Procurement Manager – Standard Bank of Botswana

Finance: budgeting and forecasting, creating interim and annual financial statements, facilitating internal mergers and acquisitions, as well as dealing with analysts and investors.

Job Purpose

The purpose of the job is as follows:

• Improve procurement capability and expertise on basic sourcing, procure to pay, and vendor management disciplines by leveraging the core competencies and centres of excellence.
• Implement and measure the procurement standards, policies and supply chain capabilities across the Source to Pay Lifecycle.
• Implement procurement transformation programmes (system enabling and others) as required across the end to end value chain based on the Source to Pay Capability and Maturity Framework.
• Drive the approval of the procurement policies at the in – country boards and embed the policies in the legal entity.
• Implement and measure the relevant Risk and Compliance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

The key accountabilities and responsibilities for the role are as follows:

• Implement and measure the Delegation of Authority Framework in the required procurement processes.
• Implement effective processes / controls for the investigation of identified instances of non – compliance based on audits conducted.
• Manage and derive cost savings for the Operational and Capital Expenditure in the legal entity.
•  Ensure purchase spend analysis and audits take place with a focus on eliminating waste, non value adding supply chain links and optimising Bank’s supply chain process
• Assist with gap analysis of existing Procurement capability and implement appropriate improvements across the sourcing to payments life cycle

Preferred Qualification and Experience

The preferred qualifications and experience of the role are as follows:

• Degree in Procurement, Logistics, Business Commerce or related field
• CIPS Level 5
• MCIPS
• 7-10 years experience in administering procurement processes, policies and systems

Knowledge/Technical Skills/Expertise

Knowledge and technical skills required are as follows:

• Procurement Knowledge
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Tender Process
• Procurement Process