Our client is a leading frozen fruit processing company, specialising in the procurement, packing, and marketing of frozen fruit and vegetable products for both national and international markets, has a fantastic career opportunity for you!
We are seeking a hands-on Buyer to manage and expand our network of suppliers, including farmers, pack houses, and packaging vendors. Your role will involve negotiating prices, handling seasonal contracts, and coordinating the supply of fresh fruit and packaging materials.
You will also be responsible for visiting farms and ensuring we meet our growing demands with the best quality and variety.
Responsibilities
Youll be reporting directly to the Commercial Director and playing a crucial role in our clients supply chain. If youre ready to make an impact in a thriving industry, wed love to hear from you! Responsibilities:
- Maintain and increase the supply network of fruit and packaging to meet the yearly production requirements.
- Daily communication with the production, logistic, quality and planning to supply the required raw
- materials in time to meet production demand.
- Create a yearly and monthly purchase budget in line with the demand and the fruit seasons.
- Assess local market conditions and identify current and prospective new fruit supply opportunities.
- Share knowledge with sales team on availability, prices and crop outlook and market development.
- Maintain and build good relationships with farmers & packers, with regular visits around South Africa.
- Ensure quality standards and pesticide residues are met.
- Manage and maintain purchase prices, orders and contracts within the ERP system.
- Monthly reporting on SOH, order levels and prices.
- Calculate & negotiate purchase prices based on global market information of final products in combination with our internal cost price.
- Improve the presence and reputation of our client in the farming community and the different fruit associations in South Africa.
- Improve the overall sustainability profile of the supply chain.
- At least 4 years of fruit or vegetable buying, preferable in an industrial environment.
- Degree in Agriculture or B-com with an agricultural background.
- Regular travel locally, where overnight stays might be required.
- Experience in working with ERP systems like Sage, SAP, Pastel evolution.
- In possession of own car.
- Fluent in English is required, Afrikaans and other languages is seen as an advantage.
