Procurement Specialist at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

About The Job

The CSIR has vacancies for Procurement Specialists in the Supply Chain Management portfolio. The incumbents will establish and maintain procurement activities on a day to day operational and transactional level. The positions are located in Pretoria.

Key Responsibilities

• Source goods and services, review and manage existing supplier relationships;
• Document and assess internal stakeholders’ business and sourcing objectives;
• Collect macro- and micro-level market intelligence and analyze spend data;
• Determine the total value of identified commodities and report accordingly to management;
• Source suppliers that meet the CSIR procurement criteria and ensure compliance to the CSIR’s B-BBEE policy and programme;
• Manage procurement transactional services ensuring reduction in purchase order cycle times and tracking supplier performance against targets;
• Assess and implement automation of processes to improve service delivery;
• Expedite orders to monitor quality, on time deliveries, preferential procurement and savings;
• Ensure effective and timely response to user calls related to orders and deliveries;
• Ensure the Procurement portfolio’s compliance with CSIR policies, procedures and IT standards focussing on standardisation of processes;
• Keep abreast with business systems and new developments;
• Manage procurement activities throughout the purchasing and supply chain;
• Ensure that purchasing activities are provided in a fair, equitable, transparent, cost effective, efficient and effective manner.
• Build strategic, professional and ethical relationships with internal clients and the CSIR suppliers;
• Ensure buying activities support the CSIR’s supplier contracts and that the organisation’s strategic interests are considered in such relationships;
• Create cost savings opportunities from bulk buying, proper contract management, pooling of efforts and economies of scale;
• Accurate and timeous reporting of relevant management information.

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent three year purchasing qualification with at least five years’ experience in procurement;
• Good understanding of designated sector procurement;
• Thorough working experience on construction related tenders;
• Good understanding of the CIDB Act;
• Good understanding and experience of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO);
• Report writing skills;
• Supplier evaluation experience and thorough understanding of business processes;
• Sourcing, buying, negotiation, planning and organising skills;
• Contract management skills and e-procurement knowledge;
• High degree of accuracy, attention to detail and problem solving ability;
• Ability to meet demanding deadlines and good interpersonal skills; and
• Excellent communication skills and strong customer service focus.

Closing date: 23 September 2020