Procurement Manager
Location: Observatory, Cape Town
Salary: Market Related
About the Role:
Assisting the procurement and logistics team in sourcing, loading and assessing the quality of fruit and vegetables, mostly fresh fruit, for export sales
Requirements:
Degree in Commerce / Agricultural Economics or Agronomy advantageous but not essential
5 years’ experience in buying / purchasing department, some practical experience / internship with producers, inspection agencies, packing concerns in fresh produce
Knowledge of the fruit and vegetable industry would be beneficial
Excellent interpersonal skills and negotiation skills
Hands-on, dynamic, willing to learn
Fluent in English and Afrikaans
Responsibilities:
Check availability and packing fruit programs at farms and cooperatives
Maintain good relationships with suppliers / farmers
Check QA of product packed at farms and pack houses
Oversee loadings at depots
Coordinate buying and sourcing new suppliers / new product lines
Negotiate prices and payments under the guidance of the Director / GM
Oversee physical transfer of goods and logistics arrangements for stock movements
Research growing, harvesting, storing trends in the industry
Assist Logistics with routine tasks and ad-hoc requests
Extensive travelling in the producing areas of the W-Cape with occasional visits to other provinces
Stock monitoring
Keeping / coordinating request from sales and communicating on availability / time frame to load requested orders