Strategic and Tactical Sourcing Manager

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**_designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Plan and Targets of the Organisation/Operating_**
**_Division._**

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**_ Operating Division : TPT Saldanha IOT_**

**_ Position Title : Strategic and Tactical Sourcing Manager_**

**_ Employee Group : Permanent_**

**_ Department : Supply Chain_**

**_ Location : Various Locations_**

**_ Reporting To : _**

**_Grade Level : E_**

**_ Reference Number : 2021556_**

**_ Position Purpose:_**

To manage tactical and strategic sourcing, including formulating strategies for optimal purchasing of all low and high value

commodities. Develop, standardize, streamline and implement strategies to improve the efficiency of all purchasing

transactions, from order to payment, with the goal of reducing transaction cost in respect of Head Office and Regions for all

low value commodities. Manage the purchasing portfolio and effectively and efficiently administer Procurement Control

Framework system.

**_ Position outputs:_**

1. Develop and implement strategic and tactical sourcing strategy for Division:

- Translate medium and long-term tactical sourcing objectives to develop a tactical sourcing strategy for the Region.
- Monitor the purchasing patterns to identify low order value purchases and develop tactical procurement strategies and

related procurement processes for the Region, whilst identifying synergies across the regions for tactical sourcing

opportunities and/or contracting.
- Market research and data analysis of strategic commodities;
- Spend analyses to identify optimisation levers for strategic commodities;
- Development of potential cost saving initiatives that will reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of that commodity;
- Evaluation and prioritisation of cost saving initiatives and development of the action plans for execution;
- Contribute thought leadership and insights for continuous improvement of strategic sourcing within Transnet as part of the

activities of the Strategic Sourcing COE (SS COE); and
- Ensure that commodity strategies adequately respond to directives, mandates and initiatives set by the iSCM Council and

other bodies and persons in authority. Provide regular feedback on progress and highlight or escalate snags and problems
- immediately as they occur.

2. Tendering process management:

- Drives the tender initiation process including: maintaining tender register, compiling tender documentation, inviting and

receiving tenders, scheduling tender receipts, and liaising with user departments;
- Facilitates the tender adjudication process by reviewing tenders, evaluating and validating tenders and expediting of tender

adjudication;
- Administration of the process of awarding tenders including: signing-off letters of acceptance or regrets; distributing and

communicating tenders to Regions and ensuring compliance.
- 3. Tactical Sourcing Reporting and performance management
- Run and analyse the following reports and maintain the control documents (Control Framework)
- Purchase Orders that do not reference to the SAP requisitions.
- Retrospective Purchase Orders
- None-Purchase order transactions
- Outstanding Purchase orders
- Implement and monitor Critical Financial Controls, perform CSA on the system and ensure that corrective actions are taken

where necessary.
- Implement and monitor compliance on P2P controls framework. Monitor and control system access in terms of user profiles

and purchase groups for P2P;
- 4. Strategic sourcing Reporting and performance
- Run and analyse the following reports and maintain the control documents (Control Framework)
- Total number of tenders issued to the market and awarded
- Tenders awarded to BBBEE companies and designated groups
- Procurement Plan performance
- Tenders that do not reference to the tender/ iCLM number
- Purchase orders that do not refence to the contract number
- Report on the overall performance of the tactical and Strategic Sourcing programmes within the Region on a monthly basis;
- Provide an input into dashboard; and
- Develop performance objectives and measure performance of direct reports.

5. Commodity performance monitoring:

- Consolidate and report on delivery against savings targets for commodities in line with strategic sourcing reporting format,

key performance indicators and metrics.
- Input into reporting on overall performance of the strategic sourcing programme within the Transnet Group structures like

FINCO, BIZCO and the iSCM Council.
- Track progress against sav