# Buyer

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! A buyer is responsible for purchasing materials, supplies or equipment for a business. Duties include negotiating deals with suppliers, researching possible item selections and taking inventory of current products. 2 year exeprience and degree in Supply Chain Management/ Logistics/ ProcurementEnsure quality materials ordered with adherence to company specifications Sufficient and accurate availability of materials Zero production losses due to out of stocks Items are obtained at best possible prices to the satisfaction of the company policy and delivered timeously Monitoring and highlighting any risks of materials availability to production plan. Building relation with suppliers especially those supplying critical materials. Review open POs monthly and close all fully delivered POs Liaise with the production planner with regards to production plans and forecasting. Forward monthly forecasts to suppliers. Hold monthly supplier meetings to discuss open POs, slow moving stocks, SOH , quality issues ,etc Ensure buying is in line with MRP and highlight any related BOM issues. In accordance with the employm

- **Id**: 4023555
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/tiger-brands-buyer>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T16:07:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T16:07:28Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1377
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Bakery & Pastry, Grains, Cereals & Pasta, Confectionery, FMCG & Consumer Brand Groups

## Company

- **Id**: 3213120
- **Name**: Tiger Brands
- **Domain**: tigerbrands.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/tigerbrands>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 7
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T16:07:28Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 7
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T18:59:37Z

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