Chief Procurement Officer
Ellerine Holdings Ltd / ABIL (African Bank Investments Ltd)
Total years of experience :29 years, 11 Months
As Commercial Director I was responsible for the procurement and supply chain management subject matter expertise for the Oracle solution suites we sold.
I represented that skills, knowledge and expertise both to internal staff to upgrade their knowledge as well as in most sales and business development engagements with clients- current and potential. Who were in both the Public as well as in the Private Sector.
Confidential
SIZE Start-up venture
MY ROLE Commercial Director
* I was the Subject Matter Expert of the organization on
procurement and supply chain matters.
* Responsible for any procurement related pre-sales, sales,
marketing and business development of the Oracle technology
suites offered.
* Team of 3 staff
* Responsible for doing the analysis and investigative work with
potential and current clients such as ABSA Bank Ltd. CSIR,
Nedbank, Dimension Data, Internet Solutions and a host of
others.
* Participation in Board, Exco and Procurement meetings
* Developing and implementing procurement projects at client
level - either independently or in conjunction with the client’s
procurement/supply chain staff
* Developing Procurement strategies both strategic as well as
operationational and involvement with the implementation
dependent on client requirements.
* Reporting to client management on material weaknesses of
internal procurement policies and controls.
* Regulatory and Statutory reporting
NUMBER OF STAFF MANAGED
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* Support staff based around RSA and UK.
* Delivered cost savings of between 4% to 7% of total Indirect
spend in each fiscal
* Started the BEE Procurement department in 1995 and
appointed one of the 1st
Black BEE Managers in Corporate
South Africa.
* Was priviledged to have Board sanction to employ up to 3
poste-graduates into a structured induction and development
program within this unit and in Nedcor. Many of these
individuals went on to great achievements within Nedcor, Old
Mutual and other corporates. One young lady is currently 2iC
of the SAB Miller Procurement function globally.
* The function grew in responsibility and staff to become a
Central Services Division function which included many
functions that were not traditionally Procurement related e.g.
oversight & responsibility for a Management Development
Centre in Mulderdrift Olwazini which is a fully functional trout
farm.
* My division played a key role in the project team responsible
for the development of the new head office at 135 Rivonia
Road Sandton. Which at the time (2000/2001) was the largest
construction project in South Africa - cost of R600 million +
then.
* Completed 2 tough poste-grad academic training programs
conducted by Wits University Business School - EDP and SEDP.
NUMBER OF STAFF MANAGED 465 staff members in the Central Services Division.
Including on-site external Service Provider staff complements.
Retailers of Durable and Semi-Durable goods and accessories
R5 billion per annum revenue
* Group responsibility for all Indirect spend -directly control R267 million;
indirectly involved R338 million, total Indirect spend of R605 million
p.a.. I started the division from a zero base.
* Group Responsibility for B-BBEE (Broad Based Black Economic
Empowerment) strategy, implementation, delivery and reporting.
* Responsible for all Ellerines Environmental strategies and reporting
* Facilitated Ellerines Group Sustainability reporting ( based on the Dow
Jones global standards) to main board.
* Responsible for the following head office functions - Facilities
Management; Shared Services Centre; Mailroom; Drivers; Copy Centre;
Travel; Receptionists / Switchboard Operators
* Custodian of all Group Outsourced contracts other than IT and
Telecomms.
* Responsible for all Sandton campus service contracts - Security,
Corporate Catering, Cleaning, Hygiene and Pest Control; Access Control,
CCTV, Back-up electricity and water systems including related
equipment
* Facilities Management of the head office campus (staff complement of
+ - 700 people on the campus) including all assets and space planning,
as well as churn of staff between buildings and offices.
* Oversight of a group production facility for stationery and printed items
for manufacturing and distribution to the 1, 000 plus retail stores in
Southern Africa (6 countries)
* Group responsibility for all commercial contracts and SLA’s entered into
for all indirect goods and services required by the Group including the 6
retail brands.
* Management of 503 staff including 1 executive, 15 line managers, 40
Assistant Managers / Supervisors / Team Leaders / staff in both head
office and in the stores.
* Management of several technical back-office functions of the stores -
Cleaning, Electrical, Fire Equipment, Hygiene & Pest Control, Glass
replacement - both building and auto glass, Courier and Mail services.
* Representation at external fora for Ellerines in organizations such as
CGCSA (Consumer Goods Council of SA), BEE (Black Economic
Empowerment) Forum,
* Establishment of sound corporate deals that yielded acceptable risk,
good value-for-money spent as well as lowest cost available in the
market place for comparable goods and/or services.
* Cost savings in excess of R20m per annum generated.
NUMBER OF STAFF
MANAGED
500 +
CAREERSUMMARY
Curriculum Vitae of
Confidential
* This role changed as I progressed through my tertiary studies
at both Wits University and UCT.
* This eventually led to my appointment as Senior GM
Marketing services with a potential Board appointment
pending.
* The Marketing Services portfolio was a new functional area
and included all my head office responsibilities as well as the
following key aspects:-
o New and resiting store locations;
o Store revamp program
o Merchandising function in all the stores
* I was travelling 4 days out of the 6 days per week to attend to
my operational and corporate responsibilities. Opened 16
stores in Botswana which proved to be the highest turnover
and most profitable region in the Group at that time.
* Participated in all Exco meetings relating to specific areas of
operation in the business - Operations; Sales & Marketing; HR;
Credit.
* Participated in MBO Management by Objectives) program for
operational execs - Regional Directors, Regional Managers,
and Area Managers levels.
* Was responsible for the non-merchandise spend of the group.
Everything that was needed to run the business was managed
by my team and I. From formalizing the requirements (specs)
and sourcing suppliers/providers, negotiating deals and
ensuring the delivery of what was contracted for a wide range
of goods and services.
* Reporting function to the Board, Exco and to internal BU’s and
Departments.
* I was head-hunted to join Nedcor after having undergone
major back surgery at the end of 1992.
NUMBER OF STAFF MANAGED 36
References
This was a B.Com undergrad degree majoring in Marketing, Financial Management, Economics. I then did a post-grad diploma in Marketing Management as well as several University programs; RDP - Retail Development Program - mini MBA EDP - Executive Development Program SEDP - Senior Exec Development Program I also did study an MBA at UCT but did not complete the dissertation due to changing careers.
courses: ID NUMBER
1979 Post-Grad
Equivalent to Honours Degree or IMM qualification UCT