AFRICA
Ben van Zyl has built his expertise as a procurement leader over a twenty-year career ; spanning strategic sourcing , procurement and supply chain management for leading financial institutions such as Merrill Lynch , Absa and telecommunications organisations such as Telkom and Openserve . He is an expert in international outsourcing and has used this to ensure the sustainable success of the organisations he ’ s worked for . His experience covers many disciplines within the purchasing and contract management profession including outsourcing call centres , end-to-end supply chain , facilities management , real estate asset management , shared services , and system maintenance .
During outsourcing projects , van Zyl controls the process from business case development and supplier selection to SLAs , contract negotiations and negotiations with unions . The results are significant cost savings coupled with excellent levels of
B I O service . To consolidate his business strategies , van Zyl builds high-performance specialist teams who execute large and complex contracts to specification and within budget and deadline . He thrives in enterprise transformation environments where he translates business aims into a sourcing strategy that delivers the most cost-effective solutions . Van Zyl is currently Chief Procurement and Contracts Officer and he oversees the Supply Chain , Strategic Sourcing , Procurement operations , quality management , Supplier development and contract management for Openserve .
He holds a BCompt Degree from the University of South Africa and an MCISP Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply .
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