MANAGER STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT

SUMMARY:
CLIENT in the MINING INDUSTRY requires the services of a MANAGER STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT at their plant in the WEST RAND as soon as possible

POSITION INFO:

The Appointee should:

• Have NQF 7 (Bachelor''s Degree or Advanced Diploma)
• Have at least 10 years experience of which 7 years must be in a role managing teams.
• Be medically fit to work in a specific business area.
• Have a clear security screening record.
• Have a valid driver''s license (if applicable).
• Have full understanding of the Supply Chain, Procurement, and Contract management value chain.

Advantageous Qualifications:

• MBA Qualification would be advantageous.

Key Responsibilities:

• Governance : Manage and monitor adherence of the commodity team to policies, procedures, ethical standards and governance requirements.
• Compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry best practices to ensure compliance.
• Ensure that SOX compliance requirements are adhered to.
• Strategic Procurement / Contract Management:
• Contribute to formulation of strategies within supply chain.
• Develop and implement strategic sourcing initiatives to ensure that procurement of goods/ services and contracting aligns with overall strategy and business requirements.
• Identify potential suppliers, conduct market research, and analyze industry trends to inform strategic procurement decisions.
• Ensure proficiency in the supply chain process.
• Determine business requirements and draw up suitable Commodity Strategies.
• Manage contracting of global and local suppliers.
• Identify cross-functional teams to participate in commodity initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal customers/ end users to ensure that clear scopes of work, technical, quality, safety and timing requirements are identified and agreed.
• Develop and implement Contracting Strategies in conjunction with relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor the implementation of Contracting Strategies against set targets and take corrective action (in conjunction with relevant stakeholders)
• Manage the continuous improvement of Contracting Strategies (in conjunction with relevant stakeholders)
• Review spend data and trends in order to identify improvement opportunities.
• Increase and maintain percentage contract spend coverage as per set targets.
• Manage and monitor the performance on spend covered by contracts.
• Meet procurement savings and cost avoidance set targets.
• Improve strategic procurement turnaround times (PR to Contract/ PO) on tenders and meet set targets.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks associated with procurement activities.
• Develop risk management and resilience strategies to address issues such as supply chain disruptions, supplier instability, and market fluctuations.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of strategic procurement activities.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and recommend best practices.
• Maximise use of Supply Chain ICT systems to promote efficiencies.
• Contribute to innovation and new work methods to increase efficiency.
• Escalation and Economic Forecasting :
• Determine main cost drivers against cost breakdown and indices to measure forecasts.
• Ensure that Contract Price Adjustments are fair.
• BBBE Spend :
• Ensure compliance to Mining Charter procurement targets.
• Support initiatives to meet host community supplier spend targets
• Stakeholder Relations :
• Customer Relations:
• Develop and manage internal customer relationships to meet business objectives.
• Liaise with a range of internal customers.
• Handle and attend to a range of customer complaints.
• Supplier Relations:
• Develop and manage strategic supplier relationships to meet business objectives.
• Foster and maintain supplier relations.
• Handle and attend to a range of supplier complaints.
• Stakeholder Management:

Act as an interface between suppliers and business stakeholders to provide expert advice on commodity management and procurement best practice