Assistant Director: Strategic Procurement at Unique Personnel

Purpose of the Role

• To provide strategic procurement support services to improve the performance and efficiency of the State procurement system including value for money and leveraged benefits

Key Performance Areas

Strategy and Policy:

• Contribute to the design, development and maintenance of a strategic procurement framework including: national guidelines, processes and standards for strategic procurement, and a strategic procurement monitoring and evaluation system; 
• Assist with the dissemination of the strategic procurement framework of government; 
• Provide input into the development of strategic procurement-related government policy, norms, standards, frameworks and guidelines. 

Stakeholder Management: 

• Engage stakeholders and facilitate and coordinate the development and implementation of strategic procurement strategies and plans; 
• Engage with public sector-specific strategic and external partners to support the development and implementation of strategic procurement strategies and plans. 

Products and Services Management:

• Collaborate on the design and development of strategic procurement strategies for government department-specific products and services; 
• Contribute to and assist with the design and development of strategic procurement strategies for universal products and services across government spheres;
• Assist with the design and development of strategic procurement work plans; 

Client engagement:

• Monitoring and evaluation; Perform and manage analyses on commodity spend, market and industry, suppliers, specification and demand, total cost of ownership and any other matter as may be required. 

Service Delivery: 

• Assist with the scoping and analysis of demand management plans, budget documents, procurement plans, AG reports, and grant allocations (annually; as required);
• Analyse information sources for the identification of key strategic procurement project opportunities for targeting based on: the importance of the commodity/service to achieve service delivery, and the complexity of the supply market; 
• Contribute to the identification and recommendation of new and alternative solutions to strategic procurement services; 
• Contribute to the client environment and strategic procurement-related reports and diagnostics;
• Conduct research, and contribute to the development and proposal of strategic procurement solutions for identified strategic procurement projects (client centric / commodity centric) including: strategic procurement best-practices: strategic procurement spend analysis and research: strategic procurement recommendations: strategic procurement recommendations facilitation and implementation.

Inherent Requirements    
Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma( equivalent to NQF level 6) or Bachelor’s Degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the following disciplines: Supply Chain Management/ Logistics/ Purchasing / Commerce; 
• A minimum 3 years’ experience obtained in the supply chain management environment;
• Knowledge of strategic procurement;
• Knowledge of the broader public service SCM legislative framework; 
• Experience of data gathering and analysis; and 
• Knowledge of project management.