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Duties will include the following
Procurement of stock, both locally and imported products
Stock control and management of the warehouse
Controlling debtors and creditors
Petty cash
Receipting and invoicing
Reporting (debtors, stock age analysis, work in progress etc)

Duties Includes:
Ensuring the overall responsibility for the centralized procurement function
Establishing and maintaining a local supplier data base for the control of the sourcing function
Advising on the best local and import Suppliers to be used in procurement of goods and services
Negotiating best or optimal prices from Suppliers
Ensuring general contract administration
Monitoring of all Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders and Receipts of Goods and Services in Business Planning and Control Systems
Be a custodian of the Company’s local and imported sourcing initiatives
Guarding the company against fraudulent practices relating to procurement
Providing budgeted prices for purchasing of raw materials, ingredients, packaging, non-stock items, spares and capital items
Planning and tendering for suppliers of goods and services
Spearheading and administering the clearing of Imported goods
Working closely with procurement at Global and Regional level to apply defined strategies.
Working with other departments to develop alternative suppliers.

The position exists to ensure that all Farming, Marketing and Transport, and General procurement requirements are profitably and timeously sourced and purchased to ensure smooth and efficient execution of all business operations and processes.
As a key enabler of the business functions and processes, we expect that you will use resources as they were your own.
We believe that the procurement function is an important lever for the growth of our business by saving money, improving delivery performance and providing value to our partners and prospective partners.
Major Functions /Accountabilities:
Plans purchasing requirements with operating GMs for the year and months ahead
Receive all requisitions, tracks them through cycle in shared and open database,
Establishes priorities and urgency
Sources and coordinates best procurement solutions,
Negotiates pricing
Negotiates payment terms
Establishes and maintains a functional and effective supplier data base
Monitoring and analyzing inventory consumption rates & determining re-order levels as well as economic order quantities
Obtains approval from internal customers
Co-ordinates payments with treasury and ensures payments according to invoice terms
Liaises with clearing agents to ensure smooth, effective customs clearance processes
Oversees and co-ordinates logistics for collection and delivery
Flags and executes on opportunistic purchasing opportunities where they arise

Duties:
Overseeing all stock
Receiving and dispatch
Data capturing of information
Report variances to management
Investigation of variances

Perform buying duties when necessary.
Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
Compare suppliers bills with purchase orders to verify accuracy.
Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.
Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications.

Duties to include:
Devise and use fruitful product sourcing strategies
Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships
Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services
Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries
Examine and test existing contracts
Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company
Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients
Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements
Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs

Duties Includes:
Responsible for company-wide commodity
Proposes/facilitates TCO reduction initiatives
Leads negotiations with suppliers and structures agreements
Identifies strategic impact of key industry/technological trends on commodity
Monitors supplier and team performance
Develops suppliers
Drives continuous improvement initiatives
Understands impact of applicable commodity related legislation
Implement and integrate solutions across multiple disciplines as required
Develop stakeholder management strategies for key external stakeholders in a more competitive and sustainable space
Understands Supplier Industry, Understands User Needs
Inventory Management
Provides oversight over order fulfillment process
IT & Systems Support
People Development

Duties:
Champion document management and change control best practices.
Ensure proposal documents follow standard formatting and quality standards.
Provide advice on flow, language, and grammar to content owners.
Consolidate sections and/or documents developed by other team members into the required tender format.
Maintain and make available master document sets.