Supply Chain Management Practitioner (Demand)

Provide need assessment to ensure that required goods and services follow Departmental SCM Policy Framework, Practice Notes and Treasury Regulations. Determine clear specification for the quality of goods and services required. Ensure that the requirements are linked to budget and analyse the supplying industry for compliance, Conduct Market Research. Match required goods to relevant mandatory requirements. Respond promptly, courteously, and efficiently to suggestions, queries, and complaints. Manage the contract management function, Manage processes to customise standard contracts and service level agreements to ensure adequate SCM security and minimise departmental risk. Ensure that end users oversee contractual compliance by the service providers and those instances of non-compliance are addressed appropriately with suppliers. Manage early warning arrangements to minimise the impact of suppliers defaulting on service delivery. Liaise with provincial treasury on the restriction of non-performing suppliers. Manage a central database of all contracts for goods and services falling outside the scope of delegation of institutions and report on a regular basis on compliance issues and value for money. Adequate reporting and management of Irregular Expenditure, Deviations, Unauthorised and Fruitless & Wasteful Expenditure, Ensure risk and compliance. Manage the procurement plan and its implementation. Supervise the Demand Management Section.