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SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS (SANPARKS)
 
PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST (9-MONTH CONTRACT)
Park: Groenkloof (Head Office)
 
Description:
The Organisation requires the services of a Procurement Specialist in the Supply Chain Management department. This position is on a fixed-term contract of nine (9) months and will be based at Groenkloof National Park, Pretoria.
 
 
Requirements:
  • Be in possession of a Degree/Postgraduate in Supply Chain Management, a Masters in Business Administration and MCIPS will be an added advantage.
  • Should have 5 - 10 years' experience in SCM systems, efficiency and reform in a comparably large and/or complex organisation.
  • Should have strong experience in turning around the supply chain management environment.
  • Strategy expert in Implementation.
  • Knowledge of PFMA, PPPFA, BBBEEA and Regulations applicable to the SCM environment.
  • Contract Management knowledge.
  • External Audit Process knowledge.
  • Analytical skills.
  • Project management and entrepreneurial.
  • Teamwork.
  • Policy implementations and good communications skills.
 
 
Responsibilities:
  • Assist with the development and implementation of recommendations made by various consultants as part of SANParks turnaround strategy in the area of Supply Chain Management (SCM).
  • Assist with the automation and roll-out of the requisitioning and contract management system across all National Parks.
  • Develop a strategic sourcing model for SANParks.
  • Assist with the implementation of the best practice in order to eliminate inefficiencies in SCM.
  • Assist with the implementation of an SCM Audit Action Plan.
  • Assist with the review of current contracts and negotiate the best possible prices where SANParks is overcharged.
  • Assist in drafting and negotiating service contracts.
  • Assist in the implementation of SCM Policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Ensure compliance with the regulatory framework: reporting and policy alignment.
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SANParks is committed to the principles of employment equity. Preference will be given to PDI / HDSA.
 
Interested persons who meet the stated qualifications should forward their applications which should consist of a covering letter, detailed Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of qualification(s) and Identity Document (certified within the past 6 months) to the following address:
Human Resources Division
SA National Parks
PO Box 787
PRETORIA
0001
Fax: 086 295 4078
E-mail: jobapplications@sanparks.org
 
For more information, please send an e-mail to Reginah.Visser@sanparks.org. 
Please do not send your application to this mailbox, it is meant for enquiries only.
 
Applicants in possession of foreign qualifications to submit evaluated results by the South African Qualification Authority.
 
If you have not been responded to within 21 days of the closing date, please accept that your application was not successful.
 
CLOSING DATE: 04 MARCH 2021