CAREER OPPORTUNITY

An exciting career opportunity exists for a Procurement Administrator (JG 10) at Santam Namibia at the Windhoek branch.

What will you do?

The Procurement Administrator’s primary activity claims procurement is the creation and maintenance related to supplier agreements/contracts. To implement and maintain procurement, service and supply contracts in line with the requirements of the relevant commodity objectives with the emphasis on contract maintenance.

Responsibilities, includes but not limited to:

• Contract Administration and maintenance (full cycle)
• System updates of pricing / item masters etc.
• Maintain and update supplier base
• Assist with spend / supplier analysis
• Liaise with suppliers as and when required
• Assist with industry research, benchmarking exercises and business case development
• Collate information for management reports etc.

Qualification and Experience

• Pass mark in Grade 11 (New Curriculum) or Grade 12(Old Curriculum) with a minimum of 22 marks
• Relevant degree / national diploma qualification in Procurement
• Minimum 3 years working experience in Supplier procurement
• Experience in short term insurance procurement will be an advantage

Foreign qualifications must be submitted with an evaluation report from Namibia Qualification Authority (NQA).

Skills

• Microsoft Office – Advanced Excel, Word and Power Point
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Proficient in reading, writing, and speaking English
• Knowledge of additional languages will be considered an advantage
• Presentation skills
• Negotiation skills
• Relationship Building
• Problem Solving (ability to Understand the Santam Group Sourcing role and link back to claims environment)
• Planning and organising-detail conscious
• Change Leadership
• Analytical
• Supplier Relationship Management

Competencies

• Being Resilient
• Collaborates
• Drives Results
• Customer Focus
• Cultivates Innovation
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Action Oriented
• Ability to work unsupervised, whilst delivering on required tasks

Build a successful career with us

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Namibia and Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in Namibia, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We are about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

Our commitment to transformation

At Santam, we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals, we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Employment Equity targets.

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Closing Date : 24 January 2025