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Position Purpose
To provide commercial leadership in the commodity team that is responsible for the development and implementation of commodity strategies and other initiatives in delivering the procurement savings target. Overall, the Commodity Specialist is responsible for ensuring the continuity and security of supply of the right quality of commodities and services at competitive prices and at minimal contractual risk.
The incumbent in this role is required to: Conduct supplier commercial negotiationsRun the tender processEstablish supplier contractsMaintain and administer contracts pertaining to portfolio commoditiesDeveloping portfolio focussed supplier industry key economic indicators and cost models
Position Outputs
Commodity Strategy Execution:
- Provide commercial leadership to the commodity team responsible for development and implementation of commodity strategies and cost reduction initiatives;
- Identify key economic trends on portfolio covered supplier industry;
- Develop portfolio focused key supplier cost models and update regularly;
- Provide commercial leadership to commodity team and cross-functional value team during the strategy development process;
- Forecast consumption and usage as input to strategy development;
- Develop and maintain preferred vendor lists;
- Develop portfolio-focused strategies and tactics for cost containment on strategic contracts implement portfolio-specific commodity strategies;
- Measure portfolio TCO savings performance and supplier performance; and
- Monitor commodity strategy implementation from a commercial / contract point of view.
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Tendering Process Administration:
- Design and administer the tender process
- Obtain adjudication power sign-off
- Undertake and commercial evaluation and adjudication of supplier bids and coordinates technical evaluation
- Agree suppler negotiation metrics with Commodity Manager and negotiates with successful tenderer in finalising all contract terms and conditions.
Establish, manage and maintain portfolio strategic Contracts:
- Manage price and scope changes, amendments and queries
- Increase contract base by motivating for contract establishment
- Proactively advise the Business Unit on inventory holding levels for commodities subject to statutory and / or other contractual changes
- Manage and monitor supplier performance against the following criteria, including Delivery, Product quality, SHE requirements, ISO standards, Responsiveness, Partnering capability, Consumption, Payment
Commodity Performance Monitoring:
- 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 (SLA’s), including New contract establishment lead times,
- Price evaluations, Amendments, Resolution of queries Page 3 Compliance to Policies,
Procedures and Standards for Risk Management:
- Ensure Compliance to relevant legislation and ensure contract management support in terms of archiving, contract price adjustments and correspondence.
- Implement and monitor compliance on P2P controls framework.
- Monitor and control system access in terms of user profiles and purchase groups for P2P
- Implement and monitor Critical Financial controls
Stakeholder Management:
- Support the Commodity Manager
- Build sound relationships with end-users, key suppliers and materials managers
- Provide feedback on performance of value team members
- Take responsibility for self-development
Qualifications and Experience
- A relevant Bachelor’s degree (technical, financial or commercial) is required, or CIPS Level 4
- A post-graduate business or finance degree or similar would be an added advantage
- At least 5 years supply management experience in a large organisation. OR
- Relevant qualification (NQF 5) 6 yrs relevant and solid experience with at least 2 yrs at managerial level or specialist experience.
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