PGM Consultant

REQUIREMENTS

• Affirmative Action South African citizen
• A Degree/ National Diploma in the following disciplines:  Purchasing, Logistics, Commerce, Finance or Business Management
• Minimum 3 years of direct purchasing and finance management experience in the automotive or related industry

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Knowledge of purchasing policies, procedures and legal requirements in respect of the PGM in the South African context
• Advanced strategic and critical thinking skills
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent planning and prioritisation capability
• Excellent organizational skills and advanced negotiating competence
• Advanced negotiating competence
• Fact-based decision-making skills
• Advanced commercial, technical and legal knowledge and understanding
• Good communication skills, written and verbal
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent computer literacy, MS Office package (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook) and SAP
• Excellent financial analysis and costing ability skills
• Excellent supplier interface skills
• Ability to interpret technical data
• Excellent knowledge of SAP functions, especially bill of material functions and Inventory movement functions
• Extremely self-motivated and driven

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensuring smooth operations and strategic alignment within the company and the broader Vgroup
• Managing PGM (Platinum Group Metals) procurement and inventory, supporting various teams with forecasts and problem-solving, and ensuring the uninterrupted supply of key components
• Identify and ensure correction of variances in PGM pool inventory volumes at each of the coaters and canners by doing monthly variance reports from SAP to ensure the correct price level
• Conduct physical inventory audits at each of the canners at the end of the year to ensure correct stock levels
• Analyse inventory requirements by verifying the quantities with the suppliers to sustain the PGM supply chain
• Prepare and present, for approval, the financial liquidity report to ensure that we are within budget
• Prepare and issue PGM purchase order authorisations to PGM traders via SAP to ensure timeous availability of PGMs
• Analyse and approve PGM purchase invoices received from the suppliers to ensure alignment with pre-approved pricing parameters for PGM purchases
• Issue PGM sales invoices generated from SAP to PGM exporters to ensure timeous financial recovery within the stipulated cost model time frame
• Prepare the bill of materials for each component in SAP by creating and maintaining the correct specification level to prevent over- and under-recovery
• Prepare and submit the annual PGM inventory forecast for t
  
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