Experience

ZEST WEG Group

• South Africa
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Purchasing and Stores Manager

  • Nov 2018 - Present



De Beers Group

• United Kingdom
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Buyer

  • Apr 2014 - Oct 2018

  • Execute the purchasing team’s operational plan, delivering the team’s KPAs, monitoring the buying process, identifying improvement opportunities and taking corrective action as necessary • Ensure that the purchasing team sources goods for customers in line with technical, commercial and sustainability specifications • Ensure that purchasing duties are conducted in line with the customers’ and the Company’s procurement policies and procedures • Release purchase requisitions and/orders in line with stipulated procedures • Oversee the pre/post expediting process to ensure delivery to expectation • Ensure that lead time variances are minimised in line with customer needs • Ensure that the teams delivers savings • Ensure that the team delivers improved spend with preferential suppliers, taking into account the customer’s jurisdictional requirements • Monitor vendor performance and take action to address matters as necessary • Monitor the team’s compliance to all governance requirements • Draw performance statistics, interpret them and take action based on insights gained • Build effective relationships with all stakeholders, internally and externally • Manage the team’s KPAs by setting and monitoring performance standards to facilitate the achievement of agreed objectives • Plan and coordinate the team’s work, making adjustments as necessary to facilitate the achievement of the team’s objectives • Build an effective purchasing team • Prepare development plans, appraise progress and provide training/coaching/other to develop individuals • Participate in the delivery of projects as appropriate • Compile and deliver reports as necessary • Ensure Zero Harm Show less



Widney Manufacturing Ltd

• Purchasing Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Responsible and accountable for all purchasing and expediting and manage and lead a team of buyers in order to achieve the set goals. • Implement systems and processes in the department in order to show continuous improvement, measured through stretch goal achievement. • Supplier evaluation system with continuous feedback to suppliers on supplier performance. • Responsible for supplier development with focus on delivery performance and first time right supply. • Monitor, manage and action outstanding vendor analysis • Monitor, manage and action outstanding system material warnings (MD06 on SAP) • Responsible to monitor and report on line stoppages due to material shortages, where root cause analysis is a crucial attribute. • Accountable for all material shortages • Ensure purchase requisitions are converted on time, to purchase orders. • Manage, control and action all open purchase orders • Improve on BEE spend • Pricing strategy, focus on driving down prices and dual supply • Implementation of a comprehensive purchasing strategy • Responsible and accountable for achieving a minimum 1% saving on procured items as a % of cost of sales • Setting up and managing effective supply chains with the focus on cost savings • Responsible and accountable for inventory levels, where year on year improvements are a requirement, through best practise procurement activities. Show less



EOH

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commodity Buyer/Junior Project Procurement Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2013

  Responsibilities - Junior Project Procurement Manager • Attend Kick-off meeting • Prepare project procurement plan • Prepare and update RFQ’s • Evaluation of RFQ results • Presentation of negotiation result • Contract preparation • Contract agreement • Attendance of project review meetings • Reporting of market rates / trends • Reporting of savings • Management of operational tasks on projects • Commodity Management • Supplier Management Responsibilities – Buyer • Creation of Requisition and PO on SAP – end to end process and controlling • Expedite delivery and logistics • Receipting process • Account/ Supplier queries • Correct buying • Correct ESN classification • Customer Satisfaction Management • Call allocation and Prioritization • Quotation management on BAU • Contract Register updates • Support commodity buying Responsible for software & licence maintenance, indirect material (Office supplies, Travel, Fleet, Facilities, Real Estate, Logistics and Marketing) purchases. Spend is +/- R 50 Million per annual Show less



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Procurement Buyer

  • Oct 2009 - Dec 2011

  To evaluate quotes and requisitions and create purchase orders for goods/products and services for specific customer requirements. >To ensure customer requirements are met in terms of price, quality availability and delivery, and investment applications . >To monitor suppliers performance towards ensuring acceptable quality, timeous delivery & acceptable price. >To expedite orders to ensure an uninterrupted flow of materials and services and pro-actively follow the escalation processes where required Placing orders with suppliers by EDI, Fax, E-mail to customers satisfaction and authorisation. >The request negotiation, comparing & monitoring of prices from material group officers and or suppliers / partners. >The selecting of authorised / registered BBEE suppliers in collaboration with Supplier Management as and when required. >Maintain good service relationships to ensure a stable, reliable, efficient and cost effective supply chain >Pro-actively drive cost savings in line with the strategic orientation and target objectives. >Identification and defining of risk mitigation srategies by assessing current issues and potential risks and assist in implementing preventative / corrective measures. >Co-ordinate and support internal processes to ensure compliance to business guidelines. >Follow appropriate escalation procedures and ensure adherence to assigned signature mandate (where applicable) Show less



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sourcing specialist

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2009

  • Buy products/services in a region indirect sourcing organization (Middle East and Africa) • Buy products/services based on purchase requests and using indirect sourcing purchasing processes and tools • Keep data up-to-date in the relevant purchasing data bases in co-ordination with Sourcing Managers etc. • Use relevant purchasing data bases as information source • Give customer service to Nokia employees when making inquiries about products/services in indirect sourcing scope • Assist indirect sourcing customers in finding the right product for their needs and in compiling the purchase requests • Follow-up of the order backlog proactively solves problems and informs customers and suppliers if original plans are changed • Solve customers’ problems and reclamations concerning products, services and their deliveries • Provide local feedback of the suppliers' performance/products and services fit for the purpose • Resolves special purchasing requests such as non-standard/service purchasing Responsible for the following countries – Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Ghana for corporate cell phone and data spend as well as travelling spend (incl. flights, hotels, car rental etc) for +/- 250 employees. Spend is +/- R 100 Million per annual Show less