Technical Buyer
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A dynamic Technical Buyer with extensive procurement experience within the manufacturing/FMCG sector. Responsible for sourcing, vendor management and purchasing specialized materials, equipment and services for the production process. Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence decisions and develop positive relationships both internally and externally. Thrive in a highly pressurised and challenging environment.
Technical Buyer - Isanti Glass - Roodekop, Germiston
(2025-04)
Source and purchase specialized equipment and raw materials for production process, evaluating and selecting suppliers of technical products, focusing on quality, delivery reliability and cost effectiveness. Adhering to the procurement activities. Develop and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, both locally and globally.
Customer service, communicating supply and demand issues. Negotiate contracts pricing and delivery terms and payment terms to achieve the best value for the company. Monitor supplier performances through KPI such as on time delivery, quality and compliance with specifications.
Benchmarking. Collaboration with engineering, production and quality teams to understand technical specifications and ensure purchased material and equipment meet the standards. Stay informed about advancement in technology and materials relevant to production, working with finance and cost control teams to stay within the budget while optimizing cost for technical purchases.
Implementing ESD and SD strategies with manager. Monitoring supplier performance, updating BBBEE details on the system, vendor management and ensuring compliance. Tendering procedures and contract managemen
Buyer (Engineering) - RCL Foods Consumer - Wolwehoek, Sasolburg, Free State
(2020-10 - 2025-03)
Examines and analyse purchase requisitions for completeness and accuracy of information, contacts the workflow initiator to clarify information, checks if the product or service is not already contracted, ensuring that where there is a group contract, the orders are placed with reference to the group contract. Interviewing sales representatives to develop new source of supplies and securing favourable terms for the business, maintaining confidentiality of quotes received. Initiating request for proposals and request for quotations.
Running & posting departmental stocktakes on SAP. Compiling any requisite information for any site/category procurement reports required.
Capex workflow, raising non-conformance to poor performing suppliers and updating vendor data base. Reporting weekly budget spend and sending reports to top level management. Investigating and resolving customer complaints and non-conformances, maintaining strong relations with internal/ external customers, minimizes the need for retrospective ordering, capturing data accurately on SAP system, support drives business core values, take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate self
Buyer (Engineering) - Omnia Nutriology - Sasolburg
(2017-01 - 2020-09)
Purchase order administration, responsible for placing purchase orders with suppliers through ERP systems, track purchase order status and ensuring they close off, responsible for imports schedules, maintaining supplier relationship, sourcing and implementing cost saving, monitor supplier delivery performance, conduct market research to identify pricing trends, obtaining quotations from potential suppliers, expediting backorders, Importing stock & Inco-terms, ensuring orders are delivered on time in full (OTIF), utilize MRP system, complying with procurement principles, procedures and practices, complete credit applications, supplier evaluations, sourcing new suppliers and products, tactical buying, ensuring the supplier delivers the quality as specified on the RFQ, analysis on cost saving opportunities, negotiating prices, direct and indirect buying, resolving invoice discrepancies to ensure payment, maintaining close working relationship with internal departments, ensuring cost reductions.
Storeman - Omnia Nutriology - Sasolburg
(2015-02 - 2017-01)
Responsible for investigating stock variances, expediting backorders, submitting weekly inventory reports, inspection of inventory, understanding stock movement, process stock adjustments, stock reconciliation, stock-taking, enforcing FIFO principles, loading & unloading, capturing stock on the system, running the MRP (material requirements planning), customer service internally & externally, creating requisitions, issuing & receiving, stores administration skills, maintaining re-order level, inventory receipting, monitory slow moving & obsolete stock. Barcoding, labelling & relocating inventory on the system, analysing stock discrepancies. Knowledge on the ISO 9000/1 & 14000 standards & adhering to the OHS ACT regulations & securing the stores.
Store Assistant - Rand Water - Three Rivers East
(2013-03 - 2014-10)
Investigating inventory variances, monitory delivery schedules, enforcing FIFO principles, storekeeping & stock-control, receiving & issuing inventory, stores administration skills, stock coding, presenting monthly stock out report, offloading delivery trucks, inventory receipting & capturing stock on the ERP systems.
Stock Controller - Pegasus Ceramic Industries
(2006-10 - 2008-04)
Responsible for moving stock accurately and correctly inside and outside the warehouse through the process of receiving, binning, packing, despatch, stock investigating & proof of delivery control, housekeeping and capturing the above processes that were executed onto the ERP system.
National Diploma - Logistics Management - Vaal University of Technology (2013)
Short Programme - Fundamentals of World Class Procurement - Commerce Edge (2017)
Short Programme - Practical Purchasing - Commerce Edge (2017)
Short Programme - Supply Chain Operations - Commerce Edge (2016)
Short Programme - Strategic Logistics Management - Damelin Business College (2009)
Short Programme - Storekeeping & Stock Control - Damelin Business College (2006)
