Narita Pursad Email & Phone Number

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Recent Business Sustainability Deliverables- Vendor Management for ERP replacement project, Evergreen.- Network Wireless Refresh project – Juniper and Wireless Network - Structuring a 3-year Managed Service proposal with one of our Vendors, saving the firm 67mil to refresh the data centre. - Optimising cost efficiencies per vendor in terms of licences and usage, and thus created a saving of R3.5m- Worked with a Global Award Winning CIO - Warren Hero

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

- Implemented and managed the BBBEE Scorecard- Transformation Leadership through Employment Equity- Enhanced the Reporting and Analysis of Procurement

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Directly manages five employees in procurement- Implement procurement strategies; Perform all procurement and contracting.- Review, implement, change, and develop new processes to better procurement processes.- Negotiate contracts with suppliers to obtain best price and service.- Identify cost reduction opportunities.- Monthly reporting for management on purchasing controls and processes.- Implement and manage systems to ensure optimal procurement function.- BB-BEE Management – Reporting, research new BB-BBEE legislation and amendments to codes.- Ensure compliance of processes and policies.- Develop, Coach and Implement Individual Development Plans for Procurement Team.- Supplier Relationship Management.- Drive delivery of programs/projects initiatives.- Fixed Asset Management and asset verification processes.- Processing of Capex applications and authorizations.- Managing Capex Budget allocation vs. spend.- Asset Verification; Capex Commodities - KYS Management of Suppliers and adherence to.- Management of Supplier onboarding process.- Financial and Procurement reporting - Bank Sustainability reporting – Water, Petrol, Human Capital, Paper, Electricity.- Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) survey reporting.- Managing of Quarterly Procurement Committee meetings.- Alignment to Transformation BB-BEE plans

- Portfolio Management across GTI.- Perform analysis of the portfolio.- Drive Critical Project Reviews and Jeopardy Project Working Groups.- Monitor PMO issue and risk management.- Monitor the delivery of expected benefits of projects across GTI.- Provide the required input to the iRGC.- Provisioning governance in GTI Portfolio Management- Provisioning analysis in GTI Portfolio Management- Portfolio Management systems and processes

Document Management; Management of Reporting/MISProject Communication. Project prioritization; Project Governance and Quality assuranceManaging of BPC (Business Prioritization Committee)Maintaining client relationship managementManagement of Portfolio Finances and Portfolio Forecast Analyze and comment on Portfolio performanceManagement Portfolio Dashboard Tool: DAS MXEnd user Support (PM’s, Programme Managers)Change Management to enhancements to system; System/Patch Testing in UAT; End user training on SystemProject manage any new enhancements to the systemGateway Process (Project approval decision-making)Programme Management GovernanceGuiding and assisting Programme Managers through the project budget cycleDriving and ensuring that Project prioritizationEnsuring Programme objectives are aligned to Business/Portfolio objectives and drivers such as Revenue generation, Scalability Resilience, Compliance / Regulatory, Cost Reduction / Control, etc.Providing MIS and reports to Programme ManagerManage Project/Portfolio Budget process

Management of Reporting/MIS; Maintaining communication to all stakeholdersProject prioritization; Preparation of all BPC documentation ;Project Governance and Quality assuranceManaging of BPC (Business Prioritization Committee)Maintaining client relationship managementManagement of Portfolio Finances and Portfolio Forecast Analyze and comment on Portfolio performanceManagement of TM 1 (Finance Tool used for forecasting, budgeting, and tracking of actual spend from SAP)Management Portfolio Dashboard Tool: DAS MXEnd user Support and trainingChange Management to enhancements to systemSystem/Patch Testing in UATGateway Process (Project approval decision-making)Guiding and assisting Programme Managers through the project budget cycleDriving and ensuring that Project prioritizationManage Project/Portfolio Budget processBudget Consulting

- Junior Programmer/ Project Administrator- Creation of Excel report program, Programmed though Visual Basic cording- Project Planning and structuring , Through MS Projects and MS Visio- Administration of Project, Assist in compiling and updating project plans.- Transnet Global Address Listing Application- Web Applications (Creating of Intranet Links through MS FrontPage, Creation of SMTP DBA)

Postgraduate Diploma, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Certificate - Nqf 6, Agile Leadership Certification

Certification, Chatgpt / Ai Ethics: Ethical Intelligence In An Ai World

Values and Principles of AI that organizations should adopt

Global Leadership Programme, Organizational Leadership

leadership skills

Various Other Certifications, It, Management, Projects

Diploma In Software Support, It

Was one of the top students

Matric Certificate, Mathematics, Accounting, Science

Matriculated

Postgraduate Degree, Business Administration And Management, General