# Manufacturing Buyer

SUMMARY: Manufacturing Buyer POSITION INFO: About the Role Our client, a stable and established manufacturing organisation based in Pinetown, is seeking a commercially minded Manufacturing Buyer to join their team. This role is ideal for a driven individual who excels at negotiating deals, building strong supplier relationships, and ensuring seamless material availability to support production requirements. Key Responsibilities Purchase raw materials, components, services, and consumables to meet production demands. Manage purchase orders and the replenishment of essential stock items. Collaborate closely with production teams to identify and prioritise critical stock requirements. Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while negotiating competitive pricing and quality standards. Resolve supply chain issues proactively to minimise production downtime. Monitor stock availability, supplier performance, and purchasing costs. Requirements Matric certificate (essential). Formal qualification in Supply Chain Management and\/or Inventory Control (advantageous). Minimum of 5 years' purchasing experience, preferably within an engineering, technical, or manufacturing environm

- **Id**: 4014871
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ca-select-manufacturing-buyer>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Durban, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1765
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Recruiting & Staffing

## Company

- **Id**: 4497494
- **Name**: CA Select
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ca-select>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T12:03:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T14:23:03Z

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