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| Closing Date | 2024/08/12 |
| Reference Number | SAS240729-1 |
| Job Title | Head of Procurement |
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Division | Finance |
| Department | Procurement |
| EE Occupational Levels | Level 7: Middle and Senior Management |
| Location – Town / City | Sandton |
| Location – Province | Gauteng |
| Location – Country | South Africa |
Job Advert Summary
The Head of Procurement will be responsible for procurement- governance, legislation and compliance management duties, while working in close contact with the Procurement team and internal Stakeholders.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- A tertiary 3-year Diploma/ Degree (Commerce/ Supply Chain/ Business) or related procurement qualification.
- Related Postgraduate qualification advantageous.
- MCIPS certification an added advantage.
Minimum Experience:
- At least a minimum of 8-10 years’ proven working experience in supervising/managing others within procurement or supply chain management.
- Excellent knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques.
- Strong Commercial acumen, exceptional eye for details, including experience in leading negotiations.
Please note that preference will be given to people with disabilities.
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Alignment
- Contribute towards the development of company’s strategic plans.
- Compile and present departmental strategy for Exco review and input into broader organisational strategy.
- Ensures that financial transactions, policies and procedures meet short- and long-term business objectives and regulatory body requirements.
- Identification of departmental risks and implementing departmental risk management strategy.
Operational
- Monitor all procurement activities.
- Market analysis plus total supplier base management.
- Report to the executive management team.
- Procurement department internal and external reporting on KPIs
- Ensure sourcing decisions are made in accordance with approved strategies.
- Ensure Supplier bidding / selection in accordance with the Procurement Policies and Procedures and enforce implementation.
- Ensure early Supplier involvement in cost management initiatives to ensure achievement of associated targets.
- Developing and implement procurement strategies and methodologies.
- Manage and structure the company’s relationship with the supply base.
- Perform and monitor Supplier evaluation.
- Enforce and regulate transactional processes in accordance with both Policies and Procedures.
- Interaction with Sasria’s procurement function
- Interaction with Business departments on critical procurement matters to ensure improved procurement efficiencies.
Policy and Governance
- Review and implement Procurement-related policies. This includes Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) policies.
- Ensure that all governance structures both within the department and at corporate level are operational.
- Ensure business is kept abreast with Procurement practices.
- Manage procurement-related risks.
Sustainable Development
- Develop and implement Enterprise & Supplier Development strategies and initiatives.
- Promote transformation through procurement best practices and policies e.g. B-BBEE and PPPFA.
- Review and support local content strategies.
Budgeting and financial responsibilities
- Execute the Budgeting and Forecasting process for Sasria.
- Manage the departmental budget, ensuring expenditure within set parameters.
- Prepare reports for Board and Board Committee Packs Contribute towards the business Strategic Planning.
People Management
- Ensure that annual performance objectives are set and understood by team members.
- Development areas identified and career development plans in place for team members.
- Manage team performance, ensuring that nonperformance is dealt with accordingly and to achieve individual and organization goals and objectives.
- Developing a skilled team capable of assisting Sasria with the achievement of its objectives.
- Identify resourcing needs and participate in the recruitment of staff.
- Ensure that all staff are trained, skilled and that their expertise is fully applied.
- Ensure that working environment contributes improving staff morale and increased productivity.
We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore, please be aware that internal candidates will be considered first before reviewing external applicants, provided that this supports achievement of our Employment Equity goals.
All the best with your applications.
About Sasria
We provide special risk insurance to government institutions such as municipalities, hospitals, schools, among many others, private organisations and individuals that own assets within the borders of South Africa. Our special risk insurance is affordable, voluntary and covers your valuables damaged during unforeseen public unrest, civil commotion, strikes, riots and terrorism.
Who we are
Sasria is a public enterprise listed under schedule 3B of the Public Finance Management Act No 1 of 1999.
Our Purpose
Our reputation is highly dependent on the value we place on the work we do.
Business Model
We designed our business model using a method that proves our commitment to keeping our premiums affordable and accessible.
Our Strategy
We strive to make a significant contribution to our country’s stability, growth, development and transformation, particularly within the financial and insurance industries.
Leadership
We are consistently building feasible strategies to help us contribute to our country’s stability, growth, development and transformation; particularly within the financial and insurance industries.
Financials
Take a moment to view our performance over the past couple of years. Our library of integrated reports will take you on a journey of our finances and give you a clear idea of how we have and continue to, create lifelong value over time.
Our People
At Sasria, we are continuously looking for extraordinary individuals who share the same vision with us.
Corporate Social Investment
Corporate social investment is an integral part of our value creation process. It is a key instrument that we use to improve our business.
Who we are
Sasria is a public enterprise listed under schedule 3B of the Public Finance Management Act No 1 of 1999. We are a non-life insurance company that provides coverage for damage caused by special risks such as politically motivated malicious acts, riots, strikes, terrorism and public disorders.
Our journey began over 40 years ago, after becoming inspired by courageous young people who shaped the course of history for South Africans through a series of demonstrations and protests known as the 1976 Soweto Uprising. View our milestones.
Sasria overview read more.
Dual mandate
As a state-owned entity, we report to the Minister of Finance via the National Treasury. We serve two fundamental strategic directives; the first being a legislative one that calls for a focus on research and investigation of any risks that can be considered to be of national interest.
The second mandate involves driving a positive contribution to transform the financial services industry in line with the National Development Plan. This creates a sustainable economic and social environment for South Africans.
What we stand for
We are an organisation that is proud of the rich culture, heritage and diversity we have in our country. We believe that our country has enormous potential to thrive despite its challenges. In saying that, we prioritise distributing value first and foremost to our clients, then to South Africans through our socio-economic development activities and our employees by providing job security, professional growth, and career opportunities.
Our insurance protection solutions are affordable to ensure that our country continues to be an attractive investment destination that delivers economic continuity and social stability for all South African businesses and individuals, at large.
Preparing for the future
We understand the significant value of investing in future-proof plans using innovative digital techniques to improve our offering, our services and our contribution to the South African communities. We continue to evolve in line with the economy and the needs of our end-customers and design strategies that make a transformational impact on South African communities.
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