Procurement Officer – KwaZulu Natal

Minimum Qualifications.

• National Diploma in Supply Chain Management / Procurement / Business Administration.

Experience and Knowledge required

• Minimum of two to three (2 - 3) years’ experience.
• Microsoft Office

Skills and Competencies required

• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Must be able to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• MS Office with solid Excel skills (intermediate)
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage changing priorities and competing demands.
• Ability to work with staff and management at all levels

Key Performance Areas

• Communicate policies and procedures to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Agree on specification with User departments and communicate specification to service providers.
• Maintain purchase records and keep important data
• Estimate and establish budgets for purchases
• Source quotations from service providers as per the purchase requisition.
• Negotiate prices with service providers.
• Ensure that the products and supplies meet quality standards
• Place order with selected provider ensuring compliance with policies.
• File order together with quotations for audit purposes.
• Follow up and clear long outstanding orders ensuring that committed funds are released to budget holders.
• Negotiate price with service providers and discounts.
• Deal with internal and External stakeholders in a professional manner.
• Deal with queries from Procurement Officer, Users and service providers and resolve them timeously.
• Ensuring that approved purchases are cost efficient and of high quality.
• Evaluating suppliers, Maintaining relationships, ensuring the post effectively procurement of materials, parts or goods