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Full job description:
The Purchasing Manager is responsible for developing and executing purchasing strategies, tracking metrics to reduce expenses, negotiating deals, and managing vendors. They ensure clear requirements, forecast market trends, mitigate risks, and collaborate with stakeholders.

Procurement Strategy:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive procurement strategy aligned with the company’s goals and objectives.
• Analyse market trends, conduct research, and identify potential suppliers/vendors to ensure a competitive advantage and cost-effectiveness.
• Consideration of BBEE Strategy in selection of suppliers along with quality and pricing metrics.
• Stay up to date with industry best practices, innovations, and emerging trends in procurement.

Supplier Management:

• Identify, evaluate, and select reliable suppliers/vendors based on quality, price, delivery, and service.
• On boarding of new suppliers.
• BEE certification – Part of BEE task team.
• Negotiate favourable terms, conditions, and pricing agreements to optimize procurement outcomes.
• Maintain strong relationships with suppliers, ensuring open lines of communication and resolving any issues or conflicts that may arise.
• Monitor supplier performance and conduct regular reviews to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and quality standards.
• Resolving supplier disputes and finance discrepancies.
• Sourcing of new stock/equipment as per company requirements.
• Procuring and maintaining “3 quote system” when procuring new goods.

Purchase Order Processing:

• Collaborate with purchasing team and management to determine purchasing needs and requirements for each event.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders accurately and in a timely manner.
• Monitor order status, track deliveries, and ensure timely receipt of goods and services.
• Address any discrepancies, damages, or shortages with suppliers and coordinate resolution.

Stock counts and reporting:

• Ensuring accurate, timely, mid and month end stock counts with purchasing/stock team company wide
• Reporting monthly on stock count accuracy, wastage, variances, and warehouses of concern.
• Requesting feedback from designated warehouse leaders.
• Aiding warehouse leaders on investigations.

Compliance and Documentation:

• Ensure compliance with company policies, industry regulations, and legal requirements in all procurement activities.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of procurement transactions, contracts, and supplier information.
• Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to business operational Standard and Management Policy.

Job Type: full-time
Pay: From R30 000,00 per month
Education: diploma (required)
Experience: purchasing – 5 years (required)

About the Role

• The role is office based in Johannesburg.
• This is a management role but requires full hands-on execution of tactics working with a small team. The candidate must be willing to be involved in all aspects from strategy to tactical execution. Taking ownership of bringing new product portfolio to market, collaborating with the sales, operations and kitchen teams.
• The role requires imagination, creativity, energy, enthusiasm and a high work ethic – all driven by a love of the work you are doing and your active role in The Forum’s success, and the promotion of the unique, personalised experiences we deliver to our clients.
• Our purpose is to enhance lives through shared experiences, and the brand experience manager will be a content creator passionate about innovative storytelling through visuals and the written word,using a variety of mediums and platforms

What we are looking for:

 We are looking for a passionate, purpose driven marketing specialist who understands, and has proven experience creating and executing content-led brand campaigns and developing personas that enable highly targeted marketing activities that grow brand awareness and deliver revenue growth.

The role requires imagination, creativity, energy, enthusiasm and a high work ethic – all driven by a love of the work you are doing. You will want to play an active role in The Forum’s success, and proactively contribute to the promotion of the unique, personalised experiences we deliver to our clients.

Key Tasks and Outcomes:

Marketing and Brand development across all products under The Forum brand

• Overall brand and corporate identity management
• Development, execution and accountability for the company’s marketing plan -including setting and delivering targets, and goals with monthly reviews
• Develop and implement strategies to sell and market our products and services across current and new markets and sectors
• Maintain a positive image and reputation of the brand
• Client database management
• Management reporting on market trends and changes

Operational

• Marketing support for product team
• Internal event support
• Updating collateral and development of new marketing and sales materials

Budget management

• Budget development and control, in conjunction with Finance
• Long term maximization of profitability by delivering a good return on marketing investment

Communications and Advertising

• Development of plan for creating unique and differentiated social and digital media marketing plans
• Implementation of all marketing communications activities including: Public Relations; Advertising; Corporate Communications; Events Marketing; Websites, Intranet and Electronic Communications; Internal Communications

 Key requirements:

• 3-4 years in a Marketing or content creation Manager role
• Experience in the luxury goods and/or high end FMCG markets desirable.
• Degree in either Film, Marketing, Fine Arts or the Visual Arts
• Proven experience in developing creative campaigns or curating experiences.
• Excellent collaborator and communicator.
• Passion for shaping culture, spaces, and memorable moments.

Skills/Knowledge

• Marketing and Sales management
• Presentations and Communication
• Public Relations
• Social Media management/ Marketing
• Knowledge of the hospitality industry
• Web Analytics
• Strong writing skills
• Thorough understanding of visual messaging
• Experience of Storytelling through all mediums

Job Type: full-time