Senior Group Manager – Procurement (Centurion)

An exciting opportunity has just become available for a Senior Group Manager to lead the procurement operations within the Shared Services Operations of the company. The Senior Group Manager is responsible for the strategy and performance of Procurement Operations, as well as leading the Procurement Operations team. This is the lead position in Procurement Operations run by the company for a client in South Africa. The incumbent is expected to have minimum 10 -15 years of relevant industry experience, specifically in the areas such as Supply chain management / Procurement and Sourcing / Process Management.

Qualifications Required:

Essential

Relevant post graduate degree in Business Management / Commerce/ Sciences / Engineering
Minimum 10 -15 years of relevant industry experience, specifically in the areas such as Supply chain management / Procurement and Sourcing / Process Management.
Must have worked in a client facing environment for at least 5 years.
Strong understanding of the Procure to pay process in captive / client environment.
Very good exposure to ERP implementation / environment as a user; specially SAP and Ariba
Expertise to include, amongst others, Procure-to-pay, Source-to-pay, Master Data Management, Reporting, Analytics, Sourcing, Market Intelligence.
Management of outsourced procurement services
Data driven action orientation, with strong reporting, data analysis, presentation skills, and organizational abilities


Preferred

ERP implementation
Process improvement experience
Knowledge of technology platforms and systems