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.
NAME OF COMPANY : BSH HOME APPLIANCES
DATE STARTED : OCTOBER 2016
DATE COMPLETED : JULY 2021
POSITION HELD : PURCHASING MANAGER
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Initial Setup of Procurement Department including Procurement Guideline and Process
• Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Tender Management
- Contract Management
- Demand Management
- SAP Espresso Roll Out & Implementation
- Management and Leading of Procurement Team
- Developing of Career Growth Plan for Procurement Team
• Management of Annual Indirect Spend of Approx. R350 Million
- Savings target Achieved Annually - 5% of Indirect Spend
- Identification of Spend Risk and Implementation of Corrective action
• Audit & Reporting of Purchasing Process and adherence to purchasing guideline locally and regionally.
- 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
NAME OF COMPANY : BOMBELA OPERATING COMPANY
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
