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KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Financial Perspective
Financial and budgetary effectiveness:
- Provide input into the annual procurement budget that represents the best estimate of costs and supports the attainment of the organisation and relevant business unit’s financial objectives.
- Allocate and monitor the utilisation of allocated funds to enable the attainment of objectives.
- Regularly review and proactively monitor and appropriately respond to spending against budget.
Internal Business Process Perspective
- Contract implementation management:
- Oversight of commercial contract processes, including:
- Invitation to tender.
- Tender evaluation.
- Awarding of contracts.
- Contract implementation.
- Contract performance measurement.
- Management of contractor relationships, addressing contract-related problems, incorporating necessary changes or modifications in the contract, and actively interacting with the contractor to achieve the contract’s objectives.
Procurement:
Oversight of procurement processes aligned with procurement best practices and applicable governance and legal frameworks, including:
- Procure to pay.
- Purchase planning.
- Specification development.
- Supplier research and selection.
- Vendor screening.
- Price negotiation.
- Value analysis.
Managing the E-Procurement System and associated activities.
- Ensures that the implementation of small business enterprise and local entity development is achieved.
- Responsible for ensuring procurement in time, and at the best cost to achieve business objectives through approved tender processes and applying best practices.
- Procure the best supplier through planning and monitoring of subcontract works/vendor development activities, scheduling, vendor grading, and finalisation of rate contracts.
Governance:
- Develop of policy for procurement in line with best practice.
- Vendor screening & input into vendor selection processes; commercial analysis of quotes in line with broader business governance frameworks (i.e. legal, SHE, etc.).
- Manages and coordinates review processes for new and existing suppliers and customers to ensure adherence to organisational policies, procedures, standards, and governance frameworks.
- People Perspective
People management and leadership:
- Recruit and develop skilled and talented staff.
- Manage performance of direct reports ensuring agreement of annual goals, measuring performance against agreed goals, and dealing with non-performance accordingly.
- Talent management of direct reports, including career developments and paths for all staff and succession planning for key positions.
- Ensure that the working environment contributes to improving staff morale and increased productivity.
- Alignment to the organisation’s transformation objectives through departmental processes.
- Coaching and mentoring of direct reports
- Ensuring a healthy and safe work environment for employees.
Stakeholder engagement and management:
- Negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to promote the business and service objectives of the company.
- Negotiate or approve contracts or agreements with suppliers, distributors, or other organisational entities.
- Builds relationships across the organisation by sharing business information and knowledge.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION/S
- Relevant postgraduate qualification with specialisation in commercial/ business management (NQF 8 or above).
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
- Matric (Grade 12)
- Relevant bachelor’s degree or diploma with specialisation in commercial/business management (i.e. BCom. Accounting/Commerce – NQF 7).
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- 5-10 years experience in commercial, procurement management, and/or contract management.
- 3-5 years experience in a senior management role.
- Experience in commodity markets and trading.
ATTRIBUTES
- Attention to detail and neat execution of work
- Thorough care in work execution
- Zero tolerance for errors
