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Ad Talent Africa, Head of Procurement
| Remuneration: | cost-to-company |
| Location: | Johannesburg |
| Job level: | Senior |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | Ad Talent Africa |
This is an exciting opportunity for a head of procurement to join a well-established pharmaceutical company.
Main purpose of job:
- Stock optimisation (balance cash flow and safety stock)
- Manage budget and volume of stock required for various products
- Analysis and forecasting to plan stock, supply and demand
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on stock levels
Key performance areas:
- Zero out of stocks
- Zero low stocks
- All forecasts to be sent out to suppliers first week of month
- Tender stock on hand report to be supplied to tender Manager (MIM)
- Cape Town (DC) replenishment done twice weekly
- Weekly stock report presented 4x a month to sales
- Possibly materials resource planning
Minimum requirements:
Education:
- B.Com Supply Chain, Finance
- B.Eng
Experience
- Senior resource with minimum five years procurement management experience (preferably in pharmaceutical industry or FMCG).
- Experience in inventory management analysis and forecasting
- Preferred materials resource planning (MRP)
- Management accounting experience (cost accounting, scenario planning)
- Knowledge of procurement systems/models and its implementation
Skills/physical competencies:
- Pastel preferable
- Power BI
- Proficient in Excel
Behavioural qualities:
- Sense of urgency
- Interpersonal skills
- Highly analytical
- Critical thinking
- Systems thinker
- Customer services
Skills:
- MS Excel
- Pastel
- Power BI
- Supply Chain
Posted on 14 Jun 12:54, Closing date 14 Jul
