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Commercial KnowledgeUnderstanding of contracting processes and negotiation, strategy and policy developmentExperienced in sourcing lifecycle ranging from sourcing strategies, tender process, contract negotiation and vendor managementAbility to combine vendor and public sector experience to provide value and improvements to all stakeholdersAbility to prepare commercial documents including contracts, offers, negotiation plans, and proposalsDetailed understanding of the Government Procurement Rules and the roles of the Procurement and ICT Functional leaders.Relationship BuildingHighly developed relationship building and management skillsExperienced in combining relationship management and communication to develop ideas, resolve issues and build company capability and negotiate sound commercial arrangements.ICTExperienced at implementing a wide variety of ICT projects including Software as a Service (SaaS), content and document management, data and IP networking, internet banking and other transactional systems.Completing various ICT solutions, including architecture, coding, replacing, drafting and reviewing, and ability to foresee issues before they arise Skilled in the area of IT operational support, from support of critical applications (software and infrastructure) to real time transactional systems (border processing) to high transactional websites (internet banking).20 years experience working in ICT from both technical and commercial aspects.Strategic ManagementWide experience in strategic vendor managementSound understanding of the ‘big picture’ in which how you source will set the stage for the ability to support and manage the vendor for the entire life of the agreementAbility to lead the planning and developing so there is “buy-in” by the organisation and to channel the strengths of the organisation to develop timely and relevant products and services.

Listed skills include Vendor Management, Governance, Strategy, Contract Negotiation, and 36 others.