Senior Procurement Officer,ANSA Polymer

The Senior Procurement Officer is responsible for ensuring the timely, cost-effective, and uninterrupted supply of direct and indirect materials required for manufacturing operations.

Job Description:

• Manage end-to-end procurement of direct materials, components, and manufacturing services.
• Develop and execute category strategies aligned with production plans and demand forecasts.
• Develops and executes appropriate strategic contracting options considering historic, prevailing, and anticipated demand, market intelligence and other relevant data in accordance with the Procurement Standard, Delegation of Authority and other guidelines as appropriate.
• Lead RFQs, tenders, and negotiations to achieve cost savings, cost avoidance, and TCO improvement.
• Ensure procurement buying plans align with MRP outputs, production schedules, and inventory targets.
• Minimize emergency buying, expediting, and premium freight costs
• Dispatches purchase orders to suppliers on a timely basis.
• Identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers in line with quality, capacity, and compliance requirements.
• Manage supplier performance using manufacturing-critical KPIs: Supplier schedule adherence, Lead time adherence, On-time-in-full (OTIF), Quality (PPM, defect rate), PO Cycle time.
• Collaborate with Planning and Production teams to ensure accurate demand, lead times, and BOM data
• Validate supplier lead times and maintain accuracy in ERP/MRP systems.
• Support inventory optimization initiatives: Safety stock optimization and Reduction of excess & obsolete (E&O) inventory
• Improve material availability, production and delivery schedule adherence.
• Drive year-on-year material cost reductions through sourcing, negotiation, and specification optimization.
• Track and validate procurement savings with Finance.
• Analyse and reduce costs due to planning inefficiencies (rush orders, PPV, inventory carrying cost).
• Support should-costing and value engineering initiatives with Engineering
• Draft, negotiate, and manage supplier contracts, LTAs, and price agreements.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards (ISO), regulatory requirements, and internal policies
• Manage commercial disputes and claims with suppliers
• Adheres to the Purchase to Pay process and follows up on all transactions, ensuring timely and accurate completion of tasks identifying any discrepancies or deviations that prevent timely processing of requisitions, purchase order or invoices ensuring efficiency of the supply chain.
• Support ERP enhancements, automation, and reporting improvements
• Act as a key interface and addresses operational issues with Suppliers, requesters or other stakeholders related to quality, delivery, receipts, invoice payment, or returns and claims.
• Prepares weekly and monthly reports including but not limited to Dashboards, status updates, monthly KPI presentation and reports
• Perform any other job duties as required by the job function.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Engineering or a related field from a recognized accredited institution, or CIPS qualification.
• Supply Chain Accreditation such as CIPS or equivalent supply chain certification will be an asset.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Tools.
• Experience and knowledge of Purchase to Pay processes and operational knowledge of ERP systems.
• Experience in the development of sourcing strategies, commercial negotiations, cost modelling, developing and executing tenders.
• At least three (3) years’ experience in a similar position.

Deadline: 13th February, 2026