Commercial Manager

Duties and responsibilities:

• Management of working capital investment in stock to company parameters.
• Effectively forecasting inventory requirements across the business with the relevant people
• Development of effective measures to monitor performance across the supply chain and taking action to correct deviations to achieve departmental objectives
• Management of all risk and commercial aspects of insurance (site assessment etc)
• Management of regions IT requirements (reporting to the Exec in charge of this portfolio).
• Management of the full SAP function which includes system support, all Masterdata, system developments, and new projects.
• Roll out of new SAP4HANA System
• Analysis of Masterdata variances and the correction thereof.
• Product costing management (raw materials and overheads)
• Contract management Service Level Agreements, MOUs, Leases)
• Monitoring the adherence to ISO 9001/FSSC22000 supply chain procedures across the group and amongst suppliers where relevant
• Manage and drive organisational cost and savings projects across the supply chain (purchasing, planning, stores and distribution)
• Ability to create and develop training material to train the relevant parts of the business.

Qualifications and experience:

• SAICA qualification or Bcom Honours Degree in Finance or Supply Chain Management
• Registered CA (SA)
• Have at least 4-5 years experience in a commercial supply chain role and 2-3 years in a Management role.
• Proficient with SAP is advantageous
• Strong / proven negotiation skills
• Strong planning and organising skills
• An ability to influence others
• Have an ability to see opportunities and turn them into reality
• Be a problem solver
• Be enthusiastic, positive, and self-energized