Procurement Assistant

The company

Most of our staff work the sales floor, the registers and the stockroom. Pretorius Goods is a hardware and home improvement store selling tools, paint, lumber and lawn and garden supplies. Breaks are 15 minutes per four hours, and lunch is 30.

Overview

The Procurement Assistant buys materials and services for our plants, managing about $30M in annual spend across 200 suppliers. This role is remote. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

Job duties

• Negotiate pricing, lead times and payment terms with suppliers.
• Review supplier price increase requests against commodity indexes.
• Issue purchase orders from approved requisitions and MRP signals in SAP.
• Identify cost savings and report them monthly.

What you'll need

• 1-2 years of purchasing or procurement experience.
• Comfortable pushing suppliers on dates and price.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or another ERP purchasing module.
• Organised with dozens of open orders at a time.

Perks and benefits

• Medical aid contribution.
• Provident fund.
• 13th cheque.
• Study assistance.

We review applications as they come in.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pretorius Goods.