Procurement Analyst at PZ Cussons

Responsibilities

• Working with the Head of Procurement to prepare plans for the purchase of raw & packaging materials, equipment, services, and supplies.
• Following and enforcing the company's procurement policies and procedures. Reviewing, comparing and analyzing products and services to be purchased. Managing inventories and maintaining accurate purchase and pricing records. Maintaining and updating supplier information such as qualifications, delivery times, product ranges, etc.
• Maintaining good supplier relations and negotiating contracts. Researching and evaluating prospective suppliers. Preparing budgets, cost analyses, and reports. Monitoring, analysis, and evaluation of intelligence to identify value creating opportunities within the supply chain. Support development of category strategies then implement and execute strategy.
• Provide the key local interface between the supplier and internal customers to facilitate the resolution of supplier non-conformance and manage supplier escalation/ re-scheduling. In conjunction with Procurement manager develop and execute procurement strategies.
• Developing/ agreeing with internal customer. Service level Agreements. Risk Management programme and appropriate supply measurement tools to assist in driving continuous improvement.

Requirements

• University Degree in any commercial based-discipline.
• Relevant 3+ years post qualification — including some quality procurement—functional experience within a forward thinking, fast-paced and value —adding blue —chip FMCG environment.
• Professional procurement qualification desirable (GIPS/ISM/MBA), and capable of rapidly developing full understanding of world-class procurement systems and practices, including all  of category management processes and associated tools.