{"id":3106440,"url":"https://alion.io/job/sanbs-buyer","title":"Buyer","company":{"id":3031428,"name":"South African National Blood Service","domain":"sanbs.org.za","url":"https://alion.io/company/sanbs","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Careers Interface","truth_index":null},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Roodepoort, South Africa"],"countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"closed","first_seen_at":"2026-10-22T19:23:44Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T01:45:46Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":"2026-10-29T01:45:46Z","days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"Introduction\nProvides an effective, efficient, fair, competitive and transparent buying service to the organisation, and\nin addition coordinates and controls the purchasing/procurement function on the SAP system to ensure\neffective cost control.\nJob description\nKEY PERFORMANCE AREAS\nKPA 1: Provides An Effective Fair, Competitive And Transparent Procurement/ Buying Service To\nThe Organisation\nKPI\n1.1. Negotiate and conclude supply/maintenance price update with suppliers by requesting new price\nproposal from suppliers/ vendors.\n1.2. Review schedule/contract agreements timeously according to negotiated review dates submitted\nby tender/contract office.\n1.3. Procure goods and services that meet user requirements and the agreed organizational service\nlevel and standard on time and ensure contractual obligations are met in full in terms of price,\nquality and timing.\n1.4. Draw up of Request for Proposal for submission to vendor by creating RFQ on SAP based on user\nspecification and evaluate for recommendation all low risk transactions as allocated by the Business\nPartner, irrespective of the value.\n1.5. Obtain and analyse quotes per purchase orders depending on the nature and value of the\nmaterial or service and run price comparison and maintain Quotation processing on SAP.\n1.6. Administer Orders in SAP by placing orders locally, nationally and internationally and ensuring\nexpedition thereof by ensuring that goods and services received comply with order specifications.\n1.7. Adhere to company procedures, authority levels when purchasing and contract terms, by\nobtaining correct approval and affording special attention to high value/strategic items and\nproducts and prioritization thereof with respect to quality control specifications.\n1.8. Generate orders as specified from SAP Materials Requirement Planning reports and liaise with stores\nto ensure timeous stock turn-over.\n1.9. Monitor supplier price adjustments to ensure it is within costing parameters as detailed in the\ncontract and deal with discrepancies by managing service providers’ performance and by\nensuring that they meet SANBS delivery date.\n1.10. Coordinate inbound and outbound logistics with shipping service providers for transport of Products/\nmaterial to site by contracting shipping agents to facilitate delivery of materials.\n1.11. Ensure the at all purchase orders are delivered on time and vendors reminded about their\nobligation by sending SAP Reminder Letters to vendors.\n1.12. Coordinate payment terms and the processing of payments to vendors with Account Payable\nDivision on a daily basis to ensure timeous payment of vendors.\nKPA 2: Facilitates Submission Of Samples To QA To Ensure Conformance To SANBS Quality\nRequirements In The Buying Process\nKPI\n2.1. Ensure that all samples required for QA (during buying process and/or performance testing) are\ntimeously submitted to Quality Department for testing and reports are filed in the vendor files.\n2.2. Communicate the result of QA testing with relevant vendors to provide feedback and\nrecommendations.\n2.3. Assist the appointed vendors to register on SANBS vendor database once quality standards are met.\n2.4. Ensure that product non-conformances are managed in accordance with the SANBS Quality\nprocesses.\nKPA 3: Ensures Effective Sourcing And Selection Of Vendors To Achieve Optimum Total Cost,\nQuality And Service Solutions In Terms Of SANBS Requirements\nKPI\n3.1. Conduct inspections of the proposed vendor’s premises to ensure that are in existence by\nundertaking site visits.\n3.2. Select service providers from SANBS Supplier Database based on the price, quality, service,\nfunctionality and performance in terms of BBBEE.\n3.3. Consult with contract management office regarding restricted service provider’s performance prior\nto awards of contracts and purchase orders. If necessary, reallocate and rotate supplier contracts.\n3.4. Actively participate in supporting and developing of accredited SMME’s and BBBEE companies\nthrough providing guidance, and assistance and arranging for visits to vendors.\n3.5. Keep abreast of trends and technical developments in the procurement function by attending\nrelevant workshops, seminars and demonstrations on related products and supplier exhibitions and\npresentations.\n3.6. Undertake related assignments and ad-hoc feasibility studies on latest products on the market.\n3.7. Analyse price behaviour and forecast price/usage to optimize spending pattern by comparing\nproposals from suppliers.\n3.8. Identify potential synergies across businesses regarding suppliers and specifications. By\ncommunicating with internal departments to update the business on a potential product availability\nand suitability.\nKPA 4:Ensure Sound Relationships Are Maintained Between Service Providers And SANBS\nDepartments And Zones\nKPI\n4.1. Attend to issues pertaining to supply deadlines and payment terms by ensuring that Purchase\nOrders are corrected on SAP and that relevant stakeholders will be informed (supplier/user\ndepartment.\n4.2. Communicate with suppliers and shipping agents on imports (documentation, berth dates and\ntimes), by contacting suppliers on delivery dates and times.\n4.3. Make recommendations on best purchase options in relation to price, quality and service and\nidentify potential problems and take appropriate action by reviewing and investigating alternatives\nprocesses. Evaluate suppliers and recommend suppliers.\n4.4. Collaborate between User/Cross Functional Team, Quality Department, and Enterprise Risk\nManagement to reduce total organizational risk internal & external to obtain expert advice on\nspecifications.\nCOMPETENCY\nCognitive\nAnalytical Thinking and Attention to Detail\nJudgement and Decision Making\nProblem Solving\nPlanning, organising and monitoring\nPersonal\nEthical behaviour\nDrive and Belief in the Cause\nExcellence Orientation\nInterpersonal\nCustomer Service Orientation\nRelationship Building Skills\nTeamwork\nCommunication. Persuasiveness/ Selling Skills\nProf. technical\nBusiness and Financial Acumen\nTechnical Skills/Competence:\nContract Management Skills.\nComputer Literacy\nAdministrative Skills.\n Buying.\nMinimum requirements\nEducation\nDiploma in Supply Chain, Purchasing or related.\nExperience and knowledge requirements\n3 Years Purchasing/ Logistics/ Procurement experience in a structured Purchasing environment.\nSAP Procurement experience (Ideal requirement).\nSPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES\nOvertime as and when required.\nDriver’s License.\nComputer Literacy.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6475,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Blood & Tissue Banks"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T19:23:44Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-29T01:45:46Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sanbs-buyer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sanbs-buyer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T12:51:11Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19335,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3031428},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3031428"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsanbs-buyer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsanbs-buyer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsanbs-buyer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sanbs-buyer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsanbs-buyer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3106440}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sanbs.org.za","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3106440},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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