Procurement and Vendor Management Specialist

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Nedbank Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Procurement and Vendor Management Specialist to join our team at Nedbank. The successful candidate will be responsible for analysing trends, identifying opportunities, and developing sourcing strategies to achieve cost savings and ensure regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Analyse management information to identify trends and opportunities for cost savings.
  • Assist stakeholders with budget forecasting by providing commodity information.
  • Develop and implement sourcing strategies to achieve cost savings and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Ensure that preferential procurement BBBEE targets are aligned to the Financial Sector Charter (FSC) as determined by the Department of Trade and Industry code of good practice.
  • Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives.
  • Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes, systems, and policies, and support the implementation of new processes, policies, and systems.
  • Develop and maintain policies by understanding and collaborating with stakeholders to determine practical processes.
  • Mitigate risks by ensuring that policies and regulatory and industry governance requirements are adhered to.
  • Selection of preferred suppliers by conducting a tender or quotation process.
  • Drafting and signing of contracts by liaising with Group Legal and stakeholders.
  • Ensure SLA's are met through end-to-end management of the contract (includes supplier relationship and performance management).
  • Measure local procurement and environmental objectives against Nedbank's transformational objectives by conducting surveys or reviewing management information.
  • Identify business requirements by engaging with internal stakeholders to understand business needs.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to implement the sourcing strategy by coordinating workshops, presentations, and meetings.
  • Exchange information between stakeholders to achieve the procurement objective by sharing management information.
  • Manage and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships by conducting regular engagements. Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impact on the role by reading relevant newsletters, websites, and attending sessions.
  • Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with the team and stakeholders.
  • Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in the field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers.
  • Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in the performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed, experience practised, and certifications obtained and/or maintained within specified time frames.
  • Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge sharing with the team.
Essential Qualifications
  • Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
Preferred Qualification
  • BCOM, CIPS, MCIPS
Minimum Experience Level
  • 5-8 year business experience, including legal and contractual exposure will be ideal.
  • Able to interact with senior management and executives in a professional way to build their trust.
Technical/Professional Knowledge
  • Administrative procedures and systems
  • Banking knowledge
  • Banking procedures
  • Business principles
  • Business terms and definitions
  • Data analysis
  • Relevant regulatory knowledge
  • Relevant software and systems knowledge
  • Governance, Risk and Controls
Behavioural Competencies
  • Decision Making
  • Continuous Improvement
  • High-Impact Communication
  • Managing Work
  • Sustaining Customer Satisfaction
  • Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team


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