Senior Buyer,Procurement Officer,Procurement Manager (Mining and Chemical industry)

• Managing of the Procurement department and to ensure that the outputs of the buyers from the set-up of the Purchase requests to the follow-up of the Purchase Orders to the suppliers is perfectly executed
• Ensure that the material is delivered.
• Ensure that procurement policies and procedures are always followed
• Ensuring a consistent and standardized approach to execution of purchases by buyers.
• Oversee procurement activities for a team ensuring a consistent and standardized approach to execution of purchases within their portfolio.
• Initiate and drive systematic improvement of people, process and technology within the procurement portfolio.
• Exposure to the global supply chain engage with diverse stakeholders,
• Identify opportunities for improvement and problem-solving techniques. issues and ensure the end-to-end effectiveness of the procurement portfolio.
• Indirect Material Procurement is responsible for the procurement of materials that support operations such as maintenance products, spares, gaskets, couplings, mechanical seals and all other items used in underground mining
• Ensuring that suppliers are adhering to their contract as SLAs
• Constantly communicating with contract managers.
• Bid evaluations, supplier engagement as well as contributing to local supplier development.
• Ensuring the effective implementation of Procurement Policies, Procedures and Practices.
• Identifying contract opportunities
• Create purchase orders and RFQ’s on SAP
• Researching and selecting a reliable supplier base.
• Expediting back orders.
• Identify contractual risks.
• Facilitate and adjudication of tenders.
• Monitor and address supplier performance KPI’s
• Identifies and negotiates beneficial options.
• Upholds procurement policies, procedures and processes.
• Sourcing of materials, equipment and reliable services.
• Conduct tender/Bid clarifications.
• Ensuring a clean audit trial Manage the end to end procurement of portfolio on materials, continually driving Improvements in efficiency and service delivery.
• Oversee procurement activities for a team ensuring a consistent and standardized approach to execution of purchases within their portfolio.
• Manage and report on metrics which indicate procurement level associated with the portfolio performance and improve those performance levels.
• Liaise with other supply Chain stake holders internal/external to resolve escalated issue and ensure end-to end effectiveness of the procurement portfolio.
• Ensure of the consistency of material procurement across all operating business units and Hubs. Adhere to the health& safety rules & regulations at all times.

The highlights of my experience as Manager is to ensure:

• Use of inbound supply chain best practices (Ptp) to source high-value products for different Business units within Sasol.
• Constantly communicating with relevant contract owners to ensure that purchase Request are assigned to the correct contract numbers.
• Leverage market analysis tools such as Economic Cube and ICIS report to make strategic purchasing decisions
• Provided data support in a project intended to address local supplier development within Sasol procurement (preferential procurement)
• Frequent engagement and negotiation with multiple stakeholders including foreign suppliers.
• Monitor and coordinate delivery of materials.

• To source and procure goods and services of the right quality, quantity and timeously to ensure no loss of production.
• Indirect Material Procurement is responsible for the procurement of materials that support operations such as maintenance products and office consumables.
• Maintenance of contract database
• Resolving queries relating to contract prices
• Assigning contract POs to the correct contract numbers
• Manually updating contract on the system
• Ensuring that suppliers are adhering to their contract as SLAs
• Constantly communicating with contract managers.
• Bid evaluations, supplier engagement as well as contributing to local supplier development.
• Ensuring the effective implementation of Procurement Policies, Procedures and Practices.
• Create purchase orders and RFQ’s on SAP
• Resolution of contractual dispute.
• Researching and selecting a reliable supplier base.
• Expediting back orders.
• Identify contractual risks.
• Adjudicates tenders.
• Reports on monthly contract status.
• Monitor and address supplier performance KPI’s.
• Identifies and negotiates beneficial options.
• Upholds procurement policies, procedures and processes.
• Sourcing of materials, equipment and reliable services.
• Conduct tender/Bid clarifications.
• Ensuring a clean audit trial.

Senior Materials Coordinator
July 2007 — July 2009

• Ensure that the end-users are getting the correct items on time
• Coordinate all materials needs for production area
• Expediting back orders.
• Drawing annual budgets for various departments
• Resolving payment queries
• Creating purchase requests
• Identify coding and contract opportunities
• Assist with the maintenance of master data
• Liaise and communicate with Supply Chain
• Procure to pay process administration and Budget control
• Application of the material codes/service codes
• Placing orders on behalf of the end-user
• Ensure effective distribution and delivery of goods on time

Warehouse Controller
June 2006 — July 2007

• Ensure effective and accurate material receipt.
• Receiving and issuing
• Warehouse maintenance (inventory counting, labelling, picking and stacking.
• Ensure effective and accurate material Supplies/distribution
• Ensure SAP system stock integrity.
• Picking and packing materials for dispatch
• Doing stock counts on weekly basis
• Loading materials for dispatch using forklift.
• General administration in the warehouse

• Receiving goods from suppliers.
• Liaise with suppliers on outstanding orders.
• Liaise with the planning department on monthly Stock (raw materials) required.
• Liaise with the Quality Assurance department.
• Attend production meetings on daily basis.
• Controlling the movement of stock in- the Warehouse.
• Ensure that inventory transactions are always accurately updated .
• Ensure all transactions are correctly captured on ORACLE
• Accurately recording the movement of all inventory in-and-out of the stores.
• Adhere to the health & safety rules & regulations at all times.
• Maintaining accurate stock records
• Ensuring maximum stock availability with minimum stock holding
• Planning and organizing stock takes
• Reconciliation of stock discrepancies
• Processing of goods receipts and order matching
• Implementing programmes to reduce costs of holding Inventory including warehouse utilization.
• Responsible for dispatch of customer orders and handling returned goods from the customers.
• Ensured cost effective and efficient distribution through close liaison with couriers.
• Successfully improved efficiency and cost effectiveness through minimizing picking errors and ensuring accurate stock records.
• Maintaining warehouse housekeeping standards