Purchasing Admin Graduate

SUMMARY:
Signa Opportunity is recruiting unemployed youth for quality workplace experience through the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative.
About the YES Initiative
The initiative was launched by the President in 2018 and is a partnership with the government and labour department to collectively devise a national plan to build economic pathways for South Africa’s youth by creating workplace opportunities for South African youth over a period of 12 months.

Position: Purchasing Admin Graduate

Stipend: R12 000 pm

Location: Centurion

POSITION INFO:
Purpose:
Responsible for securing quality suppliers of services and indirect materials, covering price, delivery and quality targets.
The role will have a clear project focus, supporting the purchasing function at an operational level to help achieve objectives required to aid production facilities and support functions.

• Key Performance Areas:
• To manage and control the company’s external suppliers with particular emphasis on the
• purchase of, Indirect Materials and support functions.
• To perform Market analysis (information gathering).
• To ensure supplier scouting, evaluation and capability studies.
• To request for quotation & Negotiation.
• To ensure indirect materials are services are purchased at the most competitive price and delivered on time.
• To establish strategic relationships with key suppliers who are aligned to the company's needs
• (incl. BBBEE requirements).
• To continually improve purchasing methods and drive down external spends.
• To identify new suppliers, agree terms and negotiate supply agreements where appropriate and
• where required load / update suppliers on the Iveco Group supplier portal.
• To foster close working relationships with associated departments/ Cross functional teams e.g.
• Engineering and support functions.
• To assist with SHE implementation.

• Grade 12
• Diploma / bachelor's degree in management, Supply Chain and Economics
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, etc.)
• Excellent time management
• Good administrative skills with special attention to detail
• South African unemployed YOUTH aged between 18 and 34
• Must not have taken part on the YES Programme before

• Very good knowledge of MS Office (SAP environment is an
• advantage)
• Strong communication and negotiation skills (fluent in English)
• Knowledge of key elements associated with creation /
• administration of contracts

• Relationship with people Enjoys interacting with people and would feel comfortable
• communicating with suppliers and customers as well as staff
• Establishes and maintains effective relations with customers and
• gains their trust and respect.
• Thinking styles Evaluate and critically examines information.
• Emotions Work under pressure, stay calm and professional always.

• Supplier Relationship Management
• Managing and controlling the company’s external suppliers with particular emphasis on the purchase
• of, Indirect Materials and services for the support functions.

• Market analysis (information gathering)
• Supplier scouting, evaluation and capability studies
• Requests for quotation & Negotiation
• Ensure indirect materials are services are purchased at the most competitive price and delivered on
• time.
• Sourcing strategy execution
• Establish strategic relationships with key suppliers who are aligned to the company's needs (incl.
• BBBEE requirements)
• Continually improve purchasing methods and drive down external spends.
• Contract Management
• Identify new suppliers, agree terms and negotiate supply agreements where appropriate
• Internal Customer relationship Management
• Foster close working relationships with associated departments/ Cross functional teams e.g.
• Engineering and support functions.
• confidence and presentation of the individual due to the requirement to interact at various levels
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Demonstrated strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Team player
• Technical / Professional Knowledge
• Accuracy
• Honesty
• Work under pressure, Attention to detail
• Computer literate