Procurement Specialist Job Pinetown South Africa,Supply Chain/Logistics

Location: Pinetown

This role is responsible for ensuring that all sourcing strategies are successfully executed at the BU level. That includes co-ordination of the required projects; e.g. Inventory optimization;
Procurement digitization, etc.
Ensure strategies are informed through data and analytics and oversight and execution of the required Procurement Processes i.e. RFP and Tenders

Key Activities

Category management (Medium and straight forward commodities/services)
Strategic Sourcing - Develop an internal category profile defining Total Cost of Ownership, procurement processes, spend profiles and associated risks
Develop an industry and supplier profiles, including understanding the industry dynamics, potential suppliers and industry and supplier financials
Contract Management - manage contract negotiations, contract drafting and on-going performance management resulting from the contract
Monitor and manage category procurement compliance
Proactively manage ad-hoc issues from end users (e.g. distribution, finance, production, compliance)

KPI's

Savings – EBITDA and FCF impact
Category / commodity performance indicators
Risk indicators inclusive of Group Third Party Due Diligence
Supplier performance
BBBEE - Preferential procurement, Enterprise and Supplier Development
Net Working Capital – Payment Terms

Qualificications and Experience

Diploma in Procurement/Supply Chain Management, Commerce or Engineering, active CIPS Membership
Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procure to pay process, General manufacturing process understanding; manufacturing exposure
5 years; manufacturing; heavy industry, FMCG experience

Essential

Category Management and Strategic sourcing
Contract Management
Risk Management / Contracts management
Change Management
Planning and organising
Stakeholder management

Other Skills

Relationship Building Skills, Negotiation Skills, Conflict Management Skills, Cross Functional Skills, Problem solving skills, Project management skills, Analytic skills, Innovative thinking, personal mastery
Effective use of data and analytics within procurement i.e. enhanced spend analysis