Procurement officer
Norman Goodfellows
Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months
Procurement of Frozen, Chilled and Dry to the catering, restaurant, Airline and Hotel industry.
Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with suppliers.
Compare product availability with industry trends to determine pricing.
Negotiate and source best pricing from reputable suppliers.
Conduct cost analysis to identify and evaluate potential new suppliers to provide alternative sources of goods.
Price negotiations with suppliers and identify cost saving opportunities.
Assist Group Procurement Director in establishing and negotiating supply terms and conditions to maintain supplier relationships.
Select suppliers to promote good procurement practices regarding sustainability, ethical purchasing standards and costing.
Provide forecasts on predicting demand and demand planning.
Forecasting consumer demand and arrange accordingly.
Manage Inventory of dry goods store, chiller, and freezer stock.
Train junior buyers on roles, responsibilities, and processes of procurement.
Purchasing of all food products, meat, fish, poultry, dairy and dry goods for the purpose of distribution to the catering industry, Airlines, hotel and restaurant trade.
Manage inventory and negotiate pricing with cureent suppliers as well as sourcing new suppliers.
Determine Supply and Demand.
Responsible for being awarded government tender to Parliament based on price and quality.
Soley responsible for obtaining ZA certification for purpose of export by implementing Health and Safety Procedures.
Act as liaison and provide support to management and Board members.
Arrange and handle all logistics for meetings and events: schedule meetings; draft agendas; develop, compile, and distribute presentation materials; and record meeting minutes.
Assist with projects and compile reports and presentations.
Collect and preparing information for meetings with staff and outside parties. Compose and preparing correspondence and maintain contact lists.
Local and International company travel arrangements and complete expense and mileage reports.
Primary point of contact for internal and external constituencies on all matters pertaining to including those of a highly confidential or critical nature.
Manage Private CEO residence and household staff.
International Travel to USA to attend to maintenance concerns at Company property in Florida, USA.
Personal Support & Concierge services
Travel & Itinerary Management
Email, Diary and communication management.
Schedule meetings and maintain records of agendas.
Provide event footprints and point allocations to deploy Security Companies.
Maintain confidential case files for court appointed investigations.
Drafting Affidavits and statements for case files.
Maintain and archive all closed case files.
Client relations.
Source new Suppliers and negotiate prices.
Obtain best possible product, costs, source quality and maintain service levels.
Review and analyse daily and weekly reports to monitor costs, quality, service levels and inventory.
Develop and maintain good working relationships with vendors and distribution centres.
Supervise receiving, storage and quality control.
Set store selling prices and control Point of Sale.
Petty Cash, Cash up, payment of debtors and creditors and weekly wages.