Head of Procurement South Africa

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**Then come and join our global team as **Head of Procurement (GRIP TITILE: Procurement Manager) based**_ in Johannesburg, South Africa_**_ _

**Responsibilities**
- Organizing, controlling and measurement of strategic pooling and procurement activities, with the objective of establishing optimum conditions on an excellent supplier base contributing to the operational result for the Company.
- Manage the procurement team by leading and coaching the employees to maximize their personal growth and career opportunities.
- Responsible for the Purchase-to-Pay activities of all suppliers and ensuring that standard processes and procedures are being expedited.
- Coordinates and manages a team to achieve optimum conditions and savings through collaborative, targeted activities and to increase profit from global and cross-business or sourcing for one business.
- Negotiates frame contracts; defines core assortment; documents frame contracts in relevant Supplier Management IT-systems.
- Forwards systematically all relevant Procurement related project information (e.g., updated contractual conditions, Supplier Management data) to keep all project participants up to date.
- Identifies particular procurement risks, opportunities and market forces to avoid potential damage/ exploit potential opportunities through risk and change management.
- Performs Supplier Management, in particular Supplier Development to obtain and develop the best suppliers and to ensure an optimum supply chain.
- Issue RFQ’s, evaluate and adjudicate tenders in accordance with best purchasing practice within the Healthineers procurement policies and procedures.
- Assist with ad hoc projects as required.
- Monitor Supplier performance and address areas of concern in professional manner.
- Negotiate and report on cost savings achieved in terms of departmental target.
- Produce reports: Purchase volume analysis, open orders, etc.
- Effective and responsible relationship control with suppliers, management, internal departments, and customers.
- Develop commodity strategies.
- Implement and update supplier management tools in line with the global footprint.
- Close collaboration with the Quality department (Supplier audits, required agreements in line with the scope of supply, CAPA management and documentation as and when needed.
- Pivotal role in the Supplier and Enterprise development as well as preferential procurement in line with the transformation act of South Africa.
- Integrating acquired businesses into the procurement team and aligning the P2P rules and regulations.
- Engage with the cross functional partners within various business units to maximize synergies.

**Area of responsibility**
- Deploys Procurement strategy according to superior strategies.
- Heads organization assigned and leads all related management and staff.
- Acts as a role model and proactively leads transformation of organization and workforce, especially with regards to digitalization, value chain orchestration, diversity, required skill set of staff etc.
- Ensures implementation of Procurement standards, regulations, and guidelines on Business Unit level.
- Contributes to overarching SCM/ Procurement programs and initiatives on country level.
- Responsible for PVO, CoO/ FTE and related other KPIs; delivers targeted results.
- Acts as personal advisor to country Executives and Senior Management in all Procurement related issues.

**Dimension of Function/Volume**:

- PVO Budget Euro 14,000K
- CNI Budget 5.7% of Budgeted PVO.
- PTE Target 50 days

**Contacts (internal/external)**:

- Zone Procurement Head; Country Controller, Business Heads; CFO and CEO
- Buyers; Specialists SCM
- Cross-functional partners (e.g., Finance, Quality HR etc.); FSS; Internal/External Consultants.
- Suppliers; Associations.
- Other external:
**Interpersonal & Personal**
- Communication
- Presentation
- Facilitating
- Teamwork & Collaboration
- Conflict Management
- Intercultural Competence

**Function & Methods**
- Planning in Procurement
- Supplier Management
- Supplier Quality Management

**Leadership**

**Your qualifications and experience**:

- BCom Supply Management or equivalent
- 8 to 10 years’ experience in procurement / healthcare or relevant field
- Has experience in at least 2-3 of the following SCM areas/roles: Buying professional, commodity manager, procurement.
- engineer/project procurement manager, regional procurement manager, CVE, supplier management or supplier quality management,
- methods/processes/controlling.
- Has made at least one cross-functional or one cross-business move.
- Has had