SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER – Dtc Botswana 1347 views

Key Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with all key stakeholders and partners (internal and external) to ensure achievement of business objectives.
• Provides annual cycle plan for scheduling support for goods and services and coordinates the forecasting process to meet customer deliveries.
• Manages and coordinates the safety, health and environment programme in area of responsibility.
• Researches and interprets changes in procurement and commercial standards and legislation
• Ensures section conforms to best practice
• Develops and reviews DTCB Supply Chain Policy to ensure that sourcing of products and services is undertaken in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Identifies, manages and monitors supply chain processes for compliance to risk management, corporate governance requirements, company code of ethics and Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) ethics.
• Manages and coordinates the supply chain function.
• Develops reasonable medium- and short-term purchasing objectives, terms and conditions to support business objectives in accordance with organizational policy and procedures.
• Monitors and evaluates supply chain operations and implements changes to improve efficiency
• Advises and offers supply chain management expertise to the business to ensure achievements of set objectives.
• Develops procedures for coordination of supply chain process and provides guidance to budget holders and end users.
• Monitors supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.
• Manages and provides effective procedures for system integrity and effective SCM database.
• Maintains high level of inventory management to ensure maximum utilisation of resources.
• Reviews monthly supply chain reports and takes corrective action.
• Analyses trends in the supply of goods and materials and assess possible impact on the procurement process and takes appropriate action.
• Manages the company supplier’s database process.
• Manages the standards function to ensure that catalogues, records and DTCB standards are maintained in line with group policies and best practice.
• Identifies, coordinates and manages the implementation of and adherence to legal and internal control principles/requirements in area of responsibility.
• Manages both SHE and Corporate Risk Registers as per company requirements.
• Formulates, develops and implements contract management and service level agreement procedures.
• Provides leadership in contract negotiations in order to reduce costs and achieve maximum efficiency.
• Manages on-site procurement by developing and implementing sound systems and processes
• Develops tendering procedures and manages the Tender Board Process in line with company procurement policies and best practice.
• Provides supply chain management expertise to all the cross functional sourcing teams.
• Is appointed the Tender Board Secretary with no voting rights.
• Ensures that the company assets are disposed of as per the company procedure and the international standards.
• Manages/implements knowledge management principles through application of tools and methodologies to continuously improve and sustain business performance.
• Identifies and implements creative and innovative ideas to continuously improve and sustain business performance.
• Manage and implement the sectional talent management initiatives by ensuring the right competence and effectiveness of manpower (capacity building) through developing and implementing career, succession, training and development plans.
• Manage the effectiveness of subordinates by setting, monitoring and reviewing performance and taking remedial action as necessary.
• Manage the effectiveness of subordinates by setting, monitoring and reviewing performance and taking remedial action as necessary.
• Recommend and incorporate cost saving initiatives into budgets and control expenditure within approved parameters.
• Analyses the sectional area’s financial needs to develop a budget and ensures sufficient financial resources to meet business needs.
• Manages and controls allocated funds and operate within approved parameter.
• Interpret the operational requirements and integrate with discipline base financial needs to ensure availability of financial resources to meet business objectives.
• Initiates, monitors and controls short term sectional projects and ensures attainment of desired results.

Requirements

• Degree in Purchasing and Supply or related
• Membership to a Purchasing & Supply Professional Body
• 7 years’ post qualification experience in supply chain function of which 3 years will have been at middle management level

How to Apply