Procurement Manager
for Exotics
This position has been filled
Procurement Manager for Exotics
Requirements
- Adequate tertiary education
- Experience in procurement of fresh fruit
- Knowledge of fruit production, packing and handling
- Management experience
- Computer literacy
- Understanding of management and reporting systems
Characteristics
- Leadership
- Flexibility
- Management skills
- Strategic approach to procurement
- Ability to build strong relationships with suppliers
- Excellent communication skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Effective time management
- Ability to work under pressure
Job description
- In co-operation with sales team, compile, execute and manage procurement strategy
- Procure product according to pre-season planning
- Ensure requirements are met throughout the season
- Liaise with sales team and suppliers to secure availability according to planned sales volumes
Canvass new suppliers and new products that will suit our sales offering - Price negotiation
- Manage the process flow between Product Coordinators and Commercial Manager
- Ensure timely and effective communication between procurement team and sales team
- Product co-ordination from farm to cold room
- Ensure all produce is packed and delivered as planned
- Continuously acquire information on the availability of product, changes in supply and trends within the area in relation to quality, timing, volume, and weather
- Ensure sufficient product is packed according to sales orders
- Ensure correct packaging is used as per market requirements (i.e. labels, date codes etc.)
- Timely communication to commercial sales team if product is not available or according to specification
- Quality assurance on farms, in packhouses and in coldrooms
- Communication of QC reports to sales team and suppliers
- Management of quality standards by instruction and training on farm and packhouse level
- Ensure all administration related to suppliers and product is accurately and timeously completed, including but not limited to onboarding of farmers, stock file intakes, certifications, loadout instructions, dispatch notes, complete purchase prices on the financial system
- Packing material management
- Regular supplier and packhouse visits
Remuneration
Market related, depending on experience and knowledge.
Applications
This position has been filled
We serve four key groups across the diverse sector of fresh produce:
Fruit producers and retailers, both within South Africa and abroad. It’s a world of good produce, good people and good prices. An extensive, vast world which we navigate via committed one-on-one relationships, to offer personalised service and tailored solutions/shipments.
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