Chief Procurement Officer

Recruiter:

H&S Labour Brokers

Job Ref:

JHB000083/CLT

Date posted:

Friday, April 9, 2021

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Salary:

1, 521,591 Annually

SUMMARY:
The successful candidate will modernise the state procurement system to be fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective. Enable an efficient, economic, effective and transparent utilisation of financial and other resources including state assets, to improve service delivery. Promote, support and enforce the transparent and effective management of state procurement and the sound stewardship of government assets and resources.

POSITION INFO:

Duties include but not limited to:

-Improve performance and efficacy of the state procurement system: Enhance the national procurement framework, procurement architecture and regulations to be aligned and responsive to government policies

-Enhance the state procurement system to address the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), public-private partnerships (PPPs), green procurement and sustainable procurement practices

-Enhance procurement norms and standards, which includes select item codification, catalogues, category and commodity management

-Establish a procurement research capability to support knowledge and information management, which will include procurement data analysis, market trends, forecasts, innovations, business intelligence, category management, classified spend data, process improvement and benchmarks

-Improve governments interface with stakeholders (for example, ease of doing business with government, government policy, and strategic partners)

-Procurement governance, monitoring and compliance: Promote, monitor, assess and enforce compliance with established procurement measures, including procurement policies, regulations, norms and standards

-Develop, implement and monitor procurement performance standards and measurement metrics (performance management system)

-Monitor the performance of state procurement in respect of achieving ‘value for money’ and service delivery

-Monitor supplier performance

-Develop and implement reporting and review systems for procurement-related information

-Analyse procurement data to identify unacceptable trends, assist with recommendations and implement corrective measures - Investigate procurement systems and recommend improvements

-Investigate complaints/accusations of procurement-related malpractices and facilitate interventions which may include cancellation of bid processes and/or initiation of disciplinary or criminal charges

-Establish required organisational and governance structures, and strategic networks for improved collaboration, accountability and transparency

-Strategic procurement for the Government of SA: Improve the performance and efficacy of the state procurement system as it pertains to strategic procurement, including capital projects, infrastructure and resources

-Support the development of the state procurement system to address the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), green procurement and sustainable procurement practices

-Modernise state procurement by leveraging information technology as it pertains to strategic procurement

-Develop and implement a national procurement strategy and/or a framework for critical and high value procurement projects to drive efficiencies and continuous improvement across government

-Manage the client interface for all complex, critical, high-value and/or high-risk procurement projects through their full project lifecycle

-Contract management: Manage transversal and term contracts for common goods and services, critical materials and resources

-Manage vendor selection, product selection, vendor management, tender processing and management, catalogue/vendor bulletin database management, management information, and quarterly Gazette publications

-Procurement capacity development and client support: Develop and implement minimum competencies required to perform procurement functions in government, including processes for the vetting of procurement officers; and career-development practices for procurement officials to maximise their human potential

-Develop and implement national interventions that will contribute to improved procurement capacity and performance

-Promote and maintain a procurement culture that embodies professional integrity and ethics

-Provide support to all stakeholders on procurement matters through advice, guidance and technical assistance.

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Minimum Requirements:

-An NQF level 8 (Honours) in Accounting / Management / Supply Chain Management / Finance

-A Masters (NQF level 9) in Supply Chain Management qualification will be an added advantage

-8 - 10 years’ experience at a senior managerial level obtained in a large-scale public and private sector procurement institution

-Knowledge and experience in strategic sourcing, contract administration, and business transformation acumen

-Proven experience in successfully transforming and modernising procurement within a large public entity, multi-national corporation and/or government department

-Experience with Oracle, SAP and/or other equivalent procurement systems

-Proven experience in managing a broad variety of spend categories and an achievement in cost reduction strategies.

Should you meet the above requirements, please upload your CV onto our website www.------. [CV’S VIA EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED]

Should you not hear from us by the 15th April 2021, please consider your application unsuccessful.

NB! This job is now closed. You can apply for other jobs by uploading your CV.

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