Procurement Specialist at PZ Cussons

Responsibilities

• Working with the Head of Procurement to prepare plans for the purchase of equipment, services, and supplies.
• Following and enforcing the company's procurement policies and procedures.
• Reviewing, comparing and analysing 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.

​Qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to exploit opportunities to gain best value in procurement and supplier management within    
• Able to deal with ambiguity and manage multiple relationships in a multi-cultural environment with an ability to take criticism and learn from feedback.
• Strong IT skills base, including intermediate proficiency in office applications.
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills
• Possess excellent Quantitative Analysis skills.
• Good knowledge of financial management.
• Experience in independently handling procurement functions for organization of similar size for at least 2 years
• FMCG background is a plus