Renecia Marks is a seasoned Supply Chain Practitioner with over 13 years of experience in public sector procurement, currently serving at the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure as Deputy Director in the Governance Directorate. She is an energetic, charismatic communicator especially when dealing with SMME’s.
She has fostered over the years strong supplier relationships and champions various successful stakeholder engagements to encourage good procurement practices, within municipalities departments.
Her leadership is demonstrated and is evident through many procurement initiatives such as Contractor Development interventions, Municipal Supplier Interventions, Upskilling contractors that she spearheaded to enhance transparency and accessibility for suppliers. She also brings a strategic mindset and a results-oriented approach to every project by applying best supply chain best practices and industry trends.
The highlights of her Key Achievements and Expertise:
- Capacity Building and Training: Develops and delivers training programmes on procurement policies and procedures for internal staff and suppliers.
- Policy and Process Improvement: Contributes to developing and implementing compliant and efficient procurement policies and processes.
- Digital Transformation: Played a pivotal role in launching the Procurement Client Centre, Central Supplier Database, Western Cape Supplier Evidence Bank, and the electronic procurement solution (ePS), streamlining procurement processes for the Western Cape Government.
- Key Partnerships with Municipalities on developing SMME’s in the Local communities.