Procurement General Manager at MiWay Insurance Limited

Qualification and Experience

• Degree with 10 to 15 years related experience.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Business Contract Management Admin
• Facilitating the re-contracting process for IT services
• Managing the filing process of all contracts
• Administering NDAs for individuals and corporations
• Managing vendor correspondence as required
• Overseeing the approval process for independent contractors
• Vendor Engagement Forum Coordination.
• Coordinating forums and associated meetings, including tracking and reporting attendance confirmations, and preparing meeting documents ,agenda, minutes.

Rate Administration

• Maintaining continuous interaction with relevant stakeholders to ensure sourcing aligns with MSA agreements
• Supporting rate negotiations between clients and suppliers
• Assisting in cost-saving initiatives

RFx coordination

• Assisting in the management of RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes, ensuring compliance with RFx policies

Vendor or Supplier Onboarding

• Collecting necessary documents to ensure vendors are onboarded in accordance with Sanlam’s sourcing policy

B-BBEE Administration 

• Ensuring vendors maintain the desired B-BBEE level
• Accurately recording and frequently updating vendors B-BBEE information

Key Deliverables

Strategic Sourcing Plan

• Delivery of an annual sourcing roadmap aligned to business needs.
• Identification of cost-reduction and value-creation opportunities.

Vendor Management Framework

• Implementation of a performance-based vendor management system.
• Quarterly vendor scorecards and business review meetings.

Cost Optimization

• Annualized cost savings targets through supplier negotiations, consolidation, or demand management.
• Transparent reporting of procurement-driven savings to executive leadership.

Contract and SLA Governance

• 100% compliance with contracting standards, SLA documentation, and renewal cycles.
• Standardisation and digitisation of the contract repository.

Compliance and Risk Mitigation

• Full adherence to internal procurement policies, regulatory guidelines, and audit requirements.
• Risk assessments and due diligence processes for all high-risk suppliers.

Leadership and Capability Development

• Ongoing training and mentorship of procurement team members.
• Succession planning and workforce capability development.
• Provide clear direction, support, and motivation to ensure high levels of engagement and productivity.
• Set performance goals, conduct regular reviews, and implement development plans to drive individual and team success.

Knowledge and Skills

• Driving business unit efficiency and target achievement
• Manage partnerships and communication
• Strategic and Operational Call Centre control and reporting
• Budgeting, expense management and audits
• Management of employees

Personal Attributes

• Builds effective teams - Contributing strategically
• Decision quality - Contributing strategically
• Directs work - Contributing strategically
• Business insight - Contributing strategically

Build a successful career with us

• We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation - Contributing strategically
• Customer focus - Contributing strategically
• Drives results - Contributing strategically
• Collaborates - Contributing strategically
• Being resilient - Contributing strategically