Procurement Graduate

AVI LIMITED is known for its leading household brands across many categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits, and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world-class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead, and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee, and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

We are looking for a PROCUREMENT GRADUATE to join a company that employs real people to do exceptional things. Your time with us will start in January 2023 and our programme runs for 24 months.

The AVI-Graduate Programme incorporates a holistic experience of mentorship, practical exposure and technical, leadership and business development opportunities. As one of our Graduates, you will be exposed to a host of diverse corporate situations spanning from key improvement projects, CSI Initiatives, skills training and behavioural development. We have had the privileged of grooming many young ambitious professionals into successful leaders in our business and are excited to walk this exciting journey with you.

Why our Graduates choose AVI

• Real exposure and practical learning in actual working environments
• Encouraged to be involved and think of alternative solutions to genuine business issues
• Constant mentorship, guidance and support
• Meaningful work and opportunities to contribute
• Accountability and ownership for quality and delivery

What you will be doing:

• Understanding Factory and Head Office Procurement Processes
• Understanding Factory Inbound and Outbound Logistics
• Gain exposure to various site Logistics Processes
• Gain exposure to the S&OP Process with Central Planning
• Understanding systems SAP (MRP)
• Data gathering, research, selection of best option & implementation of projects through influencing.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams within the factory and head office

What you will need to be considered:

Qualifications:

• Degree in Procurement, Purchasing, Supply Chain or similar
• A minimum average of 60% in your final year

Additional Requirements:

• MS Excel
• Any vacation experience or part-time work would be ideal
• Must be willing to travel between sites

What makes you exceptional

• You are an analytical thinker that is focused on finding solutions to problems, effectively gathering and analysing information by asking probing questions and thinking things through
• You work smart by planning and prioritizing your tasks effectively.
• You can apply technology to quantify problems and interpret data in rational and objective manner.
• You collaborate with others by involving, listening, and encouraging others to contribute to the decision-making process as far as possible.
• You focus on continuously improving things and identifying the core issues of a problem.
• You focus on consistently delivering high-quality work by being meticulous and checking the detail of your work.
• You focus on finding and documenting the facts to better understand the logic behind a problem.
• You are reliable and complete your work in accordance with deadlines