O&M Procurement Officer
Engie
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Implement the defined short and medium term procurement strategy with all concerned departments.
- Consolidate the requirements from the entities, consult the market, identify opportunities to implement framework agreements and work closely with entities to place contracts and purchase orders.
- Execute the sourcing events. Run the full process from start to finish.
- Identity business synergies between the operating entities.
- Support assets during the construction phase of the plants.
- Coordinate entities' needs by activity in compliance with Category Management and Hub/Entity Procurement organizations, rules and governance.
- Contribute to achieving the department savings and performance targets.
- Work closely with the H&S teams at the sites to implement the Engie minimum HSE standards for all sub-contractors.
- Enforce the Group procurement policy and governance when procuring all goods and services.
- Support
- Ensure good relations with suppliers and vendors and build up a vendor database;
- Support the implementation and roll out of digital tools for procurement such as the ERP system;
- Assist with procurement reporting and data collection as and when required.
- Develop local suppliers and ensure compliance to the Economic Development objectives of the operational entities.
- Assist with and optimising procurement requests.
- Clarify and challenge the details of these requests.
- Based on requirements, identify the budget and establish tender assessment criteria.
- Issue RFP's for tenders / requests for quotation among target suppliers.
- Based on requirements, identify the budget and establish tender assessment criteria and procedure.
- Scan the market to identify potential suppliers.
- Roll out the tender process.
- Identify, analyse, evaluate, execute and document and exception (emergencies and urgencies) to the process with the proper authorisations.
- Ensure Purchase orders / contracts are approved according to the Procurement delegation.
- Assist internal stakeholders to ensure the supplier performs its obligations.
- Monitor supplier disputes with internal stakeholders.
- Measure operational and economic performance of the supplier (including CSR).
- Interact / co-ordinate the network of PO agents and requestors
- Implement in the procedures and tools and deploy internally new signed contracts
- Manage supplier relationships
- Provide reliable and comprehensive reports and feedback, in order to improve the efficiency of the procurement strategy and supplier performance plan.
- Contribute to the performance plan.
- Bachelor's degree in procurement or supply chain.
- 5 years' functional experience covering procurement, supply chain and logistics.
- Experience in operational procurement preferably in power plants.
- CIPS level 4 or higher is preferred.
- Strong autonomy
- Team player
- Good analytical skills
- Fluent in English
- Experience in negotiation
- Good organisation and communication skills
- Pays attention to detail
- Good knowledge of digital tools including ERP systems (SAP, Maximo, MS Dynamics etc.), Advance Excel, Power BI, MS Office applications etc.
- Good understanding and experience in the procurement processes: Source to Pay, Procure to Pay, Manage your Supplier Panel, Management Categories.
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Power Generation or Oil & Gas knowledge is a plus
- English
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Occasional travel is required
- Adheres to the Company Policies and Procedures.
- Behaves in a professional and responsible way.
- Lives the values of the Company.