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Financial Perspective

• Financial and budgetary effectiveness:

• Provide input into the annual procurement budget that represents the best estimate of costs and supports the attainment of the organisation and relevant business unit’s financial objectives.

• Allocate and monitor the utilisation of allocated funds to enable the attainment of objectives.

• Regularly review and proactively monitor and appropriately respond to spending against budget.

• Internal Business Process Perspective

Contract implementation management:

• Oversight of commercial contract processes, including:

• Invitation to tender.

• Tender evaluation.

• Awarding of contracts.

• Contract implementation.

• Contract performance measurement.

• Management of contractor relationships, addressing contract-related problems, incorporating necessary changes or modifications in the contract, and actively interacting with the contractor to achieve the contract’s objectives.

Procurement:

• Oversight of procurement processes aligned with procurement best practices and applicable governance and legal frameworks, including:

• Procure to pay.

• Purchase planning.

• Specification development.

• Supplier research and selection.

• Vendor screening.

• Price negotiation.

• Value analysis.

• Managing the E-Procurement System and associated activities.

• Ensures that the implementation of small business enterprise and local entity development is achieved.

• Responsible for ensuring procurement in time, and at the best cost to achieve business objectives through approved tender processes and applying best practices.

• Procure the best supplier through planning and monitoring of subcontract works/vendor development activities, scheduling, vendor grading, and finalisation of rate contracts.

  
  

Governance:

• Develop of policy for procurement in line with best practice.

• Vendor screening & input into vendor selection processes; commercial analysis of quotes in line with broader business governance frameworks (i.e. legal, SHE, etc.).

• Manages and coordinates review processes for new and existing suppliers and customers to ensure adherence to organisational policies, procedures, standards, and governance frameworks.

People Perspective

• People management and leadership:

• Recruit and develop skilled and talented staff.

• Manage performance of direct reports ensuring agreement of annual goals, measuring performance against agreed goals, and dealing with non-performance accordingly.

• Talent management of direct reports, including career developments and paths for all staff and succession planning for key positions.

• Ensure that the working environment contributes to improving staff morale and increased productivity.

• Alignment to the organisation’s transformation objectives through departmental processes.

• Coaching and mentoring of direct reports

• Ensuring a healthy and safe work environment for employees.

Stakeholder engagement and management:

• Negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to promote the business and service objectives of the company.

• Negotiate or approve contracts or agreements with suppliers, distributors, or other organisational entities.

• Builds relationships across the organisation by sharing business information and knowledge.