Group Supply Chain Director

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Servest Careers Full time

Job Context:

Servest is a world class business which is innovative and a leader in the Integrated Facilities Management Industry. The company offers an innovative environment that will accelerate your development and skills, as the highest value is placed on attracting top talent to the organisation. This role is Responsible for Strategic and Operational Elements across six (6) key areas - Procurement, Logistics, Warehousing, Fleet, Innovation and Properties.

Applications are invited for a vacancy exists for a dynamic and driven Group Supply Chain Director
to join a team based at the Head Office in Waterfall.

This role reports directly to the Group Execuitve:
Shared Services, in the Shared Services Business Unit.


Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • MBA, Industrial Engineering or other related degree
  • Prior large scale project experience in Supply Chain covering warehousing, logistics, procurement and innovation best practices.
years of experience in Procurement/Sourcing

  • Expert understanding of logistics and warehouse best practice knowledge (systems and processes)
  • International exposure including Far East and European sourcing
  • Expert level Excel, PowerPoint and MS Word Report Writing capability
  • Ability to present/speak effectively in front of groups
  • Represent Servest with the highest level of integrity

Duties & Responsibilities:

Procurement

  • Lead and mentor a dynamic team of professionals
  • Optimize relationships with suppliers to balance cost and quality
  • Partner with business leaders across the company to identify new and increased spending needs as the company continues to grow and expand into new markets
  • Renegotiate numerous agreements to more properly reflect the significant growth and spend the company has seen over the past two years
  • Ensure that Servest always has a stable of qualified vendors that can meet and exceed our internal and external customer requirements at preferred pricing level
  • Strategically develop and implement commodity/supply chain strategies covering all commodities, nonsubcontract services and supplier processes throughout a global
  • Improve utilization of automation and controls around key areas of spending
  • Supports Accounting and Finance Departments to help streamline and implement best practices
  • Ensure "buyers' are properly trained and follow purchasing requirements and policies.
  • Report to management the measurable status of progress and corrective actions as it pertains to supplier performance.
  • Ensure performance improvement and recovery plans are developed, issued, tracked and reported on as required for supply base management and improvement.

Warehousing and Logistics

  • Detailed knowledge of supply and demand planning using forecasting systems and techniques (Time Series, Exponential Smoothing, Moving Average)
  • Working knowledge of warehousing systems for inventory control
  • Understanding of working capital flow and optimal stock turn ratios across different categories
  • Landed cost knowledge and understanding of various Incoterms
  • Detailed ERP systems understanding from a process perspective
  • Prior systems implementation knowledge advantageous
  • Network optimisation knowledge (Centre of gravity analysis)

Fleet

  • Ability to manage the Group's fleet at a national level through the Fleet management team
  • Understanding of the specific fleet metrics to establish control

Innovation

  • Knowledge of Lean/TPM or Six Sigma advantageous
  • Ability to develop business cases

Property

  • Commercial analysis
  • Negotiations
  • Engaging with internal facilities management teams

COMPETENCIES

  • Strategic industry management
  • Project management
  • Relationship management
  • Negotiation skills
  • Financial acumen
  • Analytical skills
  • Resultsfocused

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