Senior Specialist, Commercial

• To develop and implement contracting strategies and, commercial value release initiatives
• To provide commercial leadership and expertise within portfolio and support Manager, Capital Buying with regards to execution of contract management strategy for allocated portfolio
• To develop and maintain contracting strategies
• To provide specialist commercial input for contracting across all Business Units
• To provide a portfolio supervisory role in terms of contract vetting, and people performance management and contract lifecycle management

• Develop and implement contracting strategies
• Involve relevant stakeholders and obtain sign-off while planning and executing contracting strategy
• Achievement of stretched financial targets under sustained business cost pressures.

• B Degree (Hons) (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum)
• Management Development Programme (Recommended/Desirable

• Identify and support implementation of process and system enhancements to continuously improve commercial management process
• Study / research best practice processes and benchmark the Company processes at regular intervals
• Facilitate commercial process and ensure adherence to sound ethical principles
• Mitigate risk in terms of contractual exposure to the CompanyContract Portfolio Management
• Focus on advancements in specialist field in order to assess advancements and potential cost reduction

• Ensure all business and capital buying operations adhere and comply with corporate governance, statutory, legal and other internal requirements
• Provide guidance to customers to ensure adherence to all policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
• Ensure supplier stakeholders comply with relevant regulatory requirements
• Identify, manage and mitigate risk associated with Supply Chain Management (SCM) capital buying initiatives
• Integrate Group Capital Buying guidelines and procedures with those of the Company’s SCM blueprint

• 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 the Company
• Report on portfolio contract performance in line with agreed targets
• Liaise with strategic sourcing teams on relevant commodity initiatives
• Establish, manage and maintain all portfolio contracts
• Manage supplier/vendor performance
• 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
• Contribute to overall value release target
• Stakeholder engagement and dispute resolution
• Contract execution. Customer, Stakeholder and Client Relationship Management

• Provide relevant and specialised support to stakeholders. Functional Excellence
• Ensure correct contract templates are applied and that contracts implemented are correct, timeous and to the correct standard to support the 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 Company commercial standards and governance
• Engage with end-users and project teams across all BU's on all organisational levels to ensure compliance to the Company’s contracting strategy.

• Engagement/communication: Engage with managers, operations and cross- functional managers to ensure execution of agreed contracts management plan and contracts lifecycle management
• Coordinate functional/cross-functional activities to ensure strategic alignment
• 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

• Performance management: Clarify roles/responsibilities and expectations. Define individual performance standards, monitor and measure performance of direct reports. Take prompt action against nonperformance
• Adhere to performance management procedures
• Culture/functional climate: Uphold the culture and values within the function
• Foster effective teamwork and unity

• Negotiate procurement savings
• Compile enquiry documentation as per project
• Commercial and financial evaluation of tenders
• Obtain tenders from specific marketplace through solicitation process

• 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.

• 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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