Sechaba Thato

Assertive Procurement Professional
28 years oldOther procurement/trade positionsCome from South Africa Living in South Africa - Johannesburg
Language: English
Mandarin: not at all

Requisitioning Spot Buyer
Air Liquide Large Industries South Africa Pty Ltd
Nov 2022 - Now(2 years)

Support category strategy by ensuring day-to-day buying activities are purchased from approved suppliers • Ensure procurement compliance is adhered to when purchasing for business needs • Initiate RFQs and RFPs, analyzing quotations and proposals, negotiating for the best and final offer, recommending best-priced solution to end-user before issue of purchase orders • Manage supplier performance, ensuring that goods and/or services are delivered on- time and in-full. • Working with cross-functional teams to support category strategy execution activities, in order to deliver procurement objectives. • Liaise frequently with various internal stakeholders to resolve escalated supplier issues. • Support with procurement administration activities, including BBBEE • verification process, vendor registration process, and spend reporting . • Creating catalogues to assist in minimizing the initiation of RFQs to bring about efficiencies in order processing

Procurement intern
Air Liquide South Africa Pty Ltd
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022

Processing – capture and manage Purchase Requisitions & Purchase Orders; • BEE Preferential Procurement – comprehend and contribute, manage Supplier Database and information requests to the point of Audit verification; • Assist with Stationary purchases and management of the Pre-printed Stationery • Assist with management & negotiation with Suppliers • Supplier referential management – management and process of New Vendor Requests & creation [Navision] • Write referential management specifications and operating instructions • Provide requirements and templates to be filled • Check that data collected dis correct for data entry • Operate in the referential systems (ERP, E-procurement tool) • Ensure procurement data quality

University of Johannesburg
, Procurement and logistics
Feb 2020 - Dec 2020(10 months)

Supply chain qualification

University of Johannesburg
, Procurement and logistics
Feb 2016 - Dec 2019(4 years)

Supply chain qualification