Junior Procurement Consultant Full Time Permanent

Junior Procurement Consultant – Cape Town

A Junior Procurement Consultant (Projects) position is available in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

International Company requires a dynamic and confident Junior Procurement Consultant (Projects), someone who has the desire and ability to work with different clients and their procurement teams on short to medium term assignments or projects.

Suitable candidate should have above par communication skills, be good at working with stakeholders, who have at least 2 years’ experience in Procurement, prepared to travel and are excited to work for a small and new firm.

Responsibilities – Junior Procurement Consultant:

• Ambitiously delivering Procurement and SRM type projects and roles
• Getting involved in pulling together high-quality client pitches
• Reviewing data to extract interesting information on excel
• Reviewing contracts efficiently or drafting schedules of work and commercial ones where necessary
• Posting articles in relation to procurement or industry where necessary on professional social media sites like LinkedIn
• Taking the lead on projects where necessary helping other team members deliver their duties
• Reviewing work by other colleagues and providing constructive feedback
• Communicating positively in every interaction with colleagues, collaborators or clients ensuring that even the most difficult message is always delivered professionally without detriment to the company.
• Presenting during pitches or projects in front of clients and team members
• Attending networking events to sell

Requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Procurement/Supply Chain or related field is advantageous
• Minimum 1-2 years of Procurement experience
• Relevant experience with indirect/direct category procurement
• Advanced understanding of third-party best practice contract management and drafting
• If you can communicate in one of the Scandinavian languages, German or French
• Above par communication skills and your adaptability based on the audience and situation
• Strong ability to observing problems/issues and come up with ideas to streamline
• Senior stakeholder management
• Proven results negotiating in leading commercial negotiations with suppliers and internal stake holders to deliver the right outcome both commercially and as a service
• Data management and being able to read what is presented is paramount to be able to extract and manipulate data to present insightful information
• You need to be meticulous and have attention to detail
• Very professional and most of all personable

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