Deputy Director: Demand Management (One Year Contract) at Gauteng Department of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Requirements :

• Matric plus NQF level 7 in Supply Chain Management/ Financial Accounting/Management Accounting/Logistics.
• Coupled with a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience at an assistant director level in supply chain environment. 

Duties :

• Manage the functional operation of the Sub directorate: Supply Chain Demand Management: Design and develop demand management policies processes and procedures, perform strategic and annual supply chain demand management, planning, monitor and review the demand management activities, develop and obtain approval for the procurement management plan, determine whether specifications should contain any special conditions, compile tender/quotation specifications as required, determine whether specification for the relevant commodity exists, if not oversee the collection and collect information and compile specification/terms of reference. Inform, guide and advice departmental employees on demand management matters to promote correct implementation and sound demand management practices: Check the availability of budget, conduct market research implement the sourcing strategy, develop the contract management policy and SoP, conduct SCM workshops and prepare the requests for condonations in terms of irregular expenditure.
• Compile and publish request for proposals where required: Verify the specification/ terms of reference, chair the bid evaluation committee meetings, develop the bid committee charters, compile the bid documents and submit to GPT, update the operational plan for the directorate, respond to the findings raised by the probity auditors, review and update the SCM policy, review and update the SoP for tenders and RFQs, approve the purchase orders o the SAP as per the delegations, respond to all the findings raised by AG and GAS, ensure that all SCM, processes are in line with the SCM policy, develop the checklist for RFQs, check if all the preference points scored by the service providers are in line with the policy, prepare the reports for IYM and budget committee, manage departmental Procurement plans, managing the compilation of comprehensive demand plans, reporting on the operational and risk plans related to Demand Plans and providing monthly management reports, manage advertising the invitation to tender on relevant mainstream, monitor the tender documents submitted by suppliers, manage tender clarification meetings, validate information provided to tenderers, monitor the opening of all tenders on time in accordance with procurement specification documentation, manage publication of all tenders, manage preparation of tender register, monitor compilation of a tender evaluation report with recommendation of the BEC to BAC, preparation of the BAC Report, manage debriefing meetings if required.
• Management of the Sub Directorate: Maintenance of discipline, management of performance and development, undertake Human Resource and other related administrative functions, establish implement and maintain efficient and effective, communication arrangements, develop and manage the operational plan of the sub-directorate and report on progress as required, develop implement and maintain processes to ensure proper control of work, compile and submit all required administrative reports, serve on transverse task teams as required, procurement and asset management for the sub directorate, plan and allocate work, quality control of work delivered by employees.