Contracts Manager – Pretoria – Permanent
Finance / Accounting ~ Human Resources / Recruitment ~ Legal
Pretoria – Gauteng
Contracts Manager – Pretoria – Permanent
Salary: Up to R1 300 000.00pa (Depending on knowledge, skills and experience)
Overview:
To oversee and ensure effective and efficient contract management for the Company including assets management.
Minimum Requirements and Experience:
- Preferred Qualifications
- Post Graduate Qualification in Commerce/Law
- Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Business Administration/Law or equivalent commerce related tertiary degree (NQF 7)
- Minimum of 8 – 10 years in a similar position
- Experience in practicing General conditions of contracts as prescribed by the National Treasury
- Legal and financial understanding in commercial contracting and general contract management
- Knowledge of finance-related regulations and legislation, including:
- Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)
- Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE), and
- Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA).
- Knowledge of contracting trends, licensing models, and traditional and emerging contract and vendor/supplier performance models.
- Ability to deal tactfully with vendors, suppliers, and contractors who provide a broad spectrum of products and services.
Key Performance Areas:
- Oversee and ensure effective and efficient contract management for the Company, including assets under management.
- Contract negotiation and management.
- Collaborate with Legal on executing SLAs, engagement letters, or any other contracts.
- Establish third-party management-related policies, standards, processes, and templates.
- Implement vendor / supplier performance management processes.
- Effectively communicate a clear and concise contract overview to key stakeholders.
- Handle contract-related complaints and disputes from stakeholders.
- Schedule and execute contractual events (e.g., audits, extension, expiry).
- Identify and execute value opportunities with key vendor/supplier relationships.
- Apply rules for KPI and service credit calculation and trends.
- Collect, consolidate, and communicate vendor/supplier performance and identified risks.
- Implement a business performance management process to ensure regular review of SLAs with vendors/suppliers.
- Understand vendor/supplier spending by category, cost center, and other requirements
- Classify, rationalize, and optimize the vendor portfolio, and concentrate efforts on managing the most strategic vendors/suppliers
- Implement Supplier and Enterprise Development initiatives
NB: Should you not be contacted within 2 weeks of your application, please consider it as unsuccessful.
