02/06/2026
🚨 Our client is looking to employ a Senior Buyer to join their team in Johannesburg North. We are looking for your experience in supply chain management within a manufacturing and rail industry environment.
The Senior Buyer will be required to have a Valid Driver's License and own reliable transport. 🚨
Qualification and experience requirements:
· Minimum of 5 to 8 years’ relevant experience in procurement or sourcing within a manufacturing or industrial environment
· Work experience with SAP
· Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, or a related field
· Strong understanding of end-to-end procurement processes and best practices
· Proven experience working with international/ overseas suppliers
· Familiarity with coordinating logistics through freight forward companies
· Working knowledge of import/ export procedures and documentation
Duties & Responsibilities
· Review and action all purchasing requests that come from internal and external customers for accuracy, terminology, and specifications
· Determine if the current inventory quantities are sufficient for the request, ordering more materials when necessary
· Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments’ originating requests
· Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations
· Performing buying duties
· Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems
· Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports, and price lists
· Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates to determine the best bid among potential suppliers
· Track the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders
· Calculate the cost of orders, and charge or forward invoices to the appropriate accounts
· Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirement planning
· Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, to provide performance feedback, or to discuss production forecasts or changes
· Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure the availability of materials or products
· Monitor forecasts and quotes to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities
· Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders
· Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, or quality assurance
· Implement new or improved supply chain processes
· Design or implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies