Senior Manager Supply Chain Position at Secondments

Duties and Responsibilities    

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES;

• Plan, communicate, and provide focused input into the department’s strategic objectives
• Contribute to the development and implementation of a service delivery and budget implementation plan for the department
• Develop and implement standards and procedures for the overall Supply Chain management, Facilities and Contract management
• Planning, directing, coordinating & budgeting for office space and related facilities
• Provide guidance to personnel on the interpretation and application of procedures, application and communication sequences associated with Supply Chain Management Cycle
• Ensure compliance with all company policy and legislations (National treasury) governing supply chain management.
• Define and coordinate the department’s workflow processes.
• Participate in meetings and providing information on specific supply chain processes and procedures and requirements.
• Provide advice on the improvement of specifications to help improve efficiencies and save costs.
• Conduct supplier audits and evaluations to ascertain applicability and adherence to standards and regulations.
• Manage needs/demand analyses for internal departments; including the assessment of impacting variables (expenditure, commodity, market/ industry).
• Align need analysis outcomes to budgetary provisions to establish and comment on costs versus allocations and considers possible savings opportunities.
• Manage administrative sequences and mechanisms related to bid documentation, including opening, registering, recording and evaluation of bids
• Manage the administration of concluded contracts, interacting with departments to establish conformance with specifications, terms and conditions and related legal aspects and informing the immediate superior of non – compliance or conflicting issues requiring remedial action.
• Manage the implementation of applications associated with logistics and disposal unit
• Apply administrative control procedures with respect to the identification, verification and referral of items for disposal to the Executive / Boars, seeking approval and arranging disposal mechanisms (sale/ auction);
• Manage and control the purchase of goods and services to ensure policies and procedures are adhered to
• Manage contract administration within the section so that all contract specifications are met and records are available
• Manage the administration of tender openings in accordance with prescribed procedures
• Manage financial administration aspects such as inviting quotations, processing orders, compiling reports for tenders, monitoring renewal preferred service providers and authorising payment on cheque vouchers

Minimum Requirements    

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or equivalent

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE;

• 5 years relevant experience in managing, implementing and executing supply chain management strategies of which 3 years should have been at a senior management level

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS;

• Supplier management
• SLA development, management and reporting"
• Supplier auditing and price negotiation
• Supplier Evaluations and Development
• Detailed and accurate report writing
• Experience in working with other agencies 
• Cross functional stakeholder demand analysis and communications management
• Finance Management - budgets and expenditure
• Understanding of regulatory and company policy requirements
• Compliance review of departmental policies, procedures, and processes
• In-depth knowledge of PFMA, Treasury and SCM processes and requirements
• In-depth knowledge of accounting policies, standards, and procedures
• In-depth knowledge of Finance as a discipline