National Buyer

2 months ago


Pretoria, South Africa Kukhanye-Kwande Solutions Full time

**JOB PURPOSE**

Responsible for the national procurement of goods, services and travel management, while ensuring compliance with National Treasury Regulations. Responsible for negotiating terms and favourable conditions; driving improved supplier service levels; minimizing risk while improving business results; and standardizing and automating business and procurement best practice processes.

**KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS**
- Conduct market and industry analysis to ensure best value
- Gather need, specification and spend information
- Compile RFQ / RFI/ RFP documents and effectively manage the end-to-end process
- Facilitate and lead the Briefing Sessions and bid evaluations committee
- Leading Cross Functional Teams for different projects and business units
- Undertake and commercial evaluation and adjudication of supplier bids and coordinates technical evaluation
- Ensure strategic sourcing procedures and contracts comply with PFMA directives and other specific procedures
- Utilise total cost models to secure good deals and manage the cost on an ongoing basis with the help of a Procurement Manager
- Build sound relationships with suppliers
- Respond and resolve to supplier enquiries and queries
- Ensure that supplier performance meets the company’s expectations
- Manage and report on supplier’s performance against contract deliverables, SLA etc
- Follow up with suppliers to ensure adherence to payment period (e.g. 30-day)
- Build sound relationships with end-users
- Support internal stakeholders with their requirements and ensure delivery of the required service / goods
- Report on portfolio TCO and supplier performance as well as contract performance and efficiencies
- Report on portfolio contract performance including: -Contract spend and consumption - Contract price escalation performance vs relevant price indices - BEE spend
- Report on portfolio contract administration efficiency in line with annually agreed end-user service level agreements (SLAs), including: New contract establishment lead times; Price evaluations; Amendments; Resolution of queries
- Ensure confidentiality of supplier information
- Support the disposal of redundant / obsolete furniture or /and equipment process
- Ensure data capturing is accurate and on time
- Maintain proper filing system
- Ensure confidentiality of supplier information
- Ensure that procurement reports and registers are accurate and are submitted on time
- Generate outstanding purchase order reports
- Generate outstanding requisitions report
- Approval of orders within delegated authority
- Perform any other reasonable Supply Chain Management duties as assigned by the superior

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**

**Qualifications**
- National Diploma (NQF Level 6) in Supply Chain Management or related
- Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) membership added advantage

**Knowledge and Experience**
- 5 to 7 working experiences in Supply Chain Management, 2 years should be at the supervisory or specialist level
- Good understanding of the SCM Policy
- In-depth knowledge of supply chain end-to-end processes and best practice
- SCM system knowledge
- Good understanding of Public Procurement Legislation e.g. PPPFA, National Treasury Regulations, B-BBBEE

**Competencies**

High levels of competence on the skills below is a requirement:

- The ability to communicate oral and written
- Project management

**Job Type**: Temporary
Contract length: 6 months

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Pretoria, Gauteng: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (preferred)

**Education**:

- Diploma (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Supply Chain Management: 5 years (required)

**Location**:

- Pretoria, Gauteng (preferred)

Application Deadline: 2024/10/14



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