Commodity Procurement Assistant

Job Description

RCL FOODS is a deeply rooted South African food manufacturer that produces some of the country’s most-loved brands: Yum Yum peanut butter, Nola mayonnaise, Ouma rusks, and Sellati sugar, just to name a few. At the heart of our culture and strategy is our Purpose – WE GROW WHAT MATTERS – which encapsulates our belief in collectively doing that little more to create a positive impact that matters. This position which we are recruiting for is in SIQALO Foods, a subsidiary of Remgro and a sister company of RCL FOODS.

We are seeking an experienced,proactive & efficient Commodity Procurement Assistant with great interpersonal skills to join our Commodity Procurement Team. The role will report to the Commodity Procurement Manager and will be based at Head Office (Westville).

This position exists to support the commodity procurement function with administrative functions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Keep track of daily commodity trades – updating of Pricing File
• Logging of trades procured in the Pricing File
• Update Standard Cost file with parcels that currency will have to be locked at month end.
• Verify supplier weekly stocks register with the central register.
• Update the FX tracker with new currency purchases, and settlements and set reminders of expiry dates.
• Ensuring bank currency confirmations are signed by deal
• Share SAP contract documents with suppliers.
• Update Schedule tracker with SAP Contract number.
• Ensuring that contracts are signed by deal and sent back to the supplier.
• Daily receiving of weighbridge tickets.
• Maintenance of contracts on SAP
• Monitor movement on contracts through the Scheduling Tracker.
• Ensure deliveries received are within contracted volume and within agreed tolerance (Scheduling Tracker)
• Assist the Commodity Procurement Administration Team with vendor queries when necessary.
• Monitor the Pricing File regularly to ensure coverage per month is sufficient.
• Monitoring of contract volumes against actual oil sold
• Updating register on storage cost and demurrage charges
• Maintaining register on weighbridge variance
• Verifying weekly supplier stock figures against internal recons and supplier stock sheets, this needs to be done weekly through recons sent by Finance.
• Creating Supplier Storage Charge / Demurrage Cost workflows
• Updating of Monthly Blotter for Finance Manager

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 with Diploma or Degree in Logistics Planning and Supply Chain.
• 1 - 3 years’ experience within the procurement environment.
• Purchasing experience within an FMCG environment would be advantageous.
• Good knowledge of MS Office: Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Relevant SAP experience would be advantageous.