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Desmond Lemogang Ramodisa

Gaborone

Summary

To find a challenging position to meet my competencies, capabilities, skills, education and experience.

Dynamic procurement professional with 13 years of experience in a mining environment, 9 years in Public Sector procurement excelling in contract management and strategic sourcing. Proven track record of achieving P30M in annual savings through innovative supply chain solutions. Strong leadership and analytical skills drive successful stakeholder engagement and project execution.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Procurement

Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority
06.2018 - Current
  • Responsible for all procurement across the supply chain, creating strategy and ensuring employees adheres to its guidelines, company does not overspend on allocated budget and helps to forecast future spending.
  • Develop sourcing and procurement activities that support key business objectives.
  • Preparing tenders for clients and commercial bids to help bring in new business.
  • Producing plans and estimating budgets and timescales (Procurement Plan).
  • Ensure the execution of standards, controls, policies, procedures and performance metrics to effectively and efficiently manage the acquisition and reporting of third-party spend across the company.
  • Responsible for P70M annual contracts total turnover.
  • Handle dispute resolution between suppliers, contractors, service providers and the Authority.
  • Lead rigorous and objective contract negotiations with key internal stakeholders, legal department, and support groups.
  • Conduct business review meetings with key stakeholders to assess risk, review future strategies, and identify potential cost down and improvement opportunities.
  • Analyze market and delivery trends so as to develop procurement technologies and processes that support those trends.

Procurement Consultant

Dipelo Consultancy
11.2016 - 01.2018
  • Provision of consulting services on procurement procedures including policies, tender procedures, purchasing procedures, budgetary reports, and management of complex, high-priority contracts for large-scale projects.

Contracts Administrator

Tati Nickel Mining Company
Francistown
01.2011 - 10.2016
  • Provide a cost-effective contract administration and procurement function to internal and external clients to contain costs and manage commercial risk inherent in the contract administration and procurement processes.
  • Receives tender enquiry requests, critiques scope and specifications and advises where necessary to make sure all requirements are covered.
  • Analyses received tenders by preparing tender analysis sheet and comprehensive evaluation of the tenders on financial information, management resources and operations.
  • Clarifies and negotiates with tenderers any contractual and/or commercial anomalies and liaises with users on technical deviations from the specifications where appropriate.
  • Prepares and sends out 'Notification of Contract Award' and regrets to tenderers.
  • Draft an accurate contract document and issue it to the contractor for signature, arranging for copies of the signed contract to be distributed to the relevant parties.
  • Establishes and prepares and issues contract amendments where such amendments are required by the client.
  • Provide coaching & guidance to Contract Originators and Suppliers in terms of Contract Administration.
  • Register and monitor all existing contracts.
  • Directs and informs subordinates on safety issues by conducting monthly SHEQ meetings and other activities such as inspections and audits, carrying out corrective measures, and maintaining the programme documentation under the approved standard.
  • Accountable for applying contract principles to ensure cost-saving measures for the company.

Senior Procurement Officer

Tati Nickel Mining Company
Francistown, Botswana
12.2002 - 12.2010
  • Provides a professional procurement management/facilitation and supply chain management service in terms of the company contract management procedure for goods, services and repairs and responsible for most purchases in the mine from the direct purchases to Capital purchases.
  • Prepares monthly cost reports reflecting on the achieved targets and savings, also introduced cost reduction initiatives that saved P30 m annually.
  • Implemented supplier partnership programs that provided competitive advantage while ensuring premium quality supply and a reduction of total system costs by utilizing open book and cost unbundling strategies.
  • Coordinates with Section Engineers to plan procurement plan as a result of the weekly production shutdown to ensure spares availability.
  • Assesses costs and benefits to the improvements of the supply chain.
  • Plans the flow of supplies through the supply chain by identifying the current demand for suppliers in the supply chain.
  • Coordinates with Buyers & Buying Clerks to ensure smooth supply of raw materials.
  • Ensures that good working knowledge of the supply chain is maintained at all times, negotiates prices with suppliers and also monitors price in order to ensure consistency in buying.
  • Supervises the purchasing function by ensuring that there is a purchasing knowledge base, ensuring that costs are being saved by using a standard approach to buying.
  • Ensures that the supplier assessment and creation is done appropriately, reviewing the supplier performance and ensures that there is a supplier database and that it is properly maintained.
  • Prepares employees safety procedures and makes sure that these procedures are enforced.

Acting Procurement Manager

Tati Nickel Mining Company
Francistown, Botswana
03.2004 - 04.2005
  • Develops and implements world-class sourcing strategies that deliver optimal total cost of ownership and reliability of supply.
  • Forecast and maintain optimal inventory level.
  • Negotiates and manages company contracts with suppliers.
  • Maintains Supplier relationships.
  • Implements a sourcing strategy.
  • Develops and articulates specifications, tender documents, monitors performance and administers contracts.
  • Leads negotiations with suppliers.
  • Development of local and citizen Economic Empowerment Procurement procedures.
  • Developing and implementing change management plans, researching & monitoring best practices on local and citizen & preferential procurement, providing learning opportunities to meet local and citizen preferential procurement training needs where necessary, and provides a profile of local & citizen suppliers by analyzing data and researching suppliers.

Supplies Officer

Ministry of Agriculture
Gaborone, Botswana
09.2001 - 11.2002
  • Responsible for ensuring that the Ministry selects the most appropriate goods and services on the basis of price, quality and services support.
  • Evaluating bids and making recommendations based on commercial and technical factors.
  • Keeping a constant check on stock levels to maximize business efficiency.
  • Inspecting incoming new materials and conducting material evaluation to determine acceptability to purchase acceptance standard set by the company.
  • Establishing safe working procedures in the area of responsibilities to keep the number of accidents to the minimum or zero.
  • Negotiates with couriers about government consignments in case of direct deliveries.

Education

Practical Use of FIDIC Conditions of Contract Management of Claims & dispute resolution -

FIDIC

Post Grad Certificate in Practical Project Management -

UNISA School of Business Leadership
South Africa

Management Development Program (MDP) -

Wits University Business School

Post-Grad Certificate - Public Sector Procurement

Botswana Accountancy College (BAC)

Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) Level 6 -

CIPS UK

Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) Level 5 -

CIPS UK

Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) Level 4 -

CIPS UK

Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) Level 3 -

CIPS UK

Corporate Governance Certification -

Advantage Training

Public Private Partnership Project Management (PPP) Certification -

PPP

Skills

  • Contract Management
  • Public Sector Procurement
  • Risk Management
  • Financial Management skills
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Communication and interpersonal skills
  • Team leadership and team management skills
  • Problem Solving
  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • Power point
  • MIMS/Ellipse Explorer Systems
  • SAP BI
  • Capital purchasing skills (Capex)
  • International sourcing skills
  • Tender & bid skills
  • Project management skills

References

  • Morne Kotze, Chief Financial Accountant, mkotze@tatinickel.co.bw, +267 2410701, Tati Nickel Mining Company
  • Alex Kapena, Senior Consultant, +267 7176 6555, Institute of Development Management, Botswana
  • Mosepele Captain Setilo, Purchasing Manager, msetilo@tatinickel.co.bw, +267 7623 9558, Tati Nickel Mining Company
  • Driftor Kebadireng, Contracts Manager, dkebadireng@tatinickel.co.bw, +267 7623 9542, Tati Nickel Mining Company
  • Harold Kuvenga, Director, Finance & Admin, hkuvenga@bomra.co.bw, +267 7411 1605, Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority

Languages

  • Setswana, Expert
  • English, Expert

Activities

  • Developed the World Bank Project Procurement Strategy Development (PPSD) for Botswana Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Project
  • Project Manager for the Construction of BoMRA Laboratory through the PPP

Timeline

Manager, Procurement

Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority
06.2018 - Current

Procurement Consultant

Dipelo Consultancy
11.2016 - 01.2018

Contracts Administrator

Tati Nickel Mining Company
01.2011 - 10.2016

Acting Procurement Manager

Tati Nickel Mining Company
03.2004 - 04.2005

Senior Procurement Officer

Tati Nickel Mining Company
12.2002 - 12.2010

Supplies Officer

Ministry of Agriculture
09.2001 - 11.2002

Management Development Program (MDP) -

Wits University Business School

Post-Grad Certificate - Public Sector Procurement

Botswana Accountancy College (BAC)

Practical Use of FIDIC Conditions of Contract Management of Claims & dispute resolution -

FIDIC

Post Grad Certificate in Practical Project Management -

UNISA School of Business Leadership

Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) Level 6 -

CIPS UK

Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) Level 5 -

CIPS UK

Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) Level 4 -

CIPS UK

Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) Level 3 -

CIPS UK

Corporate Governance Certification -

Advantage Training

Public Private Partnership Project Management (PPP) Certification -

PPP

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