Pregasen Govender

A confident and articulate communicator with a proven track record within Procurement and Supply Chain Management.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

NAME OF COMPANY : BIDVEST FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

DATE STARTED : OCTOBER 2022

DATE COMPLETED : CURRENT

POSITION HELD : CATEGORY MANAGER

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage all procurement-related activities of third party spend within the various categories, including strategic sourcing initiatives (RFQ/I/P/T/X).
• Identify, implement and maintain the relevant commodity and service contracts (ad hoc and committed spend) to support the business. 
• Achieve targeted cost savings, including effective negotiation processes with vendors
• Develop and maintain expert knowledge of the respective supply markets, competitors and product/service innovations. 
• Facilitate implementation of procurement change initiatives within the various categories to improve business performance.
• Provide support to the company’s acquisition strategies by identifying and interrogating suitable opportunities within the various spend categories for presentation to management. 
• Manage all aspects of the vendor rationalization strategy within the various categories to support the business nationally, including vendor selection, compliance and performance.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with internal and external customers with a view to enhancing the customer experience.
• Manage All contracts within the various categories across its lifecycle, including terminations, renewals, extensions and re-assignments. 
• Identify and manage risk to the business together with the cross-functional contracting team (Legal, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering)
• Innovation: Identify innovative procurement solutions that provide efficiencies for the organization.
• Management support: Perform procurement analyses and reporting to assist management to track, monitor and achieve departmental targets.
• Management and Mentorship role to Procurement officers, Buyers and Administrators
• Category Types i.e., Lifts & Escalators, HVAC, Fire Safety, Fleet, Fuel, Building Maintenance, I.T, Solar, Electrical, Security.

DATE STARTED : OCTOBER 2016

DATE COMPLETED : JULY 2021

POSITION HELD : PURCHASING MANAGER

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Initial Setup of Procurement Department including Procurement Guideline and Process

• Contract Management
• Demand Management
• SAP Espresso Roll Out & Implementation
• Management and Leading of Procurement Team

• Developing of Career Growth Plan for Procurement Team

• Savings target Achieved Annually - 5% of Indirect Spend

• Identification of Spend Risk and Implementation of Corrective action 

• Drafting & Implementation of Purchasing Process and Guideline document in line with Global specifications for BSH South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative data required to formulate a strategic Procurement plan
• Provide specialist knowledge and educate business units regarding procurement policies and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with employees at all levels in the organisation, external business partners and vendors to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Responsible for all locally & regionally [Sub Saharan Africa] needed services and goods for Indirect Categories.
• Local implementation of the global/regional purchasing strategy for the supervised materials group categories.

Providing reporting on local procurement market to global Indirect

Materials procurement network.

• Co-ordinate specification of demand (assure early involvement of procurement function) and ensure demand management at the country/site.
• Drive procurement value by implementing global/regional material group and supplier strategies.
• Ensure execution of Indirect Material procurement guidelines at TG/site.
• Implement standard procurement processes and methods.
• Local management of procurement performance monitoring and reporting.
• Manage the local supplier database per material group categories.
• Record and forward procurement relevant information to the global IM procurement network.

• Adherence to ISO Standards for Workplace Health and Safety

DATE STARTED : NOVEMBER 2011

DATE COMPLETED : SEPTEMBER 2016

POSITION HELD : PROCUREMENT OFFICER

Final position held

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drafting of company Procurement Policies and Procedures.
• Implementation of Procurement policies, procedures & Strategies.
• Establish and maintain contractual and business relationships with suppliers; monitors internal customer satisfaction; solves operational issues with suppliers (e.g., quality, delivery, and service issues).
• Management of RFP process, full cycle until Contract Sign Off.
• Generate Purchase Orders after completion of Bid Analysis.
• Applying Strategic Negotiation Tactics i.e., ATP.
• Qualify suppliers on approved criteria for orders.
• Tracking order progress.
• Controlling of Stock for Head Office & Stations across the Gautrain network.
• Management of Voice Lines and Data contracts.
• Management of Fleet Vehicles Lease’s & Maintenance.
• Monthly billing reports – Voice Lines and Data contracts.
• Controlling of all documentation regarding to the Procurement Business Unit.
• Reporting on Purchasing/Cost Schedule’s in line with Divisional Budgets.
• Reporting of Enterprise Development performance of B.O.C & its Sub-Contractors.
• Report on variance between Performance & Obligations.
• Compilation of E.E.P Tables information and Invoices into final report for submission to BCC [Bombela Concession Company].
• Review Audit report for monthly ED reports and draft Addendum.
• Supervision of Procurement Staff.

INITIALLY RECRUITED TO THE COMPANY IN THE CAPACITY OF: CONFIGURATION OFFICER

November 2011 to December 2012

• Document Controller
• Internal Auditor – Quality Champion i.r.o. ISO 9001 Certification
• Audit of Internal Departments
• Conduct Document Control Audits in line with ISO 9001 Standards
• Implementing of Quality Standards
• Quality Control of Incoming & Outgoing Documents
• Data Capture of all Incoming and outgoing Correspondence in EB
• Electronic Filing & Archive Supervision
• Monitoring Promptness of documentation processing in line with SLA
• EB system administrator
• Internal expediting and generation of reports in accordance with requirements and Quality Procedures
• Configuration Management Officer
• Data Clean-up of Docs in EB Database
• Generate transmittals for all documents and drawings transmitted to various project partners
• Interface with other departments on Document Management
• Interface with off-site storage company on document storage and retrieval
• Arrange and Convene Configuration Control Meetings
• Generate and Process Engineering Change Proposals
• Distribution of documentation via transmittals

BCom Honours - Supply Chain Management