The company opened its first manufacturing facility in Mombasa, Kenya, in 1962, rapidly widening its reach to include further countries in East Africa, and then Southern Africa. In 2003, all operating companies were reversed into the current holding company called Safal Investments Mauritius Limited and conduct its business across Africa as the Safal Group.Today, the Safal Group manufactures in 10 African countries and sells and markets its building solutions across the continent.
Candidate Specification:
Qualifications required: Minimum academic qualification: Bachelor’s degree in engineering
Experience required:
General work experience (years): 10 years in engineering, technical procurement
Specific to the position (level/discipline/years): 3 years in a similar role
Industry: Manufacturing, Engineering
Roles & Responsibilities
Inventory
- Monitor the inventory of SKU’s, spare parts, consumables; spare parts, consumables, traded items) and advise the Supply Chain Manager on required changes to SKU master data (safety stock, reorder point levels, reorder quantities) aimed at balancing inventory levels with expected service levels for each category, using inventory optimisation software (excel, SAP or other specialised software)
- Keep the inventory control optimisation software active and up to date by liaising with IT/SAP team and software vendors
- Reporting on inventory KPI’s and leading initiatives to improve inventory performance and reduce cost, which include initiatives in stores, operations and maintenance departments
- Work out spare parts requirement plans together with maintenance department, in order to make sure the right quantity and type of SKU’s are available at the right moment
- Assisting in updating and improving master data of SKU’s (descriptions, vendor information, stocking parameters)
- Support other Safal group companies in their inventory optimisation if called upon by the Supply Chain Manager
- Adhere to FIFO for all spares and consumables
Procurement
- Monitor Purchase Requests (PR’s) that are generated in SAP using the optimised stocking parameters
- Follow up with procurement on the execution of Purchase Orders (PO’s) that result from above mentioned PR’s
- Work with procurement on setting up framework agreements for materials/items that are frequently purchased and readily available
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