Purchasing Engineer à Afrique du Sud

Mandatory Requirement: The candidate must have worked in Hotels & Resorts in the Purchasing Department OR for companies that supply Hotels & Resorts.

Responsible for ensuring that Purchase Orders are raised and approved, goods and services are received and orders are receipted in a complete, accurate and timely manner. The Purchasing Officer is expected to liaise with suppliers across the business to align the purchasing process with sales objectives and overall business strategy.

• Raise Purchase Orders in line with business rules.
• Ensure Purchase Orders are approved in line with business rules.
• Email the Purchase Order to the supplier (where the system does not support automatic emailing of the Purchase Order).
• Receipt Purchase Order based on an approved goods receipt note / delivery docket.
• Request credit notes from suppliers and send to Accounts Payable for processing.
• Establish sound relationships with suppliers, ensure lead times are met and expedite outstanding orders.
• Review, compare, analyze, and approve products and services to be purchased.
• Manage inventories and maintain accurate purchase and pricing records.
• Maintain and update supplier information such as qualifications, delivery times, product ranges, etc.
• Maintain good supplier relations and negotiate contracts.
• Research and evaluate prospective suppliers.
• Prepare budgets, cost analyses, and reports.
• Visit markets and clients based on directions given and requirements.
• Packing goods will be necessary from time to time, to organize shipments properly.