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Ofentse Pule

Ofentse Pule

Supply Chain
Midrand,GP

Overview

4
4
years of post-secondary education
14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Purchasing Manager

Royal Canin SA
01.2019 - Current
  • Working closely with regional sourcing teams on defining and executing sourcing strategies for packaging and raw materials (Dry animal proteins) categories.
  • Developing local suppliers to create more flexible and efficient supply chain.
  • Conducting negotiations and managing contracts for both local and international suppliers.
  • Facilitating samples sharing between suppliers, R&D, central lab and supply quality stakeholders.
  • Managing the inflow of pack and raw materials and managing the risks with factory teams.
  • Implementing cost savings projects for both Raw materials and Packaging.
  • Tracking and reconciliation of the forecast consumption volumes against existing stocks, existing outstanding contracts and new contracts.
  • Interacting with factory to define accurately the volumes to be purchased.
  • Supporting marketing activities by ensuring that suppliers can meet NPDs requirements and timelines.
  • Compiling pricing and budget forecast to be shared with finance department.

Senior packaging sourcing specialist

Tiger Brands (Pty) Ltd
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Developing and implementing commodity sourcing strategies in alignment with the overall long-term Category strategy.
  • Maintaining supply risk registers and address key gaps ensuring that optimal cover positions are maintained through commodity sourcing strategy (Developing Business Continuity Plans).
  • Closely collaborating with business and function stakeholders to understand business requirements, identifying value opportunities for TCO optimization and defining procurement cost savings projects (Managing overall portfolio spend of R400m).
  • Conducting comprehensive supply market analyses to identify, validate and select suppliers (domestic and international sourcing).
  • Leading strategic sourcing projects and supply management for metal packaging (negotiating with key suppliers) and ensure strong supplier relationships.
  • Compiling procurement mandates and motivations for approval of contract awards to Chief Supply Chain Officer level.
  • Ensuring that all commodity sourcing decisions comply with Tiger Brands Procurement Policy and Procedures.
  • Collaborating with the Centre of Excellence Sourcing Analytics team that construct informed value chain and cost model analysis.
  • Providing budgetary input, quarterly cost forecasts, and ZBM’s to business.
  • Working closely with NPD Team to provide valuable procurement support on key commercial projects.

Packaging specialist

Mondelez SA (Pty) Ltd, South Africa & MEA
01.2012 - 01.2018
  • Leveraging of the global and regional procurement strategies to source packaging material for the Southern Africa and MEA countries.
  • Developing local sourcing strategies where required to come up with market relevant sourcing solutions that best suit the business need in Southern Africa.
  • Ensuring that the procurement activities meet the required compliance standards set out by Mondelez global.
  • Managing internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure that procurement KPIs / objectives are met.
  • Supporting company’s sales strategy and projects by conducting procurement activities i.e.
  • Negotiating best prices with suppliers through volumes leverage and setting up contracts (long term).
  • Managing prices on SAP system and ensuring that material information is accurately maintained on the system for ordering purposes.

IBM South Africa (Pty) Ltd
01.2009 - 01.2012
  • Role: Strategic sourcing buyer (Facilities Maintenance Operations and Facilities Design & Construction) Time with the employer: 3 Years Duties/Responsibilities:.
  • Identifying and selecting suppliers for Facilities Management, Design & Construction projects for IBM South Africa and Sub – Saharan Africa ( End to End Supplier Selection Process).
  • Compiling and documenting Fair Value Determination (FVD) to ensure overall best value to IBM and compliance with procurement policies and processes.
  • Undertaking pricing, contracts and Service Levels negotiations with suppliers.
  • Developing and managing relationships with existing and new suppliers.
  • Developing and managing relationships with internal clients to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction.
  • Identifying cost savings opportunities in the supply chain through Value Engineering, price negotiations and other methods.
  • Courses enrolled within IBM Functional: Supplier Selection and Fair Value determination, Procurement measurements, Procurement resources and tools, Procurement policies, Contract management, Supplier Relationship Management (obtained in UK), Sourcing Shadowing programme for Facilities Management, Design and Construction (obtained in UK) and 7 Steps Sourcing Process.

Sourcing Buyer

Procter & Gamble SA (Pty) Ltd
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Time with employer: 2 years Duties/responsibilities:.
  • Sales Research and Admin (SRA) Spend Category Owner, responsible for purchasing of office supplies,Travel, Hotel and Accommodation, Courier services, Stationery & business cards, Printing services, Archive services and site maintenance services.
  • Conducting Request for Proposals (RFPs)/Inquiries with suppliers.
  • Managing relationships with core suppliers.
  • Managing relationships with internal clients to ensure high level of client satisfaction.
  • Supporting procurement operations centre with day to day work execution of P2P process including issues resolution with suppliers and internal customers e.g.
  • Purchase Order creation, delivery lead time issues, invoicing and payments issues,etc.
  • Developing local sourcing strategies in line with the global sourcing strategies to ensure meaningful sourcing solutions in country.
  • Developing preferred supplier lists.
  • Putting together business recommendations for supplier selection and demonstrating best overall value of supply chain to the business.
  • Managing and documenting contracts, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), quotations and other supporting documents to ensure compliance with organization’s Internal Business Controls.
  • Negotiating and reporting savings achieved in the process.
  • Functional trainings acquired: Inquiry/ tender management training, Internal Business controls training, Building inquiries online using an e Tool (eBriviate), Purchasing policies training, Standard Operating Procedure(SPO) and spend pool report generation General Company training acquired: Creative and Logical thinking, Records management, Commercialization, Work life effectiveness, Effective business writing, and Finance for Non financial managers.

Education

B Com Logistics Management - Supply Chain

University Of Johannesburg
Auckland Park, Johannesburg
01.2006 - 12.2006

Metric - Commerce

President Mangope High School
Rustenburg
01.1999 - 12.2001

Work Availability

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Skills

Zulu, Sotho and Pediundefined

Timeline

Purchasing Manager

Royal Canin SA
01.2019 - Current

Senior packaging sourcing specialist

Tiger Brands (Pty) Ltd
01.2018 - 01.2019

Packaging specialist

Mondelez SA (Pty) Ltd, South Africa & MEA
01.2012 - 01.2018

IBM South Africa (Pty) Ltd
01.2009 - 01.2012

Sourcing Buyer

Procter & Gamble SA (Pty) Ltd
01.2007 - 01.2009

B Com Logistics Management - Supply Chain

University Of Johannesburg
01.2006 - 12.2006

Metric - Commerce

President Mangope High School
01.1999 - 12.2001

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