Lead Procurement Officer

Lycopodium Africa is hiring a Lead Procurement Officer in Cape Town to manage purchasing, expediting, and logistics for EPCM mining projects. The role ensures cost-effective, timely delivery of goods and services while maintaining high service standards and compliance.
With offices in Southern Africa, Australia, Canada, USA, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium Africa proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.
Lycopodium Africa is recruiting for a Lead Procurement Officer to join our growing team based in Cape Town.
Reporting to the Procurement Manager, the Lead Procurement Officer will be responsible to ensure purchasing of the correct goods and services of the required specification at the most cost-effective total price, be delivered to the correct destination within the required delivery time. Ensure clients and PSG (Project Services) internal customers are given the highest service level obtainable making the most efficient use of the resources.
The tasks you'll perform
• Perform all dealings with clients, suppliers, manufacturers and freight company personnel professionally, ethically and efficiently, to ensure the highest possible service levels.
• Communicate openly, professionally, ethically and efficiently always with all internal customers to ensure that the highest customer service level is achieved.
• Interface with:
• Projects for schedule requirements and budget considerations,
• Engineering / Process Engineering teams for technical requirements.
• Implement and monitor procurement schedule(s) in accordance with the overall delivery schedule.
• Notify Procurement & Logistics Manager and relevant Project Management staff immediately of any risks to committed delivery date(s).
• Carry out commercial analysis and evaluation of quotations to enable the correct supplier choice to be made.
• Responsible for the integrity of information maintained within the group and the timely provision of all relevant procurement and expediting reporting.
The expertise you'll bring
• Recognised tertiary qualification, preferably in Supply Chain Management
• 15+ years' proven experience in a senior procurement role, preferably within the mining, engineering or major projects sectors
• South African Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Cape Town based
• Strong technical aptitude, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Sound knowledge of international and local purchasing, tendering, contract law, and freight regulations and practices
• Ability to work independently while consistently delivering high-quality results within budget and schedule constraints
• Demonstrated experience with computerised purchasing and logistics systems
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Proven ability to build and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, including clients, contractors, vendors, and colleagues
• Strong negotiation skills
• Skilled in producing accurate and professional documentation and reports
The benefits we'll provide
Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.
We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :
• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.
We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity.
Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.
As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.
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