Clover South AfricaGROUP MANAGER: PROCUREMENT
Jan. 2016 - Mar. 2017Johannesburg Area, South AfricaAs the group manager, I guided a team in terms, managed sourcing aspects of the supply chains strategic planning, budgeting and target setting. In this role, I identified, consolidated and reported on procurement related risks and made recommendations on how to alleviate these risks. I met with internal and external auditors to monitor compliance. In addition, I managed policies and procedures as well as standards and governance applicable to the management of the portfolio of commodities, supervised compliance in relations to supply chain policy governance and risk management frameworks. In relations to management and procurement, I maintained the pipeline for savings and tracked the achievements, implemented consistent supplier relation management (SRM) strategies, developed supplier prioritization matrix, reported on contracted management activities, mediated on conflict points between different teams and planned and resolved resource constraints in terms of staff, information systems or physical infrastructure.