Job Description

Job Purpose

• Managing the companys supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending. Generating and implementing efficient sourcing and category management strategies.
• Analysing and calculating costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
• Responsible for all types of sourcing that require the skills to identify cost-saving opportunities, create competitive environments, effectively negotiate, and make contracts to assure continuous availability of all required products to support the company demand and supply obligations
• Provides support in establishing and implementing standardized quality best practices, processes, procedures within supply chain function and across suppliers
• Measure, analyse and manage the suppliers performance in an effort to cut costs, alleviate risks and drive continuous improvement
• Responsible for supporting Head of Procurement with the execution of all B-BBEE transformation interventions across the Company - ensuring that the Company complies with legislative requirements and aligns to the business and or Group Strategy

Responsibilities

Supplier Performance

• Apply strong analytical skills and leverage technology to evaluate and measure vendor performance relative to contract and customer experience.
• Use data and insights to determine areas for improvement, manage relationship to deliver change and customer experience excellence.
• Interact with internal cross-functional groups and suppliers to define, coordinate, and deploy improvement activities utilizing project management and operational tools.
• Manage supplier relationships and conduct regular performance reviews to ensure service level agreements are met or exceeded.
• Identifies trends poor performing suppliers and then takes action as necessary to improve supplier performance and capability.
• Drives key stakeholders to define and deliver the corrective action plans ensuring results are achieved and sustainable with a key focus on production improvement.
• Supports Procurement, Production, Engineering, Quality and other departments in supplier action plan in case of recurring performance deviations, escalade issues until acceptable performance is reached.
• Prepare and present reports, performance metrics, and recommendations to senior management.

Sourcing

• Lead Sourcing and Spend Control Tower activities.
• Optimise the supply base through consolidation and leverages and negotiates pricing on combined volumes with industry leading suppliers to reduce the cost of goods and overheads
• Increase spend under contract and negotiates supply agreements with vendors, improving commercial conditions
• Take responsibility for productivity/ cost efficiency targets and key compliance metrics (e.g. process compliance; internal audits)
• Identify and evaluate potential suppliers and service providers, conducting supplier assessments, negotiations, and contract management.
• Analyse market trends, pricing, and supplier performance to drive cost savings and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including operations, engineering, labs, warehousing, and supply chain teams, to understand their requirements and align sourcing activities accordingly.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and cost reduction in the sourcing and procurement function.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement sustainable sourcing practices and support corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Manage supplier qualification and on boarding through supplier risk assessment and follow on supplier risk mitigation activities including regular notifications to suppliers regarding their performance.
• Maintain the enterprise level Approved Supplier List (ASL).
• Identify and propose new suppliers when ASL gaps are identified

B-BBEE

• Implementing and maintaining Inclusive and Responsible Sourcing strategy, policy, procedures, standards and associated reporting.
• Monitor local and BEE procurement performance and encourage and motivate improvement activities.
• Ensuring monthly and regular ad hoc BBBEE Procurement reporting is conducted.
• Ensuring systems are in place and reports are compiled for internal and external use and presentation to management.
• Provide guidance as it relates to Inclusive Procurement and BBBEE In South Africa.
• Drive continuous improvement of procurement governance framework.
• Support in supplier pre-qualification, on-boarding on to supplier database and maintain the supplier database, updating all missing information

Background/experience

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a similar field
• 5 - 10 years relevant experience in a supply chain or planning or procurement role
• 3 - 5 Proven People and Process Management Experience
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical, Food and or FMCG manufacturing processes and operations environment
• Experienced in leading and developing teams.
• Material Requirements Planning
• Logistics Management
• Sourcing
• Supplier performance

Skills and attributes

• Customer Awareness
• Meeting Deadlines
• Making Decisions
• Planning and Organising
• Interrogating Information
• Offering Insights

Knowledge

• Supply Chain
• Procurement
• Logistics

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