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Head of Sourcing at ABSA

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Job Summary

Lead sourcing and supply chain activity at a Country level for the development and execution of commercial solutions and 3rd party risk management targeted to realising significant value for the country.

30%: Leadership and Management Accountabilities

Outputs:

• Collaborate with Regional Category teams in establishing and deploying the category initiatives at a local level.
• Lead, manage and develop direct reports to achieve high performance.  Agree challenging performance and development objectives providing regular feedback and coaching to ensure performance is maximized and differentiated.
• Provide clarity of direction and focus to team members and demonstrate appropriate leadership and management disciplines and behaviors to achieve Business goals.
• Manage team performance, undertaking regular individual reviews to reflect achievements against targets/ behavior and agree the way forward including training and development.
• Ensure Personal Development Plans are complete, training plans executed, and that training effectiveness is monitored on an ongoing basis.
• Provide active leadership and support across wider commercial community within the Bank to enable effective team performance.
• Support and contribute to team building and team dynamics through personally demonstrating leadership and team attributes.
• Champion new ways of working with own team and wider community, ensuring new ways of working and cultural changes are embedded.
• Develop clear stakeholder maps and effective governance matrix (responsibility / accountability).
• Develop prioritized sourcing activity schedule with strategic sourcing.
• Develop clear understanding of cost: income ration dynamics across E2E value streams.
• Ensure country adherence to Group Sourcing Framework.
• Consolidate cluster reporting on Compliance, Risk and Financial Performance.
• Own, communicate, cascade and follow-up of sourcing performance scorecard across cluster.
• Establish appropriate policies e.g. Demand Management, Travel etc.

Risk and Controls Objectives

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Absa Operational Risk Framework and internal Absa Policies and Standards

• Manage risk and control effectively by applying applicable risk frameworks and embedding a positive risk culture;
• Understanding of own role in the end to end processes in which you play a part, including applicable risks and controls.
• Adhere to Absa’s policies and procedures applicable to own role, demonstrating sound judgement and responsible risk management.
• Report all risk events / incidents / issues using the defined process for your business area and help to understand why these happened and how to prevent them in future.
• Proactively look for ways to improve the control environment by considering what could go wrong in the processes you operate and how errors could be prevented.
• Continuous and proactive engagement with regulatory bodies, unions where applicable
• All mandatory training completed to deadline

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

How to Apply:

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