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Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Posting Country:  South Africa
Date Posted:  6 Oct 2025
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent

At Vodacom, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

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With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference. 
 

 

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Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

 

  • Ensure that all purchasing rules are followed so that Esengo JV RDC SA can access quality products/services at the lowest costs, within optimal timeframes, and from the right suppliers/service providers.
  • Ensure the implementation and adherence to procedures that allow the company to have a purchasing and supplier selection process that meets Esengo JV Group standards.
  • Guarantee that suppliers adhere to the ethical charter, ensuring that suppliers/service providers comply with Congolese legal requirements regarding the conformity of legal documents.
  • Manage contracts and contractual conditions.
  • Manage overall reporting.
  • Ensure compliance in the purchasing domain.

Your responsibilities will include:

 

Activity 1: Manage Purchasing Teams (day-to-day)

  • Follow up on department priorities (project and objective tracking).
  • Hold weekly meetings with the team and cross-functional teams.
  • Ensure that the implemented purchasing procedures are followed.


Activity 2: Negotiations and Tenders

  • Manage negotiations and tenders through the entire tender process (from need expression to delivery).
  • Participate in the supplier selection process, rate and contractual condition negotiations, and local investment and purchasing committee management.

 

Activity 3: Manage Supplier Base

  • Ensure that suppliers comply with legal legislation and ethical standards.

 

Activity 4: Manage Contracts from Purchasing Negotiations

  • Ensure compliance with contractual terms.

Activity 5: Manage Relationship with Group Purchasing

  • Participate in cross-functional meetings where representatives of associates are involved in purchasing matters.
  • Implement local contracts.


Activity 6: Reporting & Compliance

  • Ensure the tracking of all purchasing KPIs (purchase request and order processing times, contract processing times, RFP processing times, order issuance times after decision-making body validation, audit-required element transmission times, etc.).
  • Ensure strict compliance with rules across the entire purchasing scope.
  • Follow up on audit recommendations.
  • Track supplier complaints.
  • Send weekly purchasing reports.

 

MAIN CONTACTS
Internal:

  • All prescribers, directors, and their N-1
  • Regional Directors
  • Auditors
  • Accountants
  • Management Controller


External:

  • Suppliers
  • Funders
  • Auditors
  • Group Buyers
  • Group technical teams supporting local teams

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

 

  • BAC +5 in Economics or equivalent
  • BAC +5 in Science/Engineering or equivalent
  • Proficiency in English/French and another international language
  • Training in negotiation and procurement (or equivalent purchasing training)
  • Generic knowledge of the telecom sector
  • Knowledge of the local regulatory environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo


Soft Skills:

  • Organizational skills
  • Rigor and reliability
  • Strong managerial skills
  • Integrity
  • Negotiation skills
  • Proactive
  • Communication skills (written and oral)
  • Confidentiality


MOBILITY AREA
Previous Position:

  • Purchasing
  • Logistics
  • General Services
  • Audit
  • Management Control
  • Network Manager

 

Closing date for Applications: 20 October 2025. 


The base location for this role is Vodacom, Midrand Campus.

 


The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion. 

Commitment from Vodacom

Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people’s individual differences - we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.

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