Job Description: To support and manage activities as directed by the Procurement Head (in India) to develop sustainable, robust and cost-efficient procurement processes whilst implementing cost savings initiatives contributing to an effective supply chain. Job Responsibilities: Ensure compliance to BBBEE in South Africa e.g. vendor management process and qualification of vendors. Facilitate, track and support procurement strategies under the management of the Procurement Head (based in India) aimed at optimizing cost and material availability/ supplier reliability with relevant procurement category councils and the procurement nerve centre. Ensure that all new contracts are reviewed by the responsible legal counsel with relevant input from the Group Strategic Manufacturing: Support Services, category councils, support SME’s (e.g. regulatory, quality and compliance) with a final endorsement from the procurement nerve centre. Facilitate and support category councils on procurement benchmarking to ensure best price across all categories. Review supplier base on a continual basis to enable identification of risk to supply and to introduce mitigation plans. Review cost drivers to enable optimised cost of goods at all times. Job Requirements: Minimum 15 years of overall required experience Bachelor’s degree/ diploma preferred, ideally in Commerce, Engineering or Project management Project management experience preferable 10 years of Pharmaceutical, FMCG or chemical industry experience with knowledge of cross functional activities Job Details: Company: Aspen Pharma Vacancy Type: Full Time Job Location: Durban Application Deadline: N/A Apply Here instantcareers.net
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