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Procurement Manager

Job location: Sandton
Job type: Permanent
Added: 2011-08-17
Valid from: 2011-08-17
Expires: 2011-08-17

 

A large marketing company based in Sunninghill is looking for a high calibre Procurement Manager that specializes in Marketing/Promotions industry. The ideal candidate for this job needs to come from an Ad Agency background.
 
Job Spec
·         Identify & Address Cost saving opportunities
·         Not only reduce the cost of services, but help Marketing division to get the best value-add and the best return on investment from its suppliers
·         Suggest how to structure agency consolidation for BTL, as there are opportunities for vast cost saving
·         Set up marketing procurement guideline and distribute to each department to follow & monitor / check the compliances
·         Find Best Practices and share with marketing department for Benchmark
·         Search for Sustainable competitive advantages
·         Marketing Procurement: Provide specialist marketing buying procurement knowledge including general knowledge of buying promotional and print mediums.
·         General Procurement: Retail and Promotional
·         Support and develop sourcing strategies for the procurement of retail and promotional buying and marketing services.
·         Prepare and conduct competitive bids, negotiations and contracts with suppliers, internal customers and stakeholders to ensure optimum value for money.
·         Develop new and innovative methods of evaluating RFQ (Request for Quote) and drafting high value contracts that maximize cash releasing benefits for the company.
·         Understand and comply with organisation's risk management policies and procedures, communicating to suppliers and stakeholders to minimize risk to the company and to effectively assess risk and implement risk management programs and processes as necessary.
·         Manage productivity goals and develop a pipeline of productivity projects to ensure continuous improvement working closely with the supply base to develop cost reduction opportunities.
·         Review ideas with management and gain cross functional group support for program initiatives.
·         Manage dispute resolution process between the company and suppliers, resolving complex issues and bring them to closure.
·         Develop/manage relationships with key suppliers and function as the key contact between the company and suppliers to drive continuous improvement.
·         Lead efforts to identify and qualify new suppliers and drive initiatives to foster the development of new suppliers in line with company requirements.
·         Offer commercial/contractual advice and guidance to internal customers and stakeholders as required and work closely to ensure they produce complete, accurate and relevant specifications and
·         SOW's (Statement of Work) for goods and services
·         Take an active role in the development and delivery of the annual Procurement work plan implementing policy throughout activity.
·         Support in the development and implementation of departmental policies and procedures, impacting across the organization, establishing and implementing Procurement best practices and processes and monitor adherence through audits and reviews
 
 
Qualifications
Matric
Appropriate Tertiary Qualifications (Advertising/Marketing and Purchasing Degree or Diploma)
 
Experience
Approximately 5 years in procurement management within the Advertising/Marketing  industry
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Planner

Job location: Johannesburg North
Job type: Permanent
Added: 2011-08-22
Valid from: 2011-08-22
Expires: 2011-08-22

 

Key areas of responsibility will include:
  • Overall management of the operational interface with the scheduling, factory and client service
  • Updating of Green schedule
  • Ensure that jobs are handed in on time
  • Identifying issues or materials that are preventing jobs from being handed in and action them to the CSM’s and buyers
  • Job Prevention:  Review hand in dates and advise if items must be moved
  • Ensure all Raw materials and Packaging is in on confirmed dates and register jobs
  • Ensures all shop orders are correctly assessed and handed to scheduling
  • Manage Excess bulk
  • Daily interface with CSM, Buyers and Production
  • Escalate any problems immediately to Planning Manager
  • Be accountable and responsible for resolving problems affecting job hand in.
Qualifications and experience
  • GR 12
  • Relevant Tertiary qualification will be added advantage
  • Buying background will be added advantage
  • 1-2 years experience in a planning environment
  • Computer literate
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J2EE Architect

Job location: Sandton
Job type: Permanent
Added: 2011-10-13
Valid from: 2011-10-13
Expires: 2011-10-13

postion overview

The J2EE Architect will be responsible for the designing and maintaining of Client J2EE and other non Oracle Applications. 
The J2EE Architect is responsible for ensuring coding best practices and standards are enforced with in Client’s development teams. This will involve the whole eCommerce section of Client IT, covering all the technologies.
The J2EE Architect works with the SOA Architect ensuing that the design and development of services meet prescribed best practices for the SOA environment.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The resource may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
essential job functions
-     Architectural Duties
§ Participate in the Architecture and Design phase of the Release Cycle, providing overall design and structure of the application and processes for the Release Cycle
§ Assists with the Client Reference Architecture (creation and maintenance)
§ Create high level and low level design documents for the development initiatives on all J2EE Application Servers
§ Design and maintain the Application Server (J2EE) environment at Client (Oracle WebLogic Server)
§ Design and maintain other non-Java environments at Client (Microsoft environments)
§ Create best practices for development and deployment of applications within the Oracle WebLogic environment
§ Assisting in Capacity planning within the Oracle WebLogic Application Server environment
§ Selects the paradigm and technology for application program-to-program communication (APPC) using a Service Bus (SOA).
§ Determines the overall priority ranking of each of the possible system qualities (cost, reusability, robustness, etc.) so the other architects can design models that enforce the “balance of concerns”.
§ Responsible for defining the application tiers, frameworks, components types and interfaces. Also, creates the first-draft graphical template of UML design models used by the Team Leads.
§ Specifies and provides ownership of reusable application components or reusable application code.
 
-     Strategy & Planning
§ Creates and maintains Client’s Java and Microsoft language coding standards and best practices
§ Technical recommendation of development methodologies and frameworks for projects
§ Assessing and understanding IT and Business needs, identifying requirements, writing technical specifications, designing applications and process to satisfy the needs of the user
§ Plan the migration of non-Oracle Application servers to Oracle WebLogic
§ Plan the migration of Oracle Forms and Reports to Oracle WebLogic
§ Identifying and overseeing the non-Java Microsoft technology environment
 
-     Operational Duties
§ Ensuring that projects and processes are adequately defined and documented
§ Ensures the following best practices are adhered to:
o    Deployment
o    Coding (using coding standards developed and documented)
o    Development cycle
§ Ensures all code is placed in the Source Code Repositories
§ Manages the updating of the Client Architecture Asset Register (WAAR)
§ Mentoring and guiding the technical Development Teams
§ Expanding technical knowledge base and disseminating knowledge to others
§ Assist in the design and development of user interfaces for thick clients as well as web interfaces
§ Provide feedback to development team on future design changes, where deemed necessary
§ Provide support in identifying problems in the whole J2EE and Microsoft environment, which includes networking, hardware, software and database. A good Client environment knowledge required.
 
required technical skills
-     Extensive experience in Java Enterprise Edition. Minimum of 5 years experience.   
-     Extensive experience in the Microsoft technologies (architecture and language)
-     Experience with Oracle WebLogic Server and J-Developer
-     Experience in Web Services
-     Experience in full systems development life-cycle
-     Experience in requirements analysis and configuration management
-     Experience with the design and development of customized software application development
-     Experience with Oracle Database technologies (9i - 11g) and Microsoft SQL Server
-      Experience in thick java client applications as well as web based application
required professional skills
-     Ability to perform impact analysis and reporting
-     Experience in development and architecture methodologies
-     Good written and oral skills
-     Pays attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple tasks  
-     Able to work in a team environment with minimal supervision is important
-     Experience in Asset Finance or on Financial Systems
education requirements
-     B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related technical degree or Bachelors Degree in a related IT Field
-     Oracle Certification or equivalent experience
 

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Specialist Infastructure (Linux/Weblogic Administrator

Job location: Sandton
Job type: Permanent
Added: 2011-10-13
Valid from: 2011-10-13
Expires: 2011-10-17

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
To design, implement, maintain, administer and support ICT facilities and infrastructure.
 
 
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
 
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science (Strongly Recommended)
  • RHEL Linux Certification (Strongly Recommended)
  • IBM Bladecenter Certification (Strongly Recommended)
  • Oracle Weblogic System Administration Training (Strongly Recommended)
 
Experience:
  • Minimum Of Three to Six Years Of Experience In Linux Administration
  • Minimum Of Three to Six Years Of Experience In Weblogic System Administration
  • Minimum Of Two to Four Years Of Experience In System Design And Implementation
  • Minimum Four Years EMC Or Hitachi Disk Sub-System Experience
  • Minimum Four Years Linux Security (Lan And Internet) Experience)
  • Minimum 3 Year Experience On IBM Bladecenter Chassis and Servers
  • Networks: 5 Years Networking And Practical Experience
 

 

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Financial Director - R1.2 mill

Job location: Sandton
Job type: Permanent
Added: 2011-10-13
Valid from: 2011-10-13
Expires: 2011-10-13

Financial Director

Marketing and Promotions Company situated in Sunninghill is currently looking for a Financial Director to plan, direct and control the organization’s overall financial plans, policies, and accounting practices.
Minimum requirements:
  • CA (SA) a must.
  • 5 to 10 years accounting and financial management experience at a Senior Management level.
  • Experience in commercial, financial and legal elements of Management and Accounting process imperative
  • Strong business acumen
  • Advanced Excel
  • Must have managed a finance department
Job Spec:
  • Manage all aspects of M&A transactions including all due diligence, legal, debt/capital raising, deal structuring and valuation work streams
  • Provide objective, focused and practical advice/solutions on all acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures
  • Post implementation reviews of new venture.
  • Review and recommend capital structure improvement / refinements
  • This candidate would have experience in implementing a financial system
  • Design and implementation of financial dashboard
  • Prepare and/or coordinate all investment proposals/presentations for submission executive committee and board of directors
  • Lead and manage the financial planning and modeling work for the Group
  • Oversee financial analysis and critically evaluate all major capital expenditure proposals
  • Provide analytical support to capital structure decision making, as well as implementation and the execution thereof
  • Perform ad hoc tasks.
  • Must be able to give strategic input as to business growth
  • Must have good all round business understanding
  • Excellent communication, leadership and management skills, hands on and interactive
Competencies:
  • An assertive / strategic thinker
  • Leadership and management skills
  • Must be able to communicate at a high level
  • Organization and influencing skills
 
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