Strategic Procurement & Compliance Lead

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA); Midrand; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) seeks a procurement professional to manage the end-to-end procurement cycle, ensuring compliant policy application and value delivery across goods and services. You will disseminate standards, train business units, and coordinate RFQ/RFP activities while tracking spend, supplier performance and cost containment initiatives.

The role involves negotiating with suppliers, supporting tender processes, and delivering insightful reports to support strategic

Responsibilities

• Disseminate procurement policies, procedures, processes, templates, delegations, and performance metrics to build awareness and promote understanding.
• Train and equip business units to effectively manage or participate in procurement processes, including quotation and tendering activities.
• Engage Business Managers to identify upcoming work and determine support requirements from the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Unit.
• Plan and coordinate work schedules and timelines to align with sourcing and business demands.
• Collaborate with business units to identify and plan for non-contracted spend through the RFQ/RFP process.
• Conduct detailed analysis of procurement transactions (spend data) to identify trends, off-contract spend, policy deviations, and compliance gaps for improved planning, risk management, and reporting.
• Support the SCM Unit in contributing to the successful delivery of the Division’s financial strategy and operational objectives.
• Support the financial division in delivering on the key business imperatives pertaining to cost containment, innovation, productivity and business relevance.
• Work with the appropriate business unit managers to understand their operational plans, sourcing requirements, budgets, service standards and targets (cost, transformation, etc.).
• Develop and maintain the demand pipeline and sourcing plan for the business.
• Conduct relevant research and maintain business intelligence to support effective solutions, advice and decision making for business.
• Lead and guide decisions on consolidation, rationalisation and relevance of services in line with changing business requirements and alignment to strategic imperatives such as cost containment.
• Support business units with drafting specifications/requirements for quotes and tenders.
• Support the tender unit and business with analysis of quotes and tender documentation/submissions
• Negotiate prices, terms and conditions with suppliers and deliver savings targets to the Bank.
• Provide integration and support to internal business units, decentralised operations and related partners/agencies pertaining to supply chain activities.
• Facilitate training and awareness sessions for staff involved in supply chain processes to ensure understanding, compliance, and effective participation.
• Support the SCM team and division during peak demand periods, staff shortfalls and ad-hoc project-related requirements.
• Support the Bank and the SCM team in delivering innovative solutions to improve productivity, service levels and contribute to cost containment.

Job description

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) seeks a procurement professional to manage the end-to-end procurement cycle, ensuring compliant policy application and value delivery across goods and services. You will disseminate standards, train business units, and coordinate RFQ/RFP activities while tracking spend, supplier performance and cost containment initiatives.

The role involves negotiating with suppliers, supporting tender processes, and delivering insightful reports to support strategic