This month SmartProcurement profiles Mark Kuipers, Chief Director: Capacity Building, National Treasury and Chairman of the SCM Council.
The SCM Council seeks to professionalise supply chain management (SCM) within South Africa – making it a discipline governed by national SCM norms, standards and principles. The Council engages with SCM stakeholders to unpack leading practices and strategies that can be used to qualify SCM practitioners in the country.
Currently an ‘Interim SCM Council’, it was launched as a collaborative effort between National Treasury’s Chief Directorate: Capacity Building, within the Office of the Accountant-General (OAG), and the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO). A fully-fledged SCM Council will be established in terms of the Public Procurement Bill as soon as it is enacted.
Full name: Mark Kuipers
Position: Chief Director: Capacity Building (National Treasury)/Chairman (SCM Council)
Your organisation’s procurement expenditure: R800-million
Who does P & SM report to: Chief Financial Officer
Private sector or public sector: Public sector
Core business activity of the enterprise: Guiding and supporting the allocation of resources, fiscal discipline and managing public funds
Number of people in your P & SM organisation: 18 officials
Management motto: Together in excellence
Personal motto: I can do this
Membership of professional bodies: IRMSA and CIPS
What is your vision for P & SM: To deliver value and to support the organisation to perform optimally
Personal best achievement: The design of the OCPO and the delivery of the Financial Management Improvement Programme
Most important commodities: People
The person that has had the biggest influence on your life: My mother
The person that has had the biggest influence on your career: Nols du Plessis
The person that you would most like to meet: Paul David Hewson (Bono)
What do you like most about your job: Making a difference in people’s lives
Is there anything that you dislike about your job: The bureaucracy
The businessperson who has impressed you most: Richard Branson
Favourite quote: Our lives are the sum total of the choices we have made (Dr Wayne Dyer)
Your favourite South African organisation: Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA)
Your favourite global organisation: World Food Programme
Your philosophy about life: Every day is precious
Favourite reading: Suspense novels
Favourite music: Alternative Rock and Folk
Favourite sport: Cycling
Favourite website: McKinsey
Hobbies: Cycling
Car: BMW
Married: Yes, to Cindy
Children: Hannah, Lara and Stephen