Bernie Van Niekerk

Bernie Van Niekerk provides off-the-shelf and customised training and personalised management development programmes and coaching relating to leading edge practices in the extended supply chain.

Bernie has advised and trained many leading organisations in a variety of industries on World Class Procurement, e-Procurement, eB2B, e-Logistics, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, and other leading concepts within the supply chain. Companies advised include BHP Billiton, Hewlett Packard, Siemens, GSK, Toyota. Bernie has trained hundreds of senior procurement professionals at many major organisations.

A pioneer in e-Procurement, Bernie was responsible for creating South Africa’s first e-Procurement exchange. He also served as the COO of an international e-Procurement service provider’s African Operations and oversaw the creation of seven e-Procurement service providers throughout the African Continent.

At Ernst & Young Management consulting he successfully created and managed the company’s Sourcing and Supplier Management consulting area. Bernie was responsible for creating the South African World-Class Procurement methodology in this practice area and oversaw many successful implementations. In addition to consulting and training engagements, Bernie is a regular speaker at industry conferences.