Buyer/ Technical  (Buyer/ Technical )

• Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.
• Interact with sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Customer Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.
• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning
• Job Functions:
• Create statistical forecasts:
• Gather, analyze and validate data
• Execute statistical modeling software
• Review resulting statistical forecast model
• Apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting
• Summarize/aggregate statistical forecasts
• Review sales plans, customer finance Budget Updates or Latest Estimates and demand drivers:
• Present, solicit, and assess feedback on the various forecasts from sales, and finance
• Recommend adjustments for operational forecasts
• Review promotional plans with sales
• Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with sales, marketing and finance personnel:
• Prepare relevant material to facilitate research and discussion
• Provide input to volume planning (Latest Estimates / annual process)
• Facilitate and manage demand planning/customer meetings
• Achieve consensus with the business side and the demand chain
• Maintain demand planning system and software
• Enter and modify data and ensure the correctness of product hierarchy
• Monitor trends in forecast error
• Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning process

• Create notification
• Capture the details of the jobs on the electronic data sheet
• Create PP12 on the service order and airfreight costs to pull through
• Create purchasing orders and PP12
• Create invoices and packing list
• Arrange delivery with logistics to ship goods for repairs
• Follow up on overdue quotes to receive
• Follow up on Its in task 105 release status, if this is confirmed by internal sales as received for invoicing
• Updating the pp12’s as jobs are received to send out shipments atleast once a week
• Give vendor go ahead to repair on jobs orders has been received
• Completing and Closing of notification

Import and Export Buyer
January 2014

• Ensuring that all raw materials and other goods are timeously ordered
• Follow up on all orders that are outside negotiated lead-time and take corrective action
• Ensuring effective Sourcing and Selection of Vendor to achieve optimum total cost, and Quality 
• Constant liaising with suppliers regarding agreed delivery dates / pricing and quality
• Creation and Capturing of Purchase Requisitions
• Ability to follow a proactive approach to problems
• Maintain accurate filing systems
• Customer service orientated

Buyer
November 2009

• Vendor selection- good knowledge of the supplier market for the parts to be purchased and select favourable vendors. 
• Obtain quotations form with regard to cost, quality and delivery.
• Negotiation with suppliers and keeping a good relationship in order to agree terms and conditions with vendors that will mutually be beneficial and that would not expose to the company unnecessary commercial risk. 
• Evaluations of tenders- obtain necessary knowledge of the parts to be purchased the Company requirement with regards to cost and urgency and effectively evaluate the quotes received. 
• Ordering parts- execution of purchasing process on time and negotiate to achieve committed delivery dates from the vendor. 
• Vendor performance- ensuring part of the required quality is delivered on the dates required
• Respect and promote purchasing and directives
• Select the best possible suppliers for the company service needs
• Purchase of goods and services at market related costs
• Ensure that all orders are in accordance with the company standards and minimum requirement
• Aggressively support company BBBEE initiatives
• Ensure that all orders are in accordance with signed supplier contracts.
• Obtain at least three quotations from different vendors before placing an order
• Evaluates quotes
• Follow up on all orders that are outside of the negotiated lead-time and take corrective action
• Responsible for developing and maintaining good and productive relationships with nominated vendors. Advise which supplier fails to meet the required company measures
• Expediting all outstanding orders weekly for Import parts and report to procurement manager concerning the delivery date
• Preparation of price increase for approval
• Quality Management system documentation (ISO 9001) creating control measures for improvement
• Maintain master purchasing data on SAP

Production Planner
2007-2009

• Provide Procurement with planning and forecasting schedules for long-lead times item, which have a strategic impact on the sales and Operations plan.
• Evaluate and convert system planned orders into purchase requisitions and production orders to support the Operations plan in terms of Machine Build, CEP, repairs and return Businesses, after market.
• Evaluate and control of inventory under my control in terms of Stock turns, Availability and Obsolescence 
• Action ECM engineering changes with regards to system requirements, Items on order and items in production as per Change Instruction

Trainee
2006

• Planning production for new and repair jobs as per Master Schedule and customer requirements.
• Monitor machine build master schedules. Releasing and picking of electrical sub-assemblies to meet delivery dates as stipulated by the master schedule.
• Monitor service exchange products and ensuring 100% availability of electrical Panel.
• Planning, monitoring and ensuring that monthly targets are met in-terms of number of products and total value. 
• Loading all requirements for repair jobs and complete internal quotations.
• Monitor requirements availability for jobs on the 4month plan, compile shortage report and distribute to procurement and expedite
• Performing and controlling sub-contractor