Procurement Supervisor at ADvTECH

Overall Job Purpose: 

• Provide support to the Procurement Manager in planning, coordinating, supervising, and evaluating activities and the work of purchasing agents; participates in the implementation of goals, targets, policies and priorities for procurement activities and operations.

Responsibilities: 
Output 1 - Procurement:

Preparation of documents and activities for:

• Procurement of goods and services
• Invitation for bids
• Technical specifications
• Assessment and evaluation documents
• Bid clarifications
• Tender Adjudication
• Researching and validating new preferred suppliers,
• Ensure that all purchased products and materials meet our specifications
• Negotiating commercial terms with vendors as needed
• Manage supplier performance and resolve issues and concerns
• Analyse industry and demand trends and support senior management with the development and implementation of sourcing strategies
• Conduct buying and post-order management activities ensure proper handling and resolution of procure-to-pay exceptions

Output 2 - Cost Savings:

•  Provide details on spend under management (Sum = Total approved spend – Maverick spend)
• Price competitiveness between suppliers and negotiated savings

Output 3 - Special Projects: 

• Support and coordinate special projects including but not limited to Capex projects, system migrations and improvements, centralisation of Procurement with relevant business units and S2P goal related projects

 Output 4 - Reporting and tracking:  

• Monitor the daily procurement request report to ensure acceptable turnaround time is adhered to and support purchasing agents where necessary
• Ensure compliance of quote comparisons for each applicable purchase request
• Monitoring of locked pricing to ensure the company is billed correctly
• Reporting on any anomalies or bypass of procedures

Output 5 - Team Management: 

• Provide technical leadership and coaching to the Purchasing Agents
• Oversee and provide leadership to team members involved in project execution
• Using experience and interpersonal skills, coach team members to assure consistent, high quality performance
• Develop, implement and monitor team KPI’s and performance development and promote GSS values
• Coach and Mentor team to ensure targets are achieved consistently

Education Requirements: 

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain and operations management or procurement
• CIPS would be advantageous

Computer Literacy:

• Sage
• Microsoft D365

Experience Required: 

• 2 years Thorough understanding of Shared Services and fast paced environment
• 3 years Procurement Specialist or Commodities Manager
• 3 years Strong Price Negotiation Skills
• 2 years Staff Management