Procurement Operations Specialist
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The Procurement Operations Support role is central to enabling efficient, standardised, and effective procurement operations globally. This position provides critical support across procurement processes, systems, data management, reporting, and compliance monitoring. It helps ensure that regional and global teams can operate at pace and with confidence in the integrity of procurement information and tools.
This role serves as the operational and analytical engine of the procurement function, coordinating information, standardising practices, and enabling better decision-making across the full procurement lifecycle.
Responsibilities will include:
- Coordinate and manage day-to-day procurement process tasks including supplier onboarding, contract logging, record keeping, and workflow support.
- Serve as point of contact for procurement systems and tools.
- Collate procurement data from multiple sources (e.g. Finance, ERP, Quality) to generate regular reports and dashboards.
- Maintain dashboards for supplier performance, audit schedules, sourcing activity, and key procurement KPIs.
- Conduct spend analysis to support category reviews, contract renewals, or strategic sourcing.
- Monitor and manage the procurement email mailboxes
Our company values matter, and guide all that we do each day. The successful candidate will be expected to operate in line with them as we strive to be the provider of choice for specialist logistics solutions to the global scientific community, based on the highest levels of care, expertise and precision; enabling our customers to retain absolute focus on research and development.
In addition, you will demonstrate these key competencies:
- Experience working within procurement, supply chain, operations, or business support roles.
- Experience working with procurement or ERP systems and maintaining structured records.
- Familiarity with supplier or contract lifecycle processes is preferred.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across global functions.
In return we offer:
- Between 267,000 - 447,000 ZAR per annum, depending on experience
- Pension
- Life Insurance
- Medical Aid Benefit
- 20 days holiday
- Birthday leave
- Wellness Programme
Please note this is a full time role, 40 hours per week Monday to Friday working 8.30 - 17.30 and offered as 100% on-site from our office in Kempton Park.
Applications will close on Tuesday 2nd December 2025. Please note that suitable candidates may be invited to interview prior to the closing date and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
This is a South Africa based role and the right to live and work in South Africa will need to be established during the recruitment process.
Please note you will be required to complete and pass MIE checks before you receive a formal offer.
Biocair provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Please be aware that we are NOT inviting recruitment agencies to submit candidates for this role and as such any approaches will be rejected. Thank you for your understanding.
- Department
- Supplier Management - South Africa
- Role
- Procurement Operations Specialist
- Locations
- Johannesburg
About Biocair
Since 1986, Biocair has established a global reputation as a leading GDP logistics specialist within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences sectors. Biocair has built up a unique, client-centric approach by employing scientists in front-line logistics positions and assembling a team of best-in-class industry experts in quality, cold chain and regulatory compliance. Biocair focuses on providing the most comprehensive time-sensitive and temperature-controlled logistics services available whilst delivering flexible, tailored, cost-effective solutions to all its clients. It is committed to delivering complete end-to-end logistics solutions through its 24/7 operation and global network spanning across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
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