Senior Advisor Procurement

Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Position:
Senior Advisor Procurement, Position/Task Grade: G15, Area of specialization:
To provide specialised procurement related risk, governance and compliance services to guide, monitor and manage conformance to Eskom Procurement Governance requirements for sourcing and procurement. Department:
Nuclear Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement innovative, mutually beneficial solutions.
• Ensure operational risk, governance & compliance best practices are implemented.
• Implement and manage efficient procurement processes, policies and procedures compliance.
• Implement and monitor operational compliance and risk management.
• Manage integrated portfolio processes.
• Optimise cooperation between functions.
• Provide training, coaching and mentoring to employees.

Skills and Competencies

Required:

• Team player
• Motivating teams
• Coaching
• Developing
• Mentoring

• Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) materials management module
• Spend analysis
• Strategic commodity/projects sourcing
• Procure to pay – process
• Financial analysis
• Legal
• Industry and market analysis
• Commodity and supplier profiling (commodity management)
• Sourcing/ procurement strategy formulation and implementation
• Negotiation strategy development and implementation
• Supplier relationship management
• Contract management
• Demand forecasting and planning
• Project management
• New Engineering Contract (NEC) family contracts
• The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) contract
• Total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis

• Computer literate
• Strategic thinking and decision making
• Strong negotiation
• Relationship management
• Strong analytical
• Strong communication
• Work and interact effectively at senior levels

Qualification(s):

B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Procurement/Law/Commerce at NQF7 with 360 credits

Related

Minimum Experience:

5 years related experience in a sourcing/procurement or technical environment.

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