Senior Manager Procurement: Direct Materials at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Qualifications

• University Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (Engineering, Procurement, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management or similar)
• MBA advantageous
• MCIPS (Chartered institute of Procurement and Supply), PMP (Project Management Professional) or SCMP (Supply Chain Management Professional) desirable

Experience

• Knowledge of procurement policies, processes, and procedures
• An understanding of the Banking or ICT industry would be advantageous
• Large Corporate with Procurement Leadership (at least + 8 -10years) with demonstrated experience working with Board/ exco/senior management, in the relevant sector/ industry as per relevant role.
• Experience managing the End-to-End Source to Contract
• 10 years people leadership experience in a Corporate Finance or Procurement environment.
• Project Management experience
• Experience in leading large organisational projects and demonstrated ownership of change management
• Experience with Advanced Analytics
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload, including co-ordinating with procurement teams and stakeholders and ensuring that statutory and other deadlines are met
• Understanding of and ability to manage using agile, customer-focused project management techniques
• Work as part of a team and independently to deliver a common goal or objective
• Ability to deal with difficult situations and make decisions on the best course of action
• Excellent technology skills including ERP, Automation and Cognitive Tools, Reporting Tools, etc
• Self-starter/ initiative/creativity/innovation, goal oriented
• Operational Risk Management
• Performance Management & Evaluation Methods
• Change and Cost Management
• Assertive, decisive, with sound prioritisation ability
• Curious and eager to learn beyond own areas of responsibility
• Able to coach less experienced procurement team members and stakeholders to improve their learning and raise their capabilities, as relevant

Duties

Category Management:

• Category Management: Create data & insights led Category Strategic Planning
• Business Relationship Management
• Coach and Develop Category Managers, Specialists and administrators in setting and achieving Category goals
• Define strategic sourcing of main procured categories and monitor the execution thereof
• Define strategic and tactical sourcing and the execution of its strategy, defining concrete levers to increase focus and efficiency on each of the main procured categories
• Identify resources needed to make target a realityachieve business objectives and agreed targets and manage and coordinate cross-functional sourcing teams
• Design and oversee the execution of the sourcing recommendation process
• Identify Supply Chain opportunities for improvement per main category
• Balance Governance and Customer centricity across the management of the several categories

Benefits Realisation:

• Ensure sustainable savings by identifying opportunities and delivering benefits against all targets through effective cost reduction, cost avoidance and revenue generation opportunities. Introduce Value Add and Value Engineering (VAVE) initiatives that will contribute to savings and maximize value.
• Report on performance against targets for benefits realization by extraction of data through MI
• Devise methods to optimize processes and eradicate waste to drive value throughout the supply chain. Introduce innovation that will add strategic benefit through mutual relationships and synergies by working with the internal customer (business units) and third-party suppliers

Strategic Sourcing:

• Cost Optimisation and procurement business plan
• Develop a strategy to maximise potential synergies and maximise value for the Group which is aligned to Group strategy.
• Analyse current trends in the procurement environment.
• Develop the procurement business plan and set realistic targets to ensure the achievement of strategic objectives
• Establish demand requirement to effectively plan and manage sourcing demand
• Identify areas where value can be added / exploited further, areas where value is being destroyed and areas where value is latent, and act accordingly
• Consider future consequences of actions on the viability of the business
• Discuss the current environment and how this will impact the business both now and, in the future business requirements and business continuity.

Contract Management:

• Delivery of effective contract management will include -
• Service delivery management: ensuring that the materials and/or services being delivered as agreed to the required level of performance and quality by working timeously and to agreed deadlines

Stakeholder Management:

• To support the organisation in achieving its strategic objectives by interpreting and influencing both the external and internal environments and by creating positive relationships with stakeholders through the appropriate management of their expectations and agreed objectives
• Positioning stakeholders according to the level of influence, impact, or enhancement they may provide to the business or it's projects

Research and Development: 

• Efficiently and effectively roll out and implement the procurement objectives
• Consider/Review, plan and coordinate all procurement demands plans aligned to Group strategy
• To deliver outcomes and objectives as agreed with the line manage and business units.
• Effectively report on procurement activities against the determined procurement and Supply Chain Management principles.
• Reporting (review and submit) on progress against annual procurement plans (monthly/quarterly)
• Sourcing of products and services which include but not limited to market research, preparation of RFT/P/Q/I's, evaluation of bids/tenders, commercial negotiations,
• recommendations for the supplier award, including the preparation & presentation of submissions to the key stakeholders in accordance with the procurement policy & relevant legislation including BBBEE

Job Competencies

• Knowledge of procurement policies, processes, and procedures
• An understanding of the Banking or ICT industry would be advantageous

Operational Procurement:

• Encourage innovation, listen, and act upon ideas from team and provided technical / expert contribution
• Assure that all policies and procedures concerning Procurement are respected during the process
• Develop benchmarking activities to identify best practices and international trends in procurement
• Develop and integrate new means with established systems / practices and terminate those which no longer support the strategy and mission.
• Monitor budget expenditure and periodically report procurement financials 
• Deliver Data and Insights led Benchmark buying results and capabilities against best practice and international standards of performance, to identify challenges and relative positioning
• Develop and propose to Executive Committee an annual procurement and category plan that contains.
• Performance targets (volume, price, timing)
• Capability development needs
• Strategic sourcing project to be set up per major categories
• Develop and deliver a monthly Category Performance Report

Compliance and Risk:

Compliance:

• Policies and procedures: Develop, amend and implement relevant policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with relevant policies and procedures, regulation and legislation
• Risk: Ensure risks are reported on and mitigated

People Management:

• People Processes: Manage employees through the employee lifecycle including, recruit, manage performance and reward
• People Development: Build a high-performance team through regular individual and team engagement sessions. Identify talent, coach, and develop to ensure talent retention