purchasing officer Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a purchasing officer to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Sourcing of new suppliers and products;
- ensuring that suppliers meet the required standards for quality, cost, delivery and reliability;
- Preparing spare parts orders;
- Working harmoniously with the Inventory and Warehouse Controller;
- Reviewing the high dollar value indents daily and shipment progress reports; and;
- Place purchase orders via JDE;
- working with internal clients to ensure their direct purchases and stock purchases are effectively processed and delivered;
- Monitor the progress of deliveries;
- Managing relationships with suppliers, and sourcing new ones as required;
- Create purchasing orders according to engineering specifications;
- Supplier evaluation and auditing;
- Maintain database ensuring supplier and SKU data is accurate at all times;
- To ensure payment terms are managed and optimised in favour of HISG resulting in improved cash flows;
- Follow up outstanding purchasing order, check the status and leading date of the purchasing order;
- Obtain and assess quotations on a range of raw materials from suppliers.
Requirements:
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal;
- High attention to detail with strong organisational skills;
- Systematic, methodical and process driven;
- Experience maintaining large warehouse stock/supply levels;
- MS office knowledge;
- Hands on experience working within a purchasing team in a similar role, ideally within the manufacturing industry;
- Exceptional time management skills with the ability to prioritise and plan your workload;
- Experience with JD Edwards ERP system;
- Familiarity interfacing with production and logistics team to ensure manufacturing objectives are met;
- Experience purchasing raw and packaging materials.