Pregasen Govender

A confident and articulate communicator with a proven track record within Procurement and Supply Chain Management.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

NAME OF COMPANY       :           BIDVEST FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 

DATE STARTED                :           OCTOBER 2022

DATE COMPLETED          :           CURRENT

POSITION HELD                :           CATEGORY MANAGER

RESPONSIBILITIES          :

• Manage all procurement-related activities of third party spend within the various categories, including strategic sourcing initiatives (RFQ/I/P/T/X).
• Identify, implement and maintain the relevant commodity and service contracts (ad hoc and committed spend) to support the business. 
• Achieve targeted cost savings, including effective negotiation processes with vendors   
• Develop and maintain expert knowledge of the respective supply markets, competitors and product/service innovations. 
• Facilitate implementation of procurement change initiatives within the various categories to improve business performance.
• Provide support to the company’s acquisition strategies by identifying and interrogating suitable opportunities within the various spend categories for presentation to management. 
• Manage all aspects of the vendor rationalization strategy within the various categories to support the business nationally, including vendor selection, compliance and performance.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with internal and external customers with a view to enhancing the customer experience.
• Manage All contracts within the various categories across its lifecycle, including terminations, renewals, extensions and re-assignments. 
• Identify and manage risk to the business together with the cross-functional contracting team (Legal, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering)
• Innovation: Identify innovative procurement solutions that provide efficiencies for the organization.
• Management support: Perform procurement analyses and reporting to assist management to track, monitor and achieve departmental targets.
• Management and Mentorship role to Procurement officers, Buyers and Administrators
• Category Types i.e., Lifts & Escalators, HVAC, Fire Safety, Fleet, Fuel, Building Maintenance, I.T, Solar, Electrical, Security.

NAME OF COMPANY       :           BSH HOME APPLIANCES 

DATE STARTED                :           OCTOBER 2016

DATE COMPLETED          :           JULY 2021

POSITION HELD                :           PURCHASING MANAGER

RESPONSIBILITIES          :

• Initial Setup of Procurement Department including Procurement Guideline and Process

•           Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Tender Management

•           Contract Management

•           Demand Management

•           SAP Espresso Roll Out & Implementation

•           Management and Leading of Procurement Team

• Developing of Career Growth Plan for Procurement Team

•           Management of Annual Indirect Spend of Approx. R350 Million 

•           Savings target Achieved Annually - 5% of Indirect Spend

• Identification of Spend Risk and Implementation of Corrective action 

•           Audit & Reporting of Purchasing Process and adherence to purchasing guideline locally and regionally.

•           Drafting & Implementation of Purchasing Process and Guideline document in line with Global specifications for BSH South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa

•           Analyse qualitative and quantitative data required to formulate a strategic Procurement plan

•           Provide specialist knowledge and educate business units regarding procurement policies and procedures.

•           Communicate effectively with employees at all levels in the organisation, external business partners and vendors to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.

•           Responsible for all locally & regionally [Sub Saharan Africa] needed services and goods for Indirect Categories.

•           Local implementation of the global/regional purchasing strategy for the supervised materials group categories.

Providing reporting on local procurement market to global Indirect

Materials procurement network.

•           Co-ordinate specification of demand (assure early involvement of procurement function) and ensure demand management at the country/site.

•           Drive procurement value by implementing global/regional material group and supplier strategies.

•           Ensure execution of Indirect Material procurement guidelines at TG/site. 

•           Implement standard procurement processes and methods.

•           Local management of procurement performance monitoring and reporting.

•           Manage the local supplier database per material group categories.

•           Record and forward procurement relevant information to the global IM procurement network.

• Adherence to ISO Standards for Workplace Health and Safety

NAME OF COMPANY       :           BOMBELA OPERATING COMPANY

DATE STARTED                :           NOVEMBER 2011

DATE COMPLETED          :           SEPTEMBER 2016

POSITION HELD                :           PROCUREMENT OFFICER

                                                            Final position held

RESPONSIBILITIES          :

•           Drafting of company Procurement Policies and Procedures. 

•           Implementation of Procurement policies, procedures & Strategies.

•           Establish and maintain contractual and business relationships with suppliers; monitors internal customer satisfaction; solves operational issues with suppliers (e.g., quality, delivery, and service issues).

•           Management of RFP process, full cycle until Contract Sign Off.

•           Generate Purchase Orders after completion of Bid Analysis.

•           Applying Strategic Negotiation Tactics i.e., ATP.

•           Qualify suppliers on approved criteria for orders.

•           Tracking order progress.

•           Controlling of Stock for Head Office & Stations across the Gautrain network.

•           Management of Voice Lines and Data contracts.

•           Management of Fleet Vehicles Lease’s & Maintenance.

•           Monthly billing reports – Voice Lines and Data contracts.

•           Controlling of all documentation regarding to the Procurement Business Unit.

•           Reporting on Purchasing/Cost Schedule’s in line with Divisional Budgets.

•           Reporting of Enterprise Development performance of B.O.C & its Sub-Contractors. 

•           Report on variance between Performance & Obligations.

•           Compilation of E.E.P Tables information and Invoices into final report for submission to BCC [Bombela Concession Company].

•           Review Audit report for monthly ED reports and draft Addendum.

•           Supervision of Procurement Staff.

INITIALLY RECRUITED TO THE COMPANY IN THE CAPACITY OF: CONFIGURATION OFFICER

November 2011 to December 2012 

•           Document Controller

•           Internal Auditor – Quality Champion i.r.o. ISO 9001 Certification

•           Audit of Internal Departments 

•           Conduct Document Control Audits in line with ISO 9001 Standards

•           Implementing of Quality Standards

•           Quality Control of Incoming & Outgoing Documents

•           Data Capture of all Incoming and outgoing Correspondence in EB

•           Electronic Filing & Archive Supervision

•           Monitoring Promptness of documentation processing in line with SLA

•           EB system administrator

•           Internal expediting and generation of reports in accordance with requirements and Quality Procedures

•           Configuration Management Officer

•           Data Clean-up of Docs in EB Database

•           Generate transmittals for all documents and drawings transmitted to various project partners

•           Interface with other departments on Document Management

•           Interface with off-site storage company on document storage and retrieval

•           Arrange and Convene Configuration Control Meetings

•           Generate and Process Engineering Change Proposals

•           Distribution of documentation via transmittals

BCom Honours - Supply Chain Management