Procurement Specialist - Sandton at Clinix Health Group (Pty) Ltd

Job Description

To coordinate, monitor and execute operational procurement work within established frameworks and policies.

Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma: Supply Chain Management or Procurement.
• 2-3 years’ experience in Procurement or Supply Chains.
• Advanced computer literacy.

Minimum work experience:

• Ensure all commercial activities within the Procurement Department have been ratified in terms of legal and financial requirements.
• Ensure security and integrity pertaining to all procurement processes.
• Ensure the supply to site is done with the shortest possible lead time, using best quality, best price and best practice.
• Coordinate the forecasting and planning for anticipated consumption / needs to ensure adequate, on-time and cost-effective availability of goods.
• Manage Procurement targets to pursue critical success factors and drive KPI’s to increase contract over ad-hoc purchasing.
• Plan and implement development strategies for product categories.
• Manage and maintain CHG’s supplier database in collaboration with cross functional team members.
• Ensure allocated hospitals manage adhere to procurement processes and standards.
• Conduct strategic sourcing analyses.
• Monitor and escalate potential risks to the Procurement Manager and suggest remedial actions.
• Assist in the facilitation of compliance audits.
• Identify and manage problems, escalated issues and operational risks.
• Take a proactive approach to risk management, ensuring risks and issues are identified, addressed and reported and, where appropriate, escalated.
• Analyse data, interpret trends anticipate issues and ensure contingency plans are in place.
• Leverage Procurement technology to automate, integrate and digitize the workplace; ensure system integrity.
• Identify innovative ways to improve business practices, processes and synergies to save costs, increase efficiencies and improve service delivery.
• Conduct international benchmarking to stay abreast of competitive best practice.