Assistant Director: Central Supplier Database at National Treasury

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 coupled with minimum Diploma (equivalent to level NQF 6) in Information Technology or Systems or Supply Chain Management or Business Management or any relevant field;
• Bachelor’s. degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) will be an added advantage; and 
• 3 years’ experience in implementation and management of procurement ICT solutions. Business or systems analysis. Supplier Management.

Key Performance Areas

Support maintenance and enhancements of a central supplier database for government: 

• Provide input to design features of a central supplier database that will improve the supply chain management processes for all spheres of government;
• Provide functional guidance to the system developers during system development lifecycle;
•  Actively participate in testing of the central supplier database to ensure quality and completeness of system; and
• Monitor system performance, data integrity and adoption of features after deployments to production environment.

Establish capability for the central supplier database: 

• Provide input to training programmes for system users, suppliers and other relevant stakeholders;
• Provide training and capacity building to users of the central supplier database of government;
• Provide support to users in operating the central supplier database of government;
• Monitor and report on proficiency of users and take recommended actions where required;
• Attend stakeholder engagements regarding the utilisation of central supplier database; and
•  Develop capabilities of- provincial treasuries to optimise the central supplier database to support the provincial department and entities.

Compliance of service providers: 

• Design and develop a system of assurance in respect of compliance requirements of government;
• Provide information and supporting validations of users, Auditor-General and other stakeholders in respect of supplier compliance;
• Interact with suppliers on compliance requirements in accordance with regulatory requirements of government through appropriate interfaces;
• Ensure that data quality and integrity is maintained and continuously improved; and
• Contribute to risk profiling of suppliers related to compliance criteria.

 Supplier development programme for government: 

• Contribute to the design, develop and implement a supplier development approach for all spheres of government;
• Identify and prioritise specific categories of commodities for which supplier development programmes need to be rolled out; and 
• Contribute to the supplier performance mechanisms at all spheres of government.