Buyer

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📍 kariega, kariega, South-Africa

Full-time Other-General

Job Description

Our client in the automotive industry is seeking a motivated and driven Buyer to join their Procurement team. The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing and managing production components while driving localisation initiatives, cost competitiveness, and ensuring continuity of supply to support production.

Key Responsibilities
  • Source production components and manage RFQs, supplier quotations, and negotiations.

  • Drive cost reduction initiatives and benchmark supplier pricing.

  • Present sourcing recommendations and business cases to relevant committees.

  • Manage supplier readiness, capacity planning, and tooling requirements.

  • Coordinate and implement engineering changes within required timelines.

  • Support production, quality, and logistics by resolving supplier-related issues.

Minimum Requirements