Sandvik invites South African unemployed youth to apply for Learnership Programme 2024 / 2025.

Experiential Learner – Admin

The Role

Follow established procedures and guidelines to provide timely and effective support to an office, business unit, department, or other organization group

Key responsibilities:

• Perform routine administrative activities according to the organization’s established procedures
• Enter information accurately into documents such as reports, presentations, or forms; and office systems such as databases or spreadsheets.
• Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
• Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.
• Perform buying duties when necessary.

• Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.
• Contact suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
• Make standard calculations to accurately compile and report statistics.
• Respond to routine inquiries from external or internal sources about the organization, its activities, or processes so callers/visitors are answered promptly and accurately.
• Governance and compliance regarding supplier sourcing and selection, supplier management throughout life cycle, practical exposure to vetting and on-boarding of suppliers

• Strategic sourcing – principles, methodology, BASE process, sustainability, practical exposure
• Category management – category analysis and strategy determination – direct and indirect procurement, practical exposure
• Supplier relationship management – basic principles and in practice
• RF(x) processes – direct and indirect procurement – processes and methodology, practical exposure

Profile required:

• Matric (Grade 12)
• N6 Certificate in Management Sciences (Business Management/Business /Admin/Procurement)
• ​Computer literacy
• Self-Driven
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively
• English proficiency

How to apply

Please apply online through Workday (ESS) or access the Sandvik website www.home.sandvik/en/careers.

Applications close: 26 July 2024