Preferential Procurement Manager

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client is a Cape Town based enterprise and supplier development (ESD) fund manager that is mandated to assist their investors with earning accredited ESD points on their B-BBEE scorecard. Our client achieves this through 3 key routes:

1. Access to Funds: Providing enterprise and supplier development investment which it receives from its investors to qualifying black-owned businesses.
2. Access to Markets: Assisting their beneficiary entities with access to markets via the 500 current investors within the Funds:
   1. Our client facilitates this access through an inhouse web-based platform
   2. Our client tries to connect its beneficiaries to measured entities on a case by case basis
3. Access to Skills Development: Our client has access to grant funding to assist beneficial entities on a matched grant funding basis.

Access to Markets:

Our client uses an intuitive web-based platform which is an integral part of the investor offering. Its value is underpinned by a data base of verified and referenced black-owned suppliers that the investor base can procure goods and services from and that black owned beneficiaries can use to access markets.

Our client looking for someone to manage and drive the growth and vision for their in house supplier platform.

Key responsibilities:

• Driving growth of the platform through the existing framework
• Developing digital strategies to facilitate access to markets from both beneficiaries looking to access measured entities and from measured entities looking to find procurement partners
• Applying ongoing thought as to how to build and enhance the platform framework through creative and practical solutions and value-adds that fit within the B-BBEE codes
• Ongoing communication with the client’s investors, beneficiaries and suppliers to be listed on the portal
• Building and maintaining metrics to track growth and forecast
• Developing presentations and presenting to the team, clients and other stakeholders
• Creating/reviewing weekly performance tracking reports
• Supporting other teams in the fund when required (likely in areas outside of your typical daily role)

Key Competencies:

• Strong individual initiative with the ability to take a proactive approach to assigned projects
• Strong ability to be able to create high-impact presentation materials, primarily using PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Meticulous record keeping
• Understands the power and leverage systems are able to bring within the social platform environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication (written and oral) skills
• Ability to maintain elevated level of productivity and efficiency
• Manage priorities while working on a number of high priority opportunities simultaneously
• Good quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality, and observe POPI regulations
• A willingness to continuously learn
• An up-to-date knowledge of the B-BBEE codes

Requirements:

• 5 years’ experience in procurement, project management
• Relative Degree is required
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of procurement processes
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of online portals
• Have a strong working knowledge of the BEE Codes – the rules relating to procurement and enterprise and supplier development
• Enjoy and leverage off strong interpersonal and communication (written and oral) skills, and proficient in PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Meticulous with digital records and a CRM environment
• Strong understanding of the digital environment so that our clients portal can build and leverage off a strong digital presence

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