Key Responsibilities
- Analytical approach to sales and sourcing.
- Gather market information from sales team.
- Understanding economic factors affecting demand and supply of commodities
- Basic demand and supply concepts.
- Determinants of demand and supply.
- Analyzing import data to understand market trends – origins, pricing, local logistics, lead times.
- Identifying trends in the market – global and local.
- Global trends by analyzing raw material costs and how it impacts overall.
- Keen interest on numbers – problem solving skills (qualitative and quantitative).
- Provide management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products.
- Costing – Understanding basic accounting aspects.
- Pricing strategies – Minimizing on losses based on forecast.
- Maximizing on profit supported by data.
- Basic Understanding of depreciation and interest.
- Developing cost structures/templates to best understand how we can achieve our results.
- Developing of budgets forecasts.
- Analyzing product cost and recommending changes.
- Produce and maintain regular reports on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Manage records and supplier documents.
- Work with internal stakeholders to determine procurement needs, quality, and delivery requirements.
Key Qualifications
- Degree/ Diploma in procurement and Supply Chain management.
- Over 4 years of experience in the same or related role.
- Preferably have Manufacturing /FMCG experience
- Experienced in Advance Excel and systems in general (ERP)
- Import requirements (will be a plus) – Import process – documentation, costings etc.
- Export process – documentation, costings etc.
- Knowledge in commodity pricing and demand.
- Good data gathering and analysis skills.
- Knowledge of market survey process.
- Knowledge of imports, purchasing principles and practices.
- Knowledge of local laws, regulations and policies governing imports and exports.
- Ability to organize receipts, documents, and information from multiple sources.
- Systematic and methodological thinking.
- Commercial acumen
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Clsoing: 5th January 2023.
If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Help Desk Coordinator – IT) (Sourcing & Sales Specialist – Distribution) to [email protected]
