Manager: Strategic Sourcing (ICT)

About the role

SARS is recruiting a Manager: Strategic Sourcing in its Enterprise Service & Support Division at Head Office. The role reports to the Lead: Acquisition Management and manages the ICT Strategic Sourcing function, leading a team of sourcing specialists. It develops and implements ICT category and sourcing strategies and oversees the administrative and operational functions of the ICT sourcing portfolio, contributing to a competitive, fair, equitable, transparent and cost-effective procurement system.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the ICT Strategic Sourcing function and lead a team of sourcing specialists.
• Develop and deploy category management strategies and formulate implementation plans for a portfolio of strategic commodities.
• Execute strategic sourcing initiatives and contribute to sourcing and procurement strategies for specific commodity areas.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, Treasury requirements and SARS policies and procedures.
• Manage staff scheduling, training, vacations, breaks, overtime and backup.
• Handle tender management, including reviewing tenders and recommending adjudication, and manage vendor performance.
• Apply risk management techniques to high-value, high-risk procurement activities and unpack technical and user specifications with users.
• Direct, control and optimise budgeted resources, draw up and monitor budgets, and implement financial control and cost management.
• Build long-term vendor and end-user relationships and service level agreements, and implement governance, risk and compliance policy.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or advanced diploma (NQF 7) in Supply Chain Management, with 8-10 years' experience in procurement or supply chain, including 3-4 years at junior management level; alternatively a Senior Certificate (NQF 4) with 15 years' experience, including 3-4 years at junior management level.
• Experience in a supply chain management environment is a key consideration.
• Behavioural competencies such as fairness, transparency, accountability, stakeholder engagement, honesty and integrity, conceptual thinking, problem solving and driving for excellence.

Required skills

• Functional policies and procedures, tax knowledge and financial acumen.
• Risk management, managerial budgeting and business communication.
• Procurement and asset management, supply chain management and negotiation skills.
• Compliance with procurement principles and legislation, and procurement process management (PPM) and contract selection.