Procurement & Vendor Management Manager

7 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa LRI Invest Full time

Description

Procurement and Vendor Management Manager

Summary of the position

A successful applicant for this position will be responsible for overseeing the BAU functions for the Procurement and Vendor Management team. The applicant will report into the Head of Procurement.

They will have experience managing a team of Procurement and/or Vendor Management staff. The day-to-day activities will include overseeing the onboarding of new suppliers, Purchase Requests/Orders, and recording and classification (tagging) of supplier contracts, supplier contract renewal notifications and on-going supplier due diligence.

The applicant will be expected to manage ad-hoc requests for data and cost analysis to support the businesses across the Group.

Outline of main duties and responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the role will be:

- Review the processing of Purchase Requests by the Procurement team.
- Review new supplier requests from internal departments.
- Ensure all suppliers are onboarded in line with the Apex Procurement Policy.
- Oversee the supplier contract renewal notifications to contract owners and department owners.
- Oversee the annual due diligence of suppliers.
- Ability to understand the cost impact of vendor contracts.
- Verify cost details within the vendor contracts by reconciling the costs to the underlying invoices.
- Work with vendors to get copies of any missing contracts.
- Participation in and ownership of ad hoc projects
- Managing day to day activities in line with internal and external SLA timeframes
- Liaise with the other internal departments where required.

Skills and experience required
- At least 5-7 years’ experience in Procurement and/or Vendor Management.
- In-depth experience in best-in-class procurement practices (category mgt., benchmarking, end to end contract. mgt., etc.) with a focus on management in IT.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Strong communication (verbal and written) and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to work with all levels within the organization.
- Strong multi-tasking skills.
- The ability to adapt to changing priorities and varied decision-making scenarios.
- Experience in the Financial Services industry.
- An ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Good interpersonal skills to develop working relationships with colleagues and clients.
- Ability to identify opportunities for process improvements.

Reporting structure

The Procurement and Vendor Management Manager will report to the Head of Procurement.
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