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Job title : Senior Commercial Specialist, Logistics
Job Location : Gauteng, Centurion
Deadline : August 03, 2024
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Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
- B Degree (Hons) (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum)
- Management Development Programme (Essential/Minimum)
EXPERIENCE:
- 6-8 years Relevant experience in supply chain or Logistics; specifically various modes of transport, clearing and forwarding, international freight and harbour support services. Contract management on a management level. Understanding of Enterprise Resources Planning and/or Cloud based procurement solutions (e.g. SAP MM, Coupa). (Essential/Minimum) Operational
REQUIREMENTS:
- Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
- Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
Duties & Responsibilities
Business Partner Enablement
- Identify, evaluate and support business partners/end-users to develop disciplined sourcing execution capabilities
- Provide process guidance and support to business partners/end-users
- Working with various internal and external stakeholders to expand and enrich supply chain content
Contract Portfolio Management
- Contract lifecycle management for entire portfolio
- Consultation, design, administer, facilitate and coordinate complete tendering process
- Agree on supplier negotiation metric and negotiate with successful supplier in finalising contract terms and conditions
- Responsible for contractually committing for the Company
- Report on portfolio contract performance in line with agreed targets
- Liaise with Marketing and Logistics function and Business Optimisation projects on relevant initiatives
- Establish, manage and maintain all portfolio contracts
- Manage supplier/vendor performance
- Influence supplier development initiatives
- Influence local economic development initiatives
- Manage the drafting of the commercial agreement and finalise sign-off of commercial agreement with suppliers
- Vetting and quality control of portfolio contracts
- Portfolio planning and resource allocation
- SCM balanced scorecard compliance
- Stakeholder engagement and dispute resolution
- Contract execution
Customer and Client Relationship Management
- Establish and maintain strategic relationships with stakeholders
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with customers and suppliers
- Provide relevant and specialised support to internal and external stakeholders
Functional Excellence
- Ensure correct contract templates are applied and that contracts implemented are correct, timeous and to the correct standard to support the portfolio contract strategy
- Assist with the improvement of contract templates to stay current with the developments in functional area
- Assist with development of streamlined business process to improve business process efficiency and eliminate duplication/bureaucracy
- Participate in Communities of Practices (COP’s) aimed at enhancing the function and entrench functional alignment
- Identify and mitigate contractual risks through appropriate risk mitigation plans
- Provide commercial guidance to end-users in all areas of contract management
- Engage in supplier negotiations to achieve savings target and compliance to the Company’s commercial standards and governance
- Engage with end-users across all BU’s on all organisational levels to ensure compliance to the Company’s contracting strategy
Functional Management
- Strategic alignment/planning: Communicate portfolio contract strategy and plan to end-users across BU’s
- Establish measurable portfolio targets from Group targets
- Engagement/communication: Engage with managers, operations and cross- functional managers to ensure execution of agreed contracts management plan and contracts lifecycle management
- Performance management: Ensure portfolio plan is implemented through disciplined execution processes, track implementation and provide feedback to Manager, Contract Management
- Coordinate functional/cross-functional activities to ensure strategic alignment
- Track and drive portfolio targets/goals and hold staff responsible for achieving results
- Continuous improvement and functional change: Lead functional improvement and change
- Governance: Ensure portfolio adheres to governance, policies, standards, statutory and legal compliance. Entrench a culture of discipline
People Management
- Performance management: Clarify roles/responsibilities and expectations. Define individual performance standards, monitor and measure performance of direct reports. Take prompt action against non- performance
- Adhere to performance management procedures
- Culture/functional climate: Uphold the culture and values within the function
- Foster effective teamwork and unity
Safe and Healthy Work Environment
- Maintain and ensure a healthy environment and safe operation practices
- Ensure compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards
- Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations
Behavioural Alignment
Demonstrates the following:
- Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
- Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
- Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
- Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
- Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective
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