Procurement officer: Gain Ground Consulting
May 2021 — Present
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIE
- Purchasing of goods, materials, and services to meet the company’s operational needs, considering price, quality and delivery requirements for ensuring continuity of supply.
- Manage the buying process for specific goods while adhering to delivery targets.
- Proactively address and communicate supply problems that may impact business operations.
- Foster professional and consistent supplier relationships, while ensuring compliance with company guidelines and purchasing policies during contract negotiations.
- Evaluate tenders and quotations from potential suppliers.
- Prepare purchase orders in alignment with final negotiations and organizational requirements.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety standards to maintain a safe working environment.
- Research and analyse data and market insights.
- Place appropriate orders, verify and validate orders.
- Identify problem areas and provide suggestions for corrective action that improves process efficiency, reduces risk, ensures compliance, etc.
- Prepare both a detailed audit report and executive summary of findings.
Logistics Administrator- Frigoglass South Africa
March 2020 — April 2021
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Plan warehouse and distribution centres for efficiency in both operations and capacity
- Organise transportation activities, including storage of goods, orchestrating transportation movements and arranging for services as necessary.
- Execute logistics plan to move products and packages to reach destinations on schedule.
- Review rates and other transportation costs to keep working costs low.
- Maintains quality through the logistic processes.
- To ensure all records, electronics and hardcopies of users, drivers are fully up to date at all times.
- Proactive, effective communication and maintenance of good relationships with inventory, suppliers, fright firms and other value chain functionaries to ensure that sustained, efficient supply channels are maintained.
- Raise Purchase Orders, track and ensure on time-delivery of ordered stock at the correct cost, mindful of lead-time dynamics.
- Quality Management System participation in risk-identification and mitigation as well as opportunity optimisation to aid growth and cost savings.
Finance Assistance- Frigoglass South Africa
August 2019 — February 2020
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Total control over processing of all accounts payable transactions in ZAR, EUR and USD.
- Checking that the suppliers invoice quantities and prices match those quoted on the purchase order and GRN.
- Ensuring supplier invoices are allocated to the correct general ledger account.
- Ensure that only valid tax invoices are accepted for processing.
- Assist the Accountant with the reconciliation of trade creditor’s accounts – Statement with Forward.
- Investigating and clearing of GRN Control account and goods in transit account.
- Complete the credit application as requested by the supplier in line with the requirements of the purchasing department.
- Ensure that the order complies with the company policy as laid out in the procedures manual.
- Before the invoice is captured in the Forward System ensure that all the back-up documentation is attached
- For foreign suppliers ensure that invoice is processed in the correct foreign currency and at the correct rate of exchange