# General Buyer

Reference: JHB000312-JVDW-2 A Heavy Engineering Manufacturing Concern based in East Rand is seeking a General Buyer. Qualifications & Experience: - Matric/Grade 12 - Tertiary qualification In CIPS Level 3: Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations - Data and/or analytics-related certification - Minimum 2 years' experience in procurement within the Mining and Engineering industries - Advanced Excel skills - Supply Chain knowledge and experience - Analytical thinking and problem solving skills - Report writing skills - Mining industry technical knowledge - MS Navision experience - Solid Excel and ERP familiarity - good communication with branches and suppliers - Basic understanding of ISO and B ‑BBEE process touchpoints (e.g., using approved supplier lists and maintaining master data of quote comparatives) - Controls and SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) - Purchasing limits as defined - cannot create or approve suppliers or contracts - Uses approved supplier list curated by the buying team - Clear aged PR/PO backlogs - stabilise shortage queues - Cross‑train across key categories to become a reliable relief for buying team - Controls and SOPs (Standard Operating

- **Id**: 3674192
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/execustaff-general-buyer>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T09:53:58Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-03T09:53:58Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5348
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4496241
- **Name**: Execustaff
- **Domain**: execustaff.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/execustaff>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Master Data Management** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T09:57:45Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: seen:2, agency, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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