Senior Procurement Manager MRO and Capital at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Qualifications

• Completed University Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the fields:  (Engineering, Procurement, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management or similar)
• Master of Business Administartion  advantageous
• MCIPS (Chartered institute of Procurement and Supply), PMP (Project Management Professional) or SCMP (Supply Chain Management Professional) desirable.
• Knowledge of procurement policies, processes, and procedures
• An understanding of the Banking or ICT industry would be advantageous

Experience

• 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 and  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

MRO and Capital Category Management:

• Category Management: Create data & insights led Category Strategic Planning
• Business Relationship Management in MRO and Capital expenditure
• Coach and Develop Category Managers, Specialists and administrators in setting and achieving Category goals for MRO and Capital
• 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
• Oversee the management of logistics services including transportation, distribution, and warehousing to ensure acceptable level of supply risk, compliance with policies  ansd strategic objectives
• Design and oversee the execution of the sourcing recommendation process
• Identify Supply Chain opportunities and 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

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

Contract Management:

• Delivery of effective contract management will include -
• Service delivery management: ensuring that the services and/product being delivered as agreed to the required level of performance and quality by working timeously and to agreed deadlines.
• Create and maintain relationship to keep business engagements cordial. Optimise the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of the service or relationship described in the contracts, by balancing costs against risks and actively managing the contractual relationship
• Transactional Integrity: Ensure transactional integrity is adhered to for each relevant step in the P2P process and all transactions are in line with company compliance and policies by reviewing the monthly reporting and working with the appropriate business units.

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.
• Recognize and acknowledge stakeholder's needs, concerns, wants, authority, common relationships, interfaces and align this information with the overall delivery strategy.
• Ensure communication standards are transparent, honest, and open with stakeholders