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PUMA ENERGY Graduate Procurement (South Africa)

PUMA ENERGY

RecruiterPUMA Energy
PositionGraduate Procurement
LocationJohannesburg
CountrySouth Africa
Total Vacant PostN/A
QualificationUniversity Degree
Experience RequiredN/A
Application DeadlineOngoing

Puma Energy is a leading global energy business, which supplies, stores and distributes petroleum products in 48 countries across six continents. Founded in 1997, Puma Energy has its headquarters in Singapore and Geneva and employs over 8,000 people globally with regional hubs in South Africa, Puerto Rico, Australia and Estonia and have recently setup a Global Delivery Center in Mumbai, India.


Puma Energy has a network of 100 storage terminals, more than 3,000 retail sites, and a presence at over 80 airports. Our mission is to energize communities to help drive growth and prosperity by sustainably serving our customers’ needs in high potential countries around the world

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Main Purpose:

Ensure the business has timely supply of goods and materials it requires. Demonstrate value for money for the company in the country when money is being spent with suppliers. Apply Puma Energy’s Procurement processes ensuring all necessary controls, approvals and reporting is carried out in the country.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

  • Initiate, lead and coordinate all procurement activities (processing requisitions, creating purchase orders, spot purchases, tenders, negotiation, expediting supply, supply market intelligence, benchmark) related to his/her country
  • Proposes, negotiates, and ensures the appropriate Procurement Service Levels to the business within the country, including cost/benefits objectives
  • Monitor and report Procurement KPIs for his / her country (e.g. savings, number of tenders)
  • Is responsible for controlling the supplier’s payment terms under Procurement scope
  • Leads initiatives pursuing optimization of the Total Cost of Ownership, establishing plans, directions and controls
  • Perform price benchmark to ensure that Puma Energy prices are consistent within the market

Sourcing and Negotiation

  • Validates country targets and consolidates the country’s negotiations to ensure the best costs/benefits for the company
  • Lead multi discipline teams in charge of negotiations for his / her country
  • Creatively explore different alternative approaches in negotiation agreements to achieve greatest cost reduction for Puma Energy
  • Co-responsible with Regional Procurement and Global Sourcing to implement regional and global negotiations within the country and evaluate the local impact of company’s procurement policies
  • Propose, validate, initiate and follow-up vendor qualification request (KYC)
  • Build / maintain a network of contacts and develop top country Procurement relationship with suppliers
  • Represents Puma Energy to suppliers, ensuring suppliers know what is expected of them and markets the opportunity for suppliers to supply Puma Energy

Selecting suppliers and contracting

  • Manage contracts / issues (e.g. vendors dispute, invoices, warranty) in close cooperation with stakeholders
  • Monitor and report on contract’s performance and savings
  • Organize contract reviews during execution of contract / return on experience at the end of contract
  • Be the primary point of contact for the country relating to all non-oil procurement activities supporting the general management team
  • Assure implementation of Procurement policies, programs and procedures, and provide guide and advice to the business and country management
  • Have clear understanding of functional areas challenges and opportunities regarding Procurement matters to provide guide and advice in decision making processes
  • Understanding the main difference business activities and processes at Puma Energy (e.g. Retail, Maintenance, Operations, Aviation, etc.)

Experience:  

  • Undergraduate degree

Skills:   

  • Strong Learning & Development administration experience and able to work methodically and accurately
  • Ability to analyze Learning & Development data effectively
  • Able to embrace the changing business environment
  • Shows initiative to resolve issues but also to escalate when necessary
  • Strong inter-personal and communication skills to be able to communicate effectively with line management, colleagues and stakeholders
  • Basic application in the ability to create innovative solutions to business challenges
  • Fluent in English and local language

Competencies:   

  • Customer Service oriented
  • Organized
  • Ability to deal with difficult situations
  • Time management

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