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Overview

Location: KZN

Division: Procurement Operations

Position Type: Permanent

Are you a procurement professional with a passion for public service and precision? Our client is seeking a dynamic Procurement Supervisor to lead strategic sourcing and oversee capital expenditure in alignment with PFMA, PPPFA, and company policies. This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact on healthcare delivery through efficient procurement practices.

• Lead RFQ and tender processes to ensure optimal inventory levels based on business needs


• Ensure timely delivery of goods in line with specifications and company procedures


• Source and evaluate alternative suppliers in compliance with PFMA and PPPFA


• Approve orders within delegated authority and ensure system integrity by closing open orders


• Compile and present monthly reports on pricing, supplier performance, CAPEX


• Train, guide, and support procurement staff in daily operations


• Provide expert procurement advice to regional teams


• Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers


• Develop and manage staff to meet performance goals


• Assist the Manager : Procurement Operations with strategic tasks and projects

Matric

Diploma / Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Admin, or Purchasing (NQF 6)

• Minimum 5 years in procurement


• I-procurement / RFQ expertise


• Advanced MS Excel


• Strong communication (verbal & written)


• Deadline-driven


• Ability to thrive under pressure


• Staff supervision


• Attention to detail


• Presentation skills


• ERP systems (Oracle / SAP), PFMA, PPPFA, BBBEE


• Financial acumen


• Planning & prioritisation


• Negotiation & interpersonal skills


• Numeric proficiency

Location: KZN 
Division: Procurement Operations
Position Type: Permanent

Are you a procurement professional with a passion for public service and precision? Our client is seeking a dynamic Procurement Supervisor to lead strategic sourcing and oversee capital expenditure in alignment with PFMA, PPPFA, and company policies. This is your opportunity to make a tangible impact on healthcare delivery through efficient procurement practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead RFQ and tender processes to ensure optimal inventory levels based on business needs
• Ensure timely delivery of goods in line with specifications and company procedures
• Source and evaluate alternative suppliers in compliance with PFMA and PPPFA
• Approve orders within delegated authority and ensure system integrity by closing open orders
• Compile and present monthly reports on pricing, supplier performance, CAPEX
• Train, guide, and support procurement staff in daily operations
• Provide expert procurement advice to regional teams
• Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• Develop and manage staff to meet performance goals
• Assist the Manager: Procurement Operations with strategic tasks and projects

Qualification

Matric

Diploma/Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Admin, or Purchasing (NQF 6)

Experience

Minimum 5 years in procurement

I-procurement/RFQ expertise

Key skills / attributes ' knowledge 

Advanced MS Excel

Strong communication (verbal & written)

Deadline-driven

Ability to thrive under pressure

Staff supervision

Attention to detail

Presentation skills

ERP systems (Oracle/SAP), PFMA, PPPFA, BBBEE

Financial acumen

Planning & prioritisation

Negotiation & interpersonal skills

Numeric proficiency

What you'll do:

• Strategic Public Sector Engagement
  • Develop and execute a go-to-market strategy for the public sector aligned with Impressionâ€s growth objectives.
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with key decision-makers in government departments, SOEs, and regulatory bodies.
  • Navigate complex procurement processes, including tenders, RFQs, and transversal contracts.
• Sales Execution Pipeline Management
  • Identify, qualify, and close new business opportunities within the public sector.
  • Maintain a healthy pipeline and accurate forecasting using CRM tools.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to develop compelling proposals and pricing strategies.
• Solution Positioning Value Articulation
  • Understand public sector pain points and position Impression†solutions as value drivers for compliance, service delivery, and digital transformation.
  • Deliver tailored presentations and demonstrations to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Stay informed on regulatory frameworks (e.g., POPIA, PFMA, Treasury guidelines) and align sales messaging accordingly.
• Collaboration Enablement
  • Work closely with product, marketing, and delivery teams to ensure alignment on public sector needs.
  • Provide feedback from the field to inform product development and roadmap priorities.
  • Support partner and channel teams in co-selling to public sector clients.

Your Expertise:

• 7+ years of enterprise sales experience, with at least 3 years focused on public sector accounts.
• Proven track record of closing large deals within government or SOEs.
• Deep understanding of public sector procurement, compliance, and digital transformation trends.
• Experience selling SaaS, workflow automation, or digital signature solutions is advantageous.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor†degree in Business, Public Administration, or related field.
• Certifications in public sector sales, compliance, or digital transformation (advantageous).

Personal Attributes

• Politically astute and commercially savvy.
• Strong communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Resilient, persistent, and able to navigate complex sales cycles.
• Passionate about enabling public sector innovation and impact.

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

• Permanent position
• Location: Gauteng

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary
Optimise the profit and economic value of portfolios of Growth Business key account clients requiring medium to high complexity commercial banking requirements by focusing:

• origination efforts to quire new clients;
• cross-sell to existing client base;
• coverage efforts to service clients in accordance to the segment CVP

Job Description
Drive Financial Targets:
Maintain primary ownership of a portfolio of Growth Account clients, differentiated by the level of complexity of the client base

Relationship and Service Management:
Actively develop strong client relationships. Conduct regular client visits in accordance with the Commercial Growth Account Value Proposition and initiate changes to ABB Product by providing input into product development to better service our clients

Manage Risk Assessment:
Adhere to the bank's policies and procedures and ensure compliance. Take ultimate ownership of the portfolio's risk management by ensuring a good understanding of both the Bank's and the clients regulatory and compliance environments.

Collaboration:
Constantly seek to improve ways of working by challenging the status quo and supporting an empowering climate within the team, sharing knowledge, experience, best practice and providing constructive feedback as required.

Education
Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:
To oversee and manage the segment sales teams, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders with the objective to defend and grow the segment base, through ensuring account planning and opportunity management translate to sales, implementation and delivery of service that are geared towards the achievement of segment sales targets, customer experience and commercial objectives of the portfolio i.e. meeting annual targets on sales, revenue, profitability margins etc .

Your responsibilities will include:
Sales Management

• Manage, monitor and review segment sales targets
• Contribute to sales targets setting for the respective segment sales team in line with overall sales target
• Operationalise the sales plan so as to meet the segment sales targets
• Develop a sales plan and monitoring its implementation
• Leadership of virtual segment account teams to meet targets for profitability and revenues
• Lead development of contact strategies and account development plans (ADP) for each of the allocated accounts within the portfolio
• Lead development of a pipeline of prospects which are systematically qualified, managing the decision-making process within allocated segment accounts to ensure sales prospects are closed
• Ensure operational Service delivery of all service touchpoints through the management and mentorship of the segment sales team
• Identify potential new opportunities through analysis of business intelligence reports
• Understand customer patterns and market behaviour to inform data-driven forecasting strategies to increase profitability through improved targeted sales strategies
• Provide leadership, guidance and motivation to the segment sales team
• Direct lead generation initiatives to support new business acquisition via the sales segment team
• Represent Vodacom at client negotiations
• Drive market leadership on Customer NPS through understanding the value of profitable customers and delivering outstanding service

Stakeholder Management

• Establish and monitor healthy, diverse internal and external relations and implement remedial actions where required, in the achievement of organisational goals
• Develop a healthy, productive, and respectful relationship with all stakeholders based on integrity and professionalism
• Develop relationships to create new value and opportunities
• Develop and maintain key account relationships with channel partners, ensuring that channel partners are aligned to the customer experience expectations and to the sales partner strategy framework
• Proactively manage communication to relevant stakeholders in line with the customer product life cycle
• Develop contact strategies and account development plans (ADP) for allocated accounts
• Own escalated customer complaints from a service perspective
• Resolve sales and pricing claims on debtors trading accounts
• Serve as the link of communication between key customers and internal teams
• Play an integral part in generating new sales that will turn into long-lasting relationships
• Clearly communicate the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to internal and external stakeholders
• Provide account data to the manager for developing a sales plan and monitoring its implementation
• Develop a pipeline of prospects which are systematically qualified, managing the decision-making process within allocated accounts to ensure sales prospects are closed
• Resolve any issues and problems faced by customers and deal with complaints to maintain

Reporting

• Prepare monthly/ Weekly Run Rate and Demand Management
• Perform Sales Analysis by product
• Annual Sales Strategy & Budget Planning
• repare regular reports of progress and forecasts to internal and external stakeholders using key account metrics
• Forecast and track key account metrics
• Prepare reports on account status, give recommendations to maximize sales as per the identifying trends, gaps and opportunities. (Strategic Account Plan / Joint Account Planning)

Delivering through People

• Oversee the activities of the segment team to ensure effective delivery of business outcomes
• Supports and enables the team to succeed by encourage frequent knowledge sharing between team members amongst other enablement initiatives
• Create fit for future organisation capability through skills development informed by skill gap analysis in line with business strategy and ensuring that the identified skills gaps, are addressed through training
• Develop a high performing team by embedding formal performance management process, informal coaching through continuous 1:1 performance discussion
• Embed the Spirit of Vodacom by living the Spirit behaviours and ensuring consistent Spirit engagement initiatives
• When required, initiate disciplinary processes for team members calling on support from HR when required
• Resolve grievances raised by team members and escalate only if required
• Motivate team members and ensure that their efforts are recognised by using Vodafone Stars platform.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Degree / Diploma – Essential. (A 3-year Sales / Technical or Business Diploma/Degree or SAQA Accredited relevant Equivalent)

• A Post Graduate Degree in Sales/Marketing/Business Commerce or related field advantageous

• A minimum of 8 years' Sales and Service experience in the telecommunications or technology related environments e.g. (ICT) with demonstrated experience in:

• Portfolio management

• Ability to increase NPS results and reduce administrative expense

• Ability to build relationships

• 2 years management experience

Technical Competencies

• Growth mind set and out of box thinking
• Experience in solution selling within enterprise customers
• Deep understanding of the customer's business, it's market and industry alongside key decision-makers and influencers in account organisation
• Ability to translate customer's objectives and strategy into relevant Vodacom Business propositions
• Successful track record of managing sales teams and demonstrate profitable revenue growth
• Translates strategy into clear areas of focus and priorities for
• Understanding of the SA telecommunication landscape
• Understanding of Companies customer requirements
• Understanding of technical concepts and the ability to communicate it as viable appealing market offerings
• Understanding of SA business landscape
• Understanding of the Value Chain Analysis with regards to various customer businesses
• Customer Focus: Prioritising customer needs and delivering excellent service
• Accountability: seeks feedback and identifies opportunities for improvement or innovation
• Collaboration: Actively fosters collaboration, seeks input and effectively partners
• Resilience: Actively seeks opportunities for growth, demonstrates a strong commitment to self-improvement and has a growth mindset
• Flexibility: uses various techniques to influence others (lobbies, approaches decision makers, finds sponsors)
• People Management: Ensure team work together to deliver on their responsibilities creating accountability and ownership
• Organisational Savvy: Demonstrates strong understanding of assigned strategy for the Business/ Function and creates strong team alignment to the strategy

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications:
23 September 2025.
The base location for this role is
Port Elizabeth.
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.

Overview

Senior Account Executive-Public Sector at SAP. You will build and maintain relationships with public sector customers, prospective customers, and partners; deliver SAP products and solutions tailored to public sector needs; and support digital transformation and modernization initiatives.

• Build and maintain relationships with public sector customers, prospective customers, and partners to ensure customer satisfaction and drive value.
• Deliver SAP products and solutions tailored to public sector needs; support digital transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Ensure solutions are adopted and deliver measurable value, contributing to the continuity and expansion of the customer’s ongoing business with SAP.

• Essential Technical Skills: Deep knowledge of project management and strong functional skills; familiarity with public sector processes and regulations. Certifications such as PMI, Six Sigma (Black Belt level preferred) are advantageous.
• Experience Level: Professional experience in the public sector, including managing high-volume or high-risk projects; understanding of government procurement processes.
• Mindset: Proactive problem-solver able to navigate complex public sector environments; effective communication with stakeholders and ability to build consensus within project teams.

• Previous experience using SAP solutions within the public sector and a strong network within government agencies.

• Team Culture: Dynamic and collaborative; focus on solving complex public sector issues and delivering quality outcomes for public services.
• Growth Opportunities: Learning and development programs in project management, communications, and public sector skills; potential for team lead or supervisory responsibilities.
• Inclusion and Belonging: SAP values diversity and inclusion and supports a healthy work environment with flexible models.

• Manage high-volume or high-risk/complex public sector projects.
• Deliver business-critical and innovative results with clear goals, milestones, and budgets.
• Represent SAP to public sector customers and communicate project information in a timely manner.
• Develop clear project plans with milestones and timelines; incorporate stakeholder input.
• Share knowledge to enable decision-making and provide innovative solutions to public sector challenges.

• Committed to delivering value to customers and driving SAP's success through strong customer relationships and partnerships in the public sector.
• Equal Employment Opportunity: SAP is committed to EEO and provides accessibility accommodations; details available on request.

Requisition ID: | Location: Woodmead, Gauteng, South Africa | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Travel: 0-10%

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choosefrom.

Account Executive Expert

Responsible for selling SAP's products and solutions and certain partner solutions. Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with SAP's customers, prospective customers, partners and for maintaining customer satisfaction. Identifies opportunities and generates demand where SAP's capabilities as an integrated solution addresses a customer's business need. Supports efforts to ensure solutions are adopted and value is realized. Responsible for the continuity and expansion of the customer’s ongoing business with SAP. Focused on named existing and / or prospective accounts. Maintains customer relationship and influences customers' requirements' specification.

• manages projects, defines deliverables and provides definitive advice and interpretation of situations.
• ensures business critical & innovative results.
• ensures that goals and milestones are met, and approved budgets are managed appropriately.
• builds strategic partnerships with key decision makers in customer & partner organization.
• may include team lead or supervisory responsibilities.

Complexity

• manages projects of high volume or high risk / complexity.
• provides regular project status and updates.

Experience

• sound professional experience.
• deep knowledge of project management skills.
• depending on LoB has a PMI, Six Sigma or equivalent certification.
• if in Six Sigma has black belt.

Communication

• represents SAP to customers' - is responsible for delivery of quality outcomes of projects of high volume or high risk.
• represents SAP to customers.
• finds common ground for cooperation within project team.
• formulates clear project plans incl. mile stones, timeline and sub projects.
• communicates messages relevant for project in a timely manner and with constructive feedback to project team.
• captures opinions and expectations of stakeholder and communicates them to the project team.

Accountability

• manages expertise ensuring business critical & innovative results.
• responsible for delivery of outcomes of complex and innovative functional issues integrating client needs, strategic business goal of the function and financial objectives.
• involved in directing the implementation and execution of functional business plans integrating functional and financial objectives.
• can make functional decisions and recommendations of a broad nature.
• may include team lead or supervisory responsibilities.

Complexity

• shares in-depth knowledge and experience with direct team to enable decision-making and provide innovative solutions to complex business issues.
• works on complex technical projects or business issues requiring strong technical knowledge.

Experience

• deep professional experience in several areas.
• has strong functional skills.
• broad knowledge of all areas within particular corporate sub-function or a function within division.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves.At SAP,you can bring out your best.

OpenText Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

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Opentext - The Information Company

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.

At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

The Opportunity

OpenText Professional Services is an enabler to our customers seeking to realize Return on Investment (ROI) from their investment in OpenText Enterprise Information Management (EIM) products. Such services include the implementation of solutions based on OpenText products including development and support of custom solutions.

The Client Manager role works closely with the rest of the customer account team including Sales, Technical pre-sales, Value Engineering, and OpenText leads for other value-add services that can be provided to the clients in relation to solution realization including learning services, managed services, and cloud services. The Client Manager also liaises with and brokers relationships with OpenText partners and other contractors to establish relationships in general and for specific projects.

Your Impact

The Client Director is responsible for revenue generation and customer success for assigned clients while actively supporting peers across for mutual success against the OpenText mission of revenue, margin, and reference ability. The applicant will come from a business focused technology background dealing with both users and technicians and will have commercial acumen and knowledge of the sales environment. Services project experience is also important. The role is both sales and delivery focused with team sales and revenue targets. You will be the primary contact for new business opportunities within their sectors

What The Role Offers

• Developing trusted relationships with our Product Salesforce to ensure Consulting involvement in sales opportunities.
• Driving the services business development activities, strategy, and approach within our business.
• Developing, presenting, and closing proposals for professional services, including RFP/RFP responses.
• Identifying, qualifying, and managing the pre-sales for consulting opportunities (working with existing customers, prospective customers, and internal Product Account Managers).
• Creating a pipeline of opportunities to generate bookings meeting quarterly budget expectations.
• Managing and ensuring timely delivery of SOW’s, and required approvals, together with managing contract and invoicing status.
• Leading the commercial negotiation of services contracts with clients and external suppliers.
  
  

• University or University of Applied Sciences Degree combined with relevant IM/IT experience.
• Strong track record of selling Professional Services into Public sector and State owned enterprises.
• Project Management Professional Certification is an asset
• Advanced experience in Contract Negotiation both internal and External at CxO level
• Demonstrated experience in managing the entire sales process, contracting process and legal implications of a deal totaling at least $2 million in annual fees
• Selling of Enterprise Software and Services associated (Solution Selling)/Commercial business case modelling- essentially a deal architect
• Experience in Cloud and associated Hyperscalers
• They will need to demonstrate an impressive track record of services solutions to large enterprise accounts
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Sales and Business Development
• Industries Software Development

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