Commodity Specialist - Contractor

Direct message the job poster from Nedbank.

Cluster : Group Finance - GROUP PROCUREMENT COE

Contract Duration : 6 months

Job Family : Administration, Operations and Facilities

Job Focus : Procurement and Vendor Management

Manage Self : Technical

Job Purpose : To execute the end‑to‑end procurement sourcing process for controlled commodities in line with Nedbank’s business strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse trends by reviewing management information.
• Assist stakeholders with budget forecasting by providing commodity information.
• Identify opportunities to develop sourcing strategy that will result in cost savings by benchmarking and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure that preferential procurement BBBEE targets are aligned to the Financial Sector Charter (FSC) as determined by the Department of Trade and Industry code of good practice.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives.
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems.
• Develop and maintain policies by understanding and collaborating with stakeholders to determine practical processes.
• Mitigate risks by ensuring that policies and regulatory and industry governance requirements are adhered to.
• Select preferred suppliers by conducting a tender or quotation process.
• Draft and sign contracts by liaising with Group Legal and stakeholders.
• Ensure SLAs are met through end‑to‑end management of the contract (includes supplier relationship and performance management).
• Measure local procurement and environmental objectives against Nedbank’s transformational objectives by conducting surveys or reviewing management information.
• Identify business requirements by engaging with internal stakeholders to understand business needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement the sourcing strategy by coordinating workshops, presentations and meetings.
• Exchange information between stakeholders to achieve the procurement objective by sharing management information.
• Manage and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships by conducting regular engagements; keep abreast of legislation and industry changes that impact the role by reading relevant newsletters, websites and attending sessions.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in the field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers.
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed, experience practiced and certifications obtained and / or maintained within specified time frames.
• Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge sharing with the team.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

Minimum Experience Level

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Senior Level

Associate

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Finance, Supply Chain, and Strategy / Planning

Industries : Financial Services, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage, and Banking

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