Head of Procurement

• Stock optimisation (balance cash flow and safety stock)
• Manage budget and volume of stock required for various products
• Analysis and forecasting to plan stock, supply and demand
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on stock levels

• Zero out of stocks
• Zero low stocks
• All forecasts to be sent out to suppliers first week of month
• Tender stock on hand report to be supplied to tender Manager (MIM)
• Cape Town (DC) replenishment done twice weekly
• Weekly stock report presented 4x a month to sales
• Possibly materials resource planning

• B.Com Supply Chain, Finance
• B.Eng

• Senior resource with minimum five years procurement management experience (preferably in pharmaceutical industry or FMCG).
• Experience in inventory management analysis and forecasting
• Preferred materials resource planning (MRP)
• Management accounting experience (cost accounting, scenario planning)
• Knowledge of procurement systems/models and its implementation

• Pastel preferable
• Power BI
• Proficient in Excel

• Sense of urgency
• Interpersonal skills
• Highly analytical
• Critical thinking
• Systems thinker
• Customer services

• MS Excel
• Pastel
• Power BI
• Supply Chain