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Supervisor professional, manage and lead 15 team members, group expenditure reporting, Procurement, Imports/Exports/Operations management
● Experience in managing a team of 15 people (buyers) nationally, KPI’s, financi…
Supervisor professional, manage and lead 15 team members, group expenditure reporting, Procurement, Imports/Exports/Operations management
● Experience in managing a team of 15 people (buyers) nationally, KPI’s, financial group expenditure reporting
● Sound knowledge of manufacturing processes and raw materials.
● Experienced in negotiating contract pricing from suppliers.
● Well-versed in sourcing capital equipment as well as facilitating production operations by preparing equipment forecasting as per budget.
● Ability to oversee transport, logistics, import/export, and inventory management for seamless service delivery.
● Adept at ensuring order accuracy through auditing of all orders along with review of contracts and purchase orders.
● Refined communicator, bi-lingual in English and Afrikaans with proficiency in building strong relationships across multi-disciplinary functions, stakeholders, and senior leadership.
● MBA dissertation, impact of consulting on supply chain in the manufacturing and supply chain in the South African context.
Experience
Order Management Specialist
Oversee daily operations, ensuring productivity,quality, and compliance with organizational goals.Develop budgets, track expenses, and optimizeresource allocation.Ensurecost-effective purchasing of materials, equipment, and services whilemaintaining quality standards.Mitigate supplyrisks through diversified supplier networks and contingency planning.Monitor markettrends and leverage data to forecast pricing and demand fluctuations.Overseelogistics, transportation, and warehousing to meet delivery timelines andreduce lead times.Ensurecompliance with global trade regulations, sustainability standards, and ethicalsourcing practices.
Order Management Specialist
Oversee daily operations, ensuring productivity, quality, and compliance with organizational goals.
Develop budgets, track expenses, and optimize resource allocation.
Ensure cost-effective purchasing of materials, equipment, and services while maintaining quality standards.
Mitigate supply risks through diversified supplier networks and contingency planning.
Monitor market trends and leverage data to forecast pricing and demand fluctuations.
Oversee logistics, transportation, and warehousing to meet delivery timelines and reduce lead times.
Ensure compliance with global trade regulations, sustainability standards, and ethical sourcing practices.
Director Non-profit
Developing and executing marketing and business strategy, while coordinating feeding schemes for community in collaboration with other NGOs.
Acquired new donors and participants via long-term prospecting.
Aim to reduce unemployment rate in SA through community development programs – ongoing initiative.
Senior Buyer
Sourced materials and services to manufacture Transnet security vehicles.
Technical Buyer
Lead end-to-end procurement strategies: sourcing, vendor selection, contract negotiation, and supplier relationship management.
Manage cross-departmental teams (production, warehousing) to meet KPIs.
Mitigate supply risks through diversified supplier networks and contingency planning.
Addressed supplier invoice queries in liaison with finance function as per of pricing management.
Negotiating contract price within the group, which resulted in decreasing price increase spikes with new/existing supplies for long-term business and manage supplier performance according to SLA’s and BBEEE compliance.
Group expenditure report to directors and management(excel).
SHERQ Administrator
Managed document control and standardised documentation through the group.
Branch Assistant
Streamlined day-to-day operations by scheduling technician call-outs.
Improved customer satisfaction and experience by managing and resolving customer queries.
Marketing and Pricing Administrator
Established and maintained buy-in/sell-out pricing in local/foreign currency.
Defined company pricelist for mining houses in SA and Oil Company for commercial, retail, and maintenance functions in local currency.
Maintained selling price, validated cost price, and setup discount customer matrix.
Managed gross profit percentage (GP %) on all products and solutions in database per customer group.
Aligned quarterly price with defined objectives in collaboration with senior management.
Facilitated Maintenance Manager with price negotiations with several customers, namely: Engen, Total, Chevron, Puma, Shell and Sasol.
Pricing and Procurement Coordinator
Develop and implement operational policies, procedures, and goals aligned with organizational objectives.
Monitor daily workflows to ensure seamless production, service delivery, and resource allocation.
Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies; lead initiatives to enhance productivity.
Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and expense management to meet financial goals.
Improved competitiveness in markets and business continuity by analysing sales/lost sales and price competitive analysis.
Assured 80% of tyres ordered and remainder on back order as part of supplier performance.
Initiated end-user tyre consumption assessment, which resulted in reducing tyre failure rate on mining sites and ensured longer lifespan of Zimplats/Mimosa tyres trough sub-let system, TreadStat.
PROJECTS
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