Buyer

The procurement of products implementation of marketing plans and negotiation of favorable terms and conditions to enable growth on specified categories to realize growth and achieve budget on Sales and Gross profit

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING

• Grade 12 or NQF level 4
• Relevant tertiary qualification

REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE

• At least 3 -5 years experience within a procurement and inventory management environment

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Achieve budgeted Gross Profit per category
• Achieve rebates per budget
• Achieve budgeted Turnover per category and growth on specified categories
• Achieve budgeted Net profit of AFGRI Retail
• Promotional planning and execution

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/ COMPETENCIES

• Experience in working on SAP and QlikView
• Product Knowledge on all Agricultural Products
• Advanced Micro Soft Office skills
• Good Communication skills
• Good administrative skills
• Negotiation skills
• Experience within the Retail industry
• Knowledge of Marketing and Sales principles
• Knowledge of Budgeting

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Analytical
• Attentive to detail
• Good stress management
• Results driven
• Strong business acumen
• Good management and leadership
• Networking
• Assertiveness
• Problem solving ability

Closing Date: 31 August 2026

Please note that correspondence will be limited to shortlisted candidates only. Applicants who have not heard from us within 30 days of the closing date may assume that their applications have been unsuccessful and are hereby thanked for their interest.

The filling of this position will be aligned with AFGRIs Employment Equity Policy.

Applicants are informed that in order to be considered for any application for employment we will have to process their personal information. A law known as the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) provides that when one processes anothers personal information such collection retention dissemination and use of that persons personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.

In order to give effect to this right we are under a duty to provide you with a number of details pertaining to the processing of your personal information. These details are housed under the HR Processing Notice which can be accessed and viewed on the AFGRI Group website which HR Processing Notice we request that you kindly download and read.