Commercial Manager at Nando's

Minimum Requirements

• Degree or National diploma or equivalent NQF level 7 qualification in procurement/supply chain
• 5 years’ experience as a Procurement Manager in a relevant industry, or experience managing complex Supplier/stakeholder relationships
• Driver’s license and own vehicle 

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Management

• Develop, analyse and present relevant business cases
• Implement and report on sourcing strategies throughout the sourcing lifecycle
• Interface with key stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with business requirements
• Provide category expertise and project management skills for all procurement initiatives
• Provide input into strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility
• Participate in Supplier selection and sourcing decisions through the appropriate RFQ or RFP processes
• Make recommendations to Management on the evaluated results of RFQs or RFPs
• Provide key negotiation and commercial advice to the Supply Chain Management team and Head of Commercial
• Interrogate pricing models, as required
• Drive the cost reduction process such as value analysis, engineering and standardisation
• Influence internal stakeholders around market trends, best practices and processes

Contract Management

• Develop and use a standard suite of documentation relevant to the business
• Advise, review and negotiate commercial aspects or provisions of contracts with legal assistance ensuring minimal commercial risk is imposed for Nando’s including extensions, re-negotiations and terminations of contracts
• Work with the legal department in developing specific and generic contract provisions and SLAs
• Implement standard operating procedures for all markets (commercial and procurement) to ensure Brand standards and guardianship
• Work with the legal department in developing generic contract provisions including extensions, re-negotiations and termination of contracts

Contractor and Supplier Management

• Manage the escalated day-to-day Supplier operations
• Conduct Supplier reviews against agreed scorecards
• Identify BBBEE organisations and potential development opportunities for Supplier development, with the aim of ensuring that Nando’s purchases from these organisations
• Conduct Supplier selection in accordance with new BBBEE codes and ethical sourcing
• Execute any agreed activities which may result from the outcome of the supplier review i.e. performance management, Supplier exit etc.
• Develop action and contingency plans in line with the performance review
• Regularly update, correct, and archive all required Supplier data 

Stakeholder Management

• Manage the commercial relationship with the Master Franchisees and Franchisees where required
• Provide relevant support to Licensed Markets Master Franchisees, Franchisees and Procurement Team

Market Research and General Administration

• Collect and analyse Supplier and Market information
• Perform relevant benchmarking activities
• Develop and assist in administering Supplier surveys
• Continually develop subject matter expertise in the field
• Perform any other administrative duties reasonably as requested by management that falls within the parameters of the role to prevent/resolve stock outages etc