Specialist: Procurement and Sustainability- Kia South Africa (Pty) Ltd - Kia Importer Head Office
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Overview
The Specialist: Procurement and Sustainability plays a major role in the identification, development and execution of spend opportunities to entrench savings and cost efficiencies for the business, as well as driving Kia’s Sustainability and BEE goals and objectives.
Requirements
- Relevant Post graduate university degree in Procurement and Supply Chain Management, or similar business-related degree.
- CIPS qualification or studying towards completion of a CIPS and Member, Charted Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) qualification highly advantageous.
- At least 2-3 years’ experience in a Procurement or Supply Chain/Logistics role.
- Basic understanding of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing fundamentals.
Responsibilities
- Collaborating closely with the various Importer and Finance teams to optimise the cost base within the Kia SA.
- Identifying various spend optimisation opportunities through sourcing capabilities, strategizing and negotiating with suppliers.
- Identifying, benchmarking and evaluating new suppliers.
- Improving efficiencies in the ordering of necessary goods and services.
- Ongoing review and testing existing suppliers.
- Analysing, tracking and reporting key functional metrics.
- Providing insightful and meaningful Procurement spend and analytical reports.
- Promoting and supporting a culture of compliance throughout the organisation.
- Ensuring a robust and efficient process is maintained to vet, review and onboard new suppliers.
- Identifying suppliers who are BEE Compliant to meet Motus Group targets.
- Maintaining a BEE Compliant Supplier database.
- Monitoring the Kia SA’s sustainability performance.
- Identifying areas where Kia SA can lessen its environmental impact.
- Assisting in the preparation of the Sustainability data pack for quarterly meetings.
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