Senior Buyer Manufacturing Ekurhuleni (East Rand)

Senior Buyer Position

A leading manufacturing concern is urgently looking for a Senior Buyer to join their team. The successful candidate will have strong technical knowledge with a proven track record of purchasing within a manufacturing environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage the buying process for a given set of goods in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Apply sourcing policy, interface between supplier and entity with respect to specifications and budgets.
• Collect, organize and synthesize data to support others in their functional area.
• Analyse data and reports using statistical techniques.
• Develop and maintain a strong foundation of function skills and knowledge of relevant purchasing and sourcing concepts.
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues.
• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply proble...