Commodity Manager - Zululand at Mondi Group

Job Purpose

• Reporting into the Procurement Category Head - Forestry, the successful incumbent will provide strategic procurement support to all purchasing activities within the Forestry Operations for Zululand and SQF operations.

Qualifications & Expertise

• Degree or Diploma in Procurement or Supply Chain field
• CIPS registration will be advantageous
• Valid South African drivers license

Job Experience

• 5 years’ experience as a Commodity Manager within a manufacturing or agricultural environment
• Extensive Commercial Law / Contract Management experience
• SAP Knowledge will be advantageous

Key Performance Areas

• Drive profit improvement initiatives and value creation
• Supplier Relationship Management for all operational forestry activities
• Active stakeholder engagement and strategic decision support
• Contract drafting and administration.
• Procure to pay governance and risk mitigation
• Ensures efficient & timeous purchasing of goods and services across all Areas in the BU
• Develop Area specific Procurement plans & analysis of Area / BU spend & supply market analysis
• Carries out Tender processes, RFP's and Drafts Contracts working closely with Operations & Group Legal
• Manages SAP purchasing process and system optimization through continuously reviewing & identifying improvements in our Procure 2 Pay system, e.g. Catalogue, Auto PO, FSM (Fixed services management), SBO (Service blanket orders) systems, in order to improve efficiency of the procurement.
• Identifies and implements improvements to procurement processes, within the BU and/ across, through continued evaluation of Area procurement processes & challenges and conducting audits and assessment of controls, in order to mitigate potential risks to the company.
• Conduct supplier evaluations & audits system rates benchmarks and /or industry rates benchmarks
• Conduct rates negotiations and interrogates costing and conducts Rates reviews/approvals on Fortes System and works with operations to prepare Variation Amendments to contracts, when required
• Prepares fleet management reports, Procurement Council Reports and related procurement actions as required by Business Unit Operational Management or Commercial Management.
• Management of Ad hoc projects

Job Competencies/ Attributes/Skills

• Strong communication with peers and colleagues
• Foster strong stakeholder relations
• High level of integrity
• Ability to understand complex business scenarios and make recommendations to business stakeholders
• Time and pressure focused.