Assistant Procurement Practitioner at Clinix Health Group (Pty) Ltd

To manage the supply of products and services which includes strategizing to find cost-effective deals and suppliers and to uncover the best ways to contain procurement expenditure, so that the Group can realise value of money and therefore invest in growth and people.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• National Diploma in Supply Chain Management/Procurement essential or equivalent CIPS (Chartered Institute of Professional Supply Chain) qualification.
• 5 Years’ experience as an Assistant Procurement Officer/Practitioner.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques, including strategic sourcing, supplier contract negotiations, contract management, supplier database management.
• Offer commercial advice and guidance to internal customers to ensure they produce complete, accurate and relevant specifications in order to prepare request for proposals across dedicated commodities.
• Conduct and evaluate, according to pre-defined criteria, request for proposals for services / products.
• Identify cost saving opportunities across the commodities.
• Talent in negotiations and networking.
• Extensive experience in sourcing and stakeholder engagement, both internal and external, i.e. suppliers.
• Experience in collecting, analysing data and packaging reports.
• Ensuring compliance with set company policies and procedures pertaining to the procurement function.
• Good IT skills preferably in an integrated system environment, SAP is preferred. Additional proficiency in MS Office – including Advanced Excel.
• BBBEE Compliance (Responsible for assisting and contributing to annual BBBEE assessment audit process).