Job Description

SENIOR MANAGER: SUPPLY CHAIN Procurement
Pretoria

SENIOR MANAGER: SUPPLY CHAIN

PRETORIA

SALARY - Commensurate with qualifications and experience

(FIXED TERM CONTRACT 12 MONTHS)

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Senior Manager Supply Chain plans, directs and manages supply chain and facilities functions within the organization through consistent delivery, implementation of the supply chain and facilities programmes, and optimisation of the purchasing activities to ensure implementation of Supply Chain Management strategies and ensure supplier relationship management.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in finance or equivalent

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 5 years relevant experience in managing, implementing and executing supply chain management strategies of which 3 years should have been at a senior management level

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, communicate, and provide focused input into the departments strategic

objectives

• Contribute to the development and implementation of a service delivery and budget

implementation plan for the department

• Develop and implement standards and procedures for the overall Supply Chain

management, Facilities and Contract management

• Planning, directing, coordinating & budgeting for office space and related facilities
• Provide guidance to personnel on the interpretation and application of procedures,

application and communication sequences associated with Supply Chain

Management Cycle

• Ensure compliance with all policy and legislations (National treasury) governing

supply chain management.

• Define and coordinate the departments workflow processes.
• Participate in meetings and providing information on specific supply chain processes

and procedures and requirements.

• Provide advice on the improvement of specifications to help improve efficiencies and

save costs

• Conduct supplier audits and evaluations to ascertain applicability and adherence to

standards and regulations.

• Manage needs/demand analyses for internal departments; including the assessment

of impacting variables (expenditure, commodity, market/ industry);

• Align need analysis outcomes to budgetary provisions to establish and comment on

costs versus allocations and considers possible savings opportunities

• Manage administrative sequences and mechanisms related to bid documentation,

including opening, registering, recording and evaluation of bids

• Manage the administration of concluded contracts, interacting with departments to

establish conformance with specifications, terms and conditions and related legal

aspects and informing the immediate superior of non compliance or conflicting

issues requiring remedial action

• Manage the implementation of applications associated with logistics and disposal unit
• Apply administrative control procedures with respect to the identification, verification

and referral of items for disposal to the Executive / Boars, seeking approval and

arranging disposal mechanisms (sale/ auction);

• Manage and control the purchase of goods and services to ensure policies and

procedures are adhered to

• Manage contract administration within the section so that all contract specifications

are met and records are available

• Manage the administration of tender openings in accordance with prescribed

procedures

• Manage financial administration aspects such as inviting quotations, processing

orders, compiling reports for tenders, monitoring renewal preferred service providers

and authorising payment on cheque vouchers

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Supplier management
• SLA development, management and reporting"
• Supplier auditing and price negotiation
• Supplier Evaluations and Development
• Detailed and accurate report writing
• Experience in working with other agencies (SEDA; NEF; etc)
• Cross functional stakeholder demand analysis and communications management
• Finance Management - budgets and expenditure
• Understanding of regulatory and policy requirements
• Compliance review of departmental policies, procedures and processes
• In-depth knowledge of PFMA, Treasury and SCM processes and requirements
• In-depth knowledge of accounting policies, standards and procedures
• In-depth knowledge of Finance as a discipline

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