Manager: Supply Chain Demand and Contract Management

6 months ago


Midrand, South Africa Construction Education & Training Authority Full time

**JOB PURPOSE AND PROFILE**

To develop, implement, maintain and manage an effective and efficient SCM (SCM) system and SCM function in line with the applicable legislations/regulations and approved policies whilst ensuring fair, transparent, competitive, cost effective and equitable procurement and provisioning system.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Ensure all procurement is undertaken in compliance with all applicable legislation that governs the SCM for public entities and within approved budgets.
- Develop and maintain appropriate SCM systems, including the SCM Quality Management System covering the full SCM cycle from planning to disposal.
- Provide input in the planning and compilation of the business unit’s annual budget aligned to the CETA strategy score card to support the implementation of set objectives.
- Ensure the effective implementation, management, monitoring of the business unit’s budget, and report on any variances on monthly basis.
- Ensure the implementation of proper financial controls to manage the business unit budget.
- Consider market research outcomes and past performance assessment result in appointing the provider.
- Report on and communicate any costs improvements and shortfalls to the CFO.
- Develop, implement, and maintain a fair, transparent, and equitable procurement and provisioning system for demand and contract management.
- Continually improve internal controls in the SCM environment.
- Advise and support the organization on SCM matters and changes in the applicable legislation.
- Negotiate terms to potential awardees.
- Oversee tender specifications, evaluation, and adjudication administrative compliance processes.
- Ensure all procurement decisions are done to achieve the objectives and targets as per the CETA approved SCM strategy (BBBEE, Youth, Rural entities, SMMES, ETC.)
- Assess SCM tender and contract management risk and internal control effectiveness and reports such to manage risk through the CFO.
- Advise internal stakeholders and management in relation to their procurement request.
- Ensure that all SCM reporting is done timeously and represent the organisation and make relevant inputs in relevant SCM structures and forums.
- Ensure all goods and commodities to be acquired and are of durable nature, that the samples of such have been inspected for quality and compliance to approved end-user prepared specifications.
- Ensure that all tender responses are properly evaluated by a properly constituted structure consisting of an SCM official, delegated end-user official at minimum.
- Advise internal shareholders in relation to their units needs.
- Assess and recommend mitigating controls for operational risks related to SCM: D&CM.
- Ensure bid specifications are properly constituted.
- Ensure CETA procurement is done in accordance with SCM strategy.
- Development, updating and reporting on annual procurement plan.
- Initiate and negotiate all CETA administration contracts.
- Maintain records of all contracts and contract related correspondence.
- Monitor all contracts and ensure contract close-out, extensions, and renewals.
- Liaison with the Legal Department and end-user and solve any contract related problems.
- Facilitate the process of deviation and contract variation request.
- Initiate and manage contract performance reviews between the end-user and service provider.
- Conduct research on best and cost-effective procurement process to be implemented for the items on the procurement plan (competitive bidding process, transversal contracts, participations with other organs of state).
- Assist the end-users in conducting benchmarking exercises, market analysis and service requirement feasibility studies.
- Maintain an updated database of poor performing service providers.
- Perform any other duties as assigned by supervisors.
- Perform all duties and responsibilities in line with applicable Act, Regulations and per CETA relevant policies and procedures.
- Ensure compliance reporting to National Treasury and other bodies.
- Development and continuous improvement in SCM strategies, policies, processes and procedures in line with legislation.
- Ensure ongoing risk assessment of the SCM environment and processes, identification of risks and mitigation thereof.
- Ensure adherence of the core principles of behavior/five pillars of procurement (value for money; ethics and fair dealing; accounting and reporting; open and fair competition and equity)
- Develop and maintain a centralized repository for contract management.
- Ensure all contracts are up to date.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly acquisitions report for submission to CEO, CFO, EXCO.
- Monitor changes in the regulatory environment and ensure that appropriate operational controls are implemented to address new requirements.
- Support and provide documents to all internal and external audit requirements.
- Attend and resolve all internal and external audit queries and provide inputs into management comments to



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