Full job description
Who You Are:
- You are a solution driven Business Partner with extensive experience in Procurement and stakeholder engagement.
- You have built a strong relationship with business and therefore understand their business requirements.
- You are an expert dealing with procurement process.
- You are passionate about delivering and meeting SLA’s.
- You have excellent communication skills.
- You have a reputation for delivering on business expectations.
- You are highly organized with good attention to detail.
- You have good communication skills with excellent research and writing skills.
- You can multitask and works well independently.
- You can work well under pressure and maintain a professional attitude always.
What you’ll have done before:
Baseline:
- NQF Level 7 (Degree in Supply Chain / Transport Economics or related).
- 8 years Procurement experience including developing/executing sourcing strategy.
- Appropriate Vendor Selection or Vendor Performance Management.
- Procurement Category Management experience.
Advantageous:
- Degree in Engineering.
- Certification equivalent to CIPS.
- Experience in national company.
- Commercial analysis/negotiation experience
Exciting challenges you might face in the role:
- Engaging with different business units within Engen.
- Manage Contract Management System.
- Engaging with regulatory Stakeholders and external participants in the oil and gas industry.
- Playing an active role in maintaining Engen’s license to operate.
- Extensive data mining and analysis.
- Driven to meet tight business and project deadlines.
What you’ll be doing:
CATEGORY MANAGEMENT:
- Manage the assigned sub-category by building and executing strategic sourcing plans and category management plan supported by in-depth analysis of purchasing demand, supplier, market, price/cost structures, generate suppliers bid list and assessment criteria, execute the bidding process, drive the negotiation strategy and prepare & operationalize the contract to ensure delivery of business objectives.
SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
- Develop and ensure sustainable and effective supplier relationship management through reliable supply base and build partnerships with strategic suppliers, lead pre-qualification of potential suppliers, develop clear strategy to optimize allocation of spend across suppliers, review supplier performance and assess supplier risks, develop supplier segmentation by category, interface with senior suppliers executives to set supplier management targets, manage end-to-end contract management life cycle and develop mitigation plans to ensure delivery and performance of suppliers as per agreed SLA’s.