Buyer-Local

Johannesburg
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Engineering
Reference: 2319515

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Vacancy Details

Employer: Sotina Recruitment

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Buyer – Local to join our Johannesburg branch. The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and procuring goods and services from local suppliers to support operational needs. This role involves close collaboration with internal departments, maintaining supplier relationships, ensuring timely deliveries, and optimizing cost-efficiency and quality in the supply chain.

Candidate Requirements

Matric.

Relevant 3-year National Diploma or Degree in Purchasing, Procurement, Supply Chain.

Management, or a related commercial field.

Preferred: 3–5 years of experience in local procurement, supplier management, or purchasing within a technical, engineering, or manufacturing environment.

Strong understanding of procurement processes, local supplier networks, and sourcing strategies within technical or industrial environments.

Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Sourcing Goods/Services and obtaining quotations.

Executing approved requisitions and placing orders.

Checking Order confirmations and Updating Due dates and Delivery dates.

Identifying cost saving opportunities and taking advantage there-off Expediting open orders and outstanding supplier queries e.g. short deliveries, return to suppliers.

Assist with annual stock take preparations & Take part in annual stock count.

Assist in resolving creditor queries & assist with financial year end requirements.

Provide training and assistance to internal and external customers as and when required.

Ensure compliance with ISO and health and safety requirements.

Perform any reasonable and lawful duties as required by management from time to time.

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About Sotina Recruitment

Sotina Recruitment Agency - Sotina Holding was established in 2010 and provides recruitment services to business partners. Our offices are based in Johannesburg Gauteng and Paarl Western Cape. We adapt best practices to facilitate sourcing, validating and evaluating profiles to deliver candidates of the required skills and calibre to our clients. Based on the requirement of the job profile, we search for candidates from our online database and we also advertise in local platforms like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, we pride ourselves with high quality standards, professionalism, integrity, passion and excellent customer service. We recruit top calibre candidates throughout South Africa.

Our human resources management solutions range from permanent recruitment, short-term long-term contract placements.

These are more reasons to partner with us:

Our candidates go through comprehensive background checks

Team

We have a multi-talented team of highly experienced recruitment consultants, who specialize in different industries and sectors. Our team of consultants works in close coordination with clients to conceptualize their requirements and offer them best solutions. Further, we also have a dedicated team of customer care, who attend to all the queries of the clients and furnish them with complete information about the services.

Customer Satisfaction

While speed, dependability, reliability and efficiency are our priority, customer satisfaction is the ultimate goal. Our unique working methodology and untiring efforts enable us to shortlist appropriate candidates, who are at the helm of rendering the best of present generation services. We utilize our in-depth market knowledge and comprehensive research techniques to meet the unique requirements of every client