Category Buyer
City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Strategic sourcing of goods and services (direct and indirect) contributing towards global savings through spend consolidation across regions.-Manage and develop supplier relationships to ensure continuity of goods and services that constantly meet quality, service and price performance standards.-Accountable for vendor relationships within supported categories.-Provide recommendations on new suppliers and on-boarding process.-Manage key supplier relationships, provide feedback on supplier performance and participate in quarterly supplier evaluations.-Coordinate with relevant stakeholders and requesters to plan sourcing initiatives, perform sourcing initiatives according to procurement guidelines.-Track and manage new contracts and expirations, verify need for continuation of contracts, revise contracts as needed and competitively bid or negotiate underlying goods and services.-Review current supply base and seek to develop new supply sources as needed.-Coordinate with vendors and internal stakeholders on outstanding requests, open PO’s and any invoice or payment issues.-Assist requesters and accounts payable with requisitions and PO’s in SAP acting as the subject matter expert.-Expedite material orders to meet delivery dates.-Ability to maintain effective communication with stakeholders, requesters and suppliers to complete sourcing and purchasing in a timely manner, ensuring clear communication on complex issues.-Negotiate and obtain best cost and value for purchases.-Experience working a global organization, ability to multitask and work on several projects at any given time.-Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with deadlines across different time zones.-Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.-Review vendor quotes for terms and conditions prior to placing PO’s-Place PO’s and perform changes as required.-Collaborate with accounts payable to resolve invoice discrepancies.