSITION INFO:

Position Purpose / Objective

The buyer is responsible for procuring the imported goods and services, as well as goods to fulfill drop shipped sales order required by the organization. They find service providers who can supply the required goods and services, negotiate for prices and arrange for the purchase and delivery of the goods whilst ensuring that all transactions are in the best interest of the company.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Duty to place all import and intercompany purchase orders
• Track, monitor and update expected delivery dates in the ERP
• Implementing follow up controls to expedite the delivery of orders on time.
• Researching and negotiating prices which deliver value for money.
• Negotiating long term supply contracts with approved vendors.
• Pursuing new and / or alternative sources of supply to improve reliability of supplies, improve quality of products, shorten delivery lead times, and reduce costs.
• Measuring and managing supplier performance within established parameters.
• Ensuring completeness and correctness of orders.
• Verifying if orders placed have a valid demand.
• Providing timeous feedback to all role-players.
• Ascertain required delivery for items and align PO delivery to required delivery.
• Ensuring that all orders are placed within 48 working hours of demand being confirmed.
• Displaying an ability to secure pricing for a fixed period of time.

Qualifications:

• NQF level 6 or higher in Supply Chain related field of study

Experience:

• At least 5 years’ experience in buying/procurement.
• Previous experience in imports and international procurement of engineering components
• Understand and display an ability to procure within the parameters of a Quality Control Plan.
• Exposure to Microsoft AX Dynamics would be an advantage
• The candidate must be accessible after hours to assist the customer with urgent needs for example break downs etc.

 

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