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Supply chain skills that will give you the pick of ‘difficult-to-fill’ positions

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The Supplychainforesight2014 Survey ranked ‘availability of supply chain skills’ as one of the top five key supply chain and logistics constraints over the next 5 – 10 years¹, highlighting concerns over a growing shortage of skilled staff. Supply chain professionals who actively align their skill sets with demand will have the pick of challenging […]

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What are SCM hiring managers looking for in 2014?

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Elaine Porteous If your background includes a four-year business or science degree, you have strong technical skills and you have worked away in sub-Saharan Africa, you have a head start. Add to that, solid experience in construction or engineering, and you can speak Portuguese or French, your future is secure. If you lack any

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Logistics skills gap hampering SA’s ability to trade

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Research shows the supply chain skills gap has widened considerably, even over a short time span, severely impacting the competitiveness of the South African economy. According to the 2012 Supply Chain Skills Gap Survey, conducted by University of Johannesburg researchers Rose Luke and Gert Heyns, “employers have indicated that, although operational positions are relatively

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Supply chain mindset will overcome bad service-delivery

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Improving supply chain skills should be a national priority, argues Liezl Smith, president of SAPICS, in this month’s SmartProcurement. Poor service delivery has been grabbing headlines for many months, often because supply chain mishaps are hampering the public and private sector’s efforts in multiple areas. Part of the problem is a failure to understand that

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Professional body benchmarking SA procurement salaries – survey

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Is Procurement and Supply Chain Management’s growing contribution to organisations mirrored in the salaries offered? To find out CIPS Southern Africa, in conjunction with Ernst & Young, is running its first Salary Survey. The survey will benchmark salaries across the procurement industry; measure annual salary increases; and track the annual salary growth of procurement professionals.

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MTN Academy celebrates 1st MCIPS qualification achievement

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It is almost two years since MTN Academy in partnership with Group Procurement launched a procurement qualification programme within the MTN Group. In November the Academy celebrated its 1st Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Level 6 graduate, Peruth Ntegeka from MTN Uganda. Currently MTN has 134 students across the Group enrolled in the

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CIPS exams – doing it right the first time

Standard Bank case study – Procurement professionals moving forward

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Standard Bank’s first draft of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) certification candidates achieved a 100% pass mark in the last assessment period, the only company to do so, which is part of the financial services provider’s re-design of its Procurement function – ‘Project Prologue’. Director of Procurement, Meshern Govender, and Head of Strategic

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Competence development reigns supreme at procurement awards

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Standard Bank was awarded the ‘Best People Development Initiative’ at the CIPS Pan African Procurement Awards last week at Emperor’s Palace in Johannesburg. The financial services provider’s human capital development programme was put above the rest by its peers in the Procurement fraternity at a glitzy dinner on the first evening of the Chartered Institute

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Developing Standard Bank’s procurement purpose – an investment in people

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In a bid to elevate the status of its procurement function from a transaction focused back office into one considered to be a value enabler for its business units, Standard Bank South Africa (SBSA) is creating a talent nursery, using a defined procurement competency framework to underpin the career progression path of its people, Meshern

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