REQUIREMENTS

• Grade 12 school leaving Certificate/ Matric
• Minimum 3 years working experience in a similar buying role
• Knowledge of the automotive industry will be highly advantageous
• Functional knowledge: buying knowledge
• Business expertise: problem-solving techniques
• Leadership: capacity planning
• Problem-solving: overall equipment effectiveness
• Interpersonal skills
  • OHS Act
  • Lean manufacturing
  • Maintenance Connection system
  • MRP Systems, Mingle, ERPLX
  • Customer-specific requirements
  • Excellent numerical and literacy skills
  • Excellent MS Office skills (Excel, WordPowerPoint, Outlook) 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Purchase and obtain the necessary tools, equipment and maintenance material in sufficient quantities and in time for the maintenance department to function
• Responsible for the Maintenance Connection system
• Maintenance buying
  • Receives daily order requirements from the Maintenance Foreman
  • Purchasing of maintenance spares/ consumables, stock items, machinery, tools and other orders with accredited suppliers at the best possible price and best delivery time
  • Loading of purchase orders on ERPLX/ MINGLE for Maintenance, IT, SHE, Quality, and Production departments
  • Retrieving purchase orders after approval and sending to suppliers via email, print copy with quote and file until the invoice is received
  • Ensure orders are delivered on time
  • Checks receipts from suppliers against the order
  • Matches delivery note from supplier against invoice
  • Receiving of Invoices on ERPLX/ MINGLE – submitting to the finance department for payment
• Equipment maintenance
  • Ensures that material handling equipment in the workshop is maintained in safe working order
  • Arranging load testing yearly and maintenance on all forklifts in the plant when needed and repairs and maintenance on all forklifts
  • Arranging 3-monthly and yearly inspections of all lifting equipment – cranes, slings, racking, pallet jacks and so forth – and all repairs and maintenance on lifting equipment
  • Keeping lifting equipment, and forklift files up to date and for audit purposes
  • Ensure unplanned (breakdowns) downtime is captured and breakdown sheets are updated daily
  • Update maintenance KPIs monthly for MMR preparation
• Stock control
  • Takes stock of all finished maintenance spares every month
  • Assisting with stock take when needed every month
  • Booking out of stock and processing on maintenance sheet and submitting to finance
  • Reconciles stock count with computer stock balances
  • Controlling stock in stores
  • Ensure that FIFO principles are adhered to
  • Ensures that material and spares are stacked safely and according to safety regulation
• Time and attendance
  • Records time and attendance, if required
  • Checking and submitting time sheets for contractors (10 employees)
  • Checking exceptions and approving of hours on SACO for wages maintenance employees
  • Submit hours to the wage department 
  • Checking, processing and submitting maintenance staff salary staff overtime and petrol claims to Payroll