Buyer - Automotive industry

Job Position: Buyer – Automotive industry

Ref: 5314

Location: PE/Gqeberha

Salary: Commensurate with qualification and experience

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Qualifications / Requirements:

• Degree/Diploma in Purchasing, Logistics, Commerce, Finance, Business Management or a technical qualification (Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Quality, Operations or Production Management)
• Minimum of 3 years purchasing experience in the automotive or supplier industry

Technical and Behaviorial Competencies:

• Strong experience in production components, electrical harness experience and technical data knowledge would be added advantage
• Solid negotiation, problem-solving, and conflict management skills
• Effective communication and presentation abilities across all levels
• Advanced computer literacy, especially MS Excel
• Good understanding of financial analysis, costing, and business/project management
• Strong customer interaction skills

Key Performance Areas:

• Source components and manage RFQ’s, quotations, and negotiations
• Drive cost reduction and benchmark pricing
• Present sourcing decisions to committees
• Manage supplier readiness, capacity, and tooling
• Implement engineering changes on time
• Support production, quality, and logistics issues

Email your CV to ***email_hidden***

• Degree/Diploma in Purchasing, Logistics, Commerce, Finance, Business Management or a technical qualification (Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Quality, Operations or Production Management)

• Minimum of 3 years purchasing experience in the automotive or supplier industry

• Strong experience in production components, electrical harness experience and technical data knowledge would be added advantage

• Solid negotiation, problem-solving, and conflict management skills

• Effective communication and presentation abilities across all levels

• Advanced computer literacy, especially MS Excel

• Good understanding of financial analysis, costing, and business/project management

• Strong customer interaction skills

• Source components and manage RFQ’s, quotations, and negotiations

• Drive cost reduction and benchmark pricing

• Present sourcing decisions to committees

• Manage supplier readiness, capacity, and tooling

• Implement engineering changes on time

• Support production, quality, and logistics issues

Salary: Commensurate with qualification and experience