MRO Technical Buyer - Port Elizabeth

Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in many industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors and hydrogen economy, and provides full loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering. With a focus on circular solutions and sustainability, ECMS is committed to helping our customers create a cleaner, more sustainable world. Protecting our elements of life is our purpose and this inspires us to ever-new solutions.

ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees.

What you can expect

The incumbent will be responsible for SAP Master data maintenance, data analysis and order management for Material Resource Planning (MRP), MRO Store (Maintenance spares / consumables) and Maintenance Buying. Duties will include the following:

• Processing orders of MRO store items and consumables and ensuring accurate and correct levels of all consumables
• Ensuring that all required maintenance buying is processed
• Ensuring that inter-departmental customer requirements are met in conjunction with documentation and that movements are done effectively and efficiently
• Ensuring that all Master Data for SAP for MRO products are accurate and up to date
• Creating New Materials and updating existing materials
• Ensuring that changes and updates are reflected correctly in SAP
• Providing new / updated material details to relevant departments
• SAP Master Data coordination, collaborating with Procurement and Controlling to drive and streamline the introduction of new products and material changes
• Providing information on new and modified articles to Procurement / Finance for creating of Contracts
• Implementing improvement processes and systems to ensure optimal inventory
• Reporting on requisitions without Schedule agreements and releasing of purchase requisitions and follow up on open purchase orders
• Auditing, analyzing, following up and closure of Master Data issues with relevant departments
• Managing the freight for Capex items, arranging quotes, raising PRs and following up on ETA dates
• Assisting the maintenance engineer to facilitate RFQ meetings and coordinate suppliers
• Ensuring MRO Store stock numbers and part names are aligned to those of suppliers
• Analyzing frequency of part consumption and reporting anomalies
• Assisting the Maintenance Engineer to verify required stock quantities before scheduled job cards are issued to artisans and populate spare part numbers on maintenance schedules
• Perform monthly receiving inspections to confirm supplier daily quality standards
• Perform any other related duties in the interest of BASF Catalysts South Africa as instructed
• Work according to Integrated Management System (Quality, Safety and Environmental) requirements
• Work according to Instructions / Procedures as pertaining to his/her operation function as assigned and abide by all legal (laws/by laws) requirements / Company Policies and Practices
  
  

What we expect

• Matric /Grade 12 certificate
• Bachelors or B. Tech in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
• Minimum 5 years experience in buying with strong knowledge of MRP/MRO preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Proficiency in SAP Master Data