Manager: Supplier Relationship at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of procurement management activities and processes in order to deliver on approved operational plans in an effective and efficient manner.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 - 2 years at junior management level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Procurement

Process

• Plan for, manage and ensure the effective administration of area related support services in alignment with team and individual performance objectives.
• Negotiate Service Level Requirement and Service Level Agreements with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop, manage and ensure effective implementation of supply chain management and associated procurement methods.
• Develop and implement supplier dashboards to measure performance and quality assurance; to make recommendations for improvement.
• Ensure that contract pricing reviews occur timeously and that operational sourcing strategies are developed and implemented accordingly.
• Deliver, track and monitor savings as per identified sourcing targets and make recommendations for improvement.
• Accountable for maintaining quality, service and outputs related to a work area, ensuring compliance with set policy, procedures and standards.
• Proactively identify operational problems, determine cause and effect, select and implement the best solution to solve problems based on previous experience and understanding of the context.
• Plan for and organise multiple work activities for team execution by assigning priorities against the set framework in light of the specific situational context.

Customer

• Maintain and build relationships for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.
• Manages to ensure service excellence in support of Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles to build positive relationships and creates opportunities for exceptional service delivery.

Finance

• Compile a budget aligned to the operational or area specific delivery of plans; monitor and report on variances and make sure that planned objectives are reported, escalating any deviations.

Learning and Growth

• Manage teams within the context of defined processes, set required performance parameters and act as technical coach where required.
• Schedule, allocate and effectively manage human resources within own area of responsibility in line with specified and specific constraints or parameters.

Governance

• Implement and utilise risk, governance and compliance policies and processes effectively, to identify and manage risk exposure.