Procurement Intern Nkosingiphilile Xaba   

Ithwasa lezokuthenga impahla uNkosingiphilile Xaba 

Internship exposes Nkosingiphile to finance and procurement skills 

Nkosingiphile Xaba has gained valuable experience in supply chain management during her internship at ZAC. 

Nkosingiphile who grew up in Ulundi joined ZAC in February 2022 and has worked in both the finance and procurement divisions.  

“Working with ZAC Procurement Manager Raj Shunker has given me an opportunity to learn a great deal about supply chain management and procurement. I’m gaining experience about how to issue, place and follow-up with suppliers about orders,” she says. 

Nkosingiphile holds a National Diploma in Public Management and an Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management. Nkosingiphile also spent time in the finance department, an experience she describes as eye-opening.   

At the finance department, she got hands-on experience in reconciliation, general ledgers, processing invoices and paying suppliers.  Nkosingiphile’s duties entail working closely with the stores’ department to make sure that there are spares and equipment available for maintenance. 

“Everything must balance when doing reconciliation as all suppliers must be paid timeously and correctly on order, so they continue to give us the goods and services we require to make sure the mine runs,” Nkosingiphile states.

Ufunde lukhulu ngezezimali nokuthenga izimpahla oyithwasa 

UNksz Nkosingiphile Xaba uthole isipiliyoni esizomsiza ophikweni lokuthenga izimpahla ngesikhathi eqashwe ukuba yithwasa eZAC. 

UNksz Xaba, okhulele oLundi, uqale ukusebenza eZAC ngoNhlolanja wango-2022 kanti usesebenze ophikweni lwezimali nolokuthenga izimpahla. 

“Ngifunde lukhulu ngokuthenga izimpahla ngenkathi ngisebenza neMenenja yokuThenga iziMpahla eZAC (uMnuz) Raj Shunker. Ngifunde ukuthi lifakwa kanjani i-oda, kuthengwa futhi balandelwa kanjani abantu osuke uthenge kubona,”  kusho yena. 

UNksz Xaba uneNational Diploma in Public Management ne-Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management. Usebenze nasemnyangweni wezimali, umsebenzi athi umvule amehlo. 

Ophikweni lwezimali uthole amava amfundise ukuhlanganisa amabhuku nokukhokhela okuthengwe kubona. Umsebenzi wakhe umsebenzisa kakhulu nasezitolo ukuqikelela ukuthi zikhona zonke izinsimbi ezidingekayo ekusebenzeni kahle   kwemishini. 

“Yonke into kufanele ihlangane uma sekubhekwa ukuze okuthengwa kubona bakhokhelwe ngesikhathi ukuze bezoqhubeka nokusihlinzeka ngezimpahla nemisebenzi esiyidingayo ukuqikelela ukuthi imayini isebenza kahle,”  kusho uNksz Xaba.