The Business Associate – Diversity in your Supply Chain

"Profit through Partnership"

Diversity in the Supply Chain through Enterprise and Supplier Development

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WHO WE ARE

The Business Associate is an Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) organization established in 2006.

Our aim is to facilitate both demand-side and supplyside interventions to create a more INTEGRATED & INCLUSIVE South African economy. Focussing on:

HOW CAN WE ASSIST YOU?

DIVERSITY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

ENTREPRENEURS & SUPPLIERS

OUR BACKGROUND

The Business Associate was started by Joseph Ruiters (an ex-procurement specialist) to deal with the readiness and responsiveness of black businesses and entrepreneurs. Transact-readiness of suppliers is our focus.

Our expertise and knowledge have strategically supported organisations, like Nordex-Acciona, City of Cape Town, etc. in positioning Enterprise & Supplier Development to attract optimum BBBEE points and achieve its supply chain objectives (quality & competitive suppliers).

Our knowledge of B-BBEE has assisted many government institutions, renewable energy clients, construction and transport organisations to improve their B-BBEE levels and subsequently they became more competitive.

OUR SERVICE OFFERING

ENTERPRISE & SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Development and Implementation of ESD Programs

MARKET ACCESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

Set up, implementing and managing Incubators / Entrepreneurship Hubs. Providing a virtual incubation support programme for Entrepreneurs & Suppliers in our network.

BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICES

Business Development Services that is aimed to grow small businesses

B-BBEE SUPPORT

Verification Preparation Support

TENDER SUPPORT

Tender training and tender advice

CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING

Offering entrepreneurship training programs

MENTORING & COACHING

Mentoring and coaching to develop small businesses

EMBEDDING SUPPLIER DIVERSITY

We provide strategic, tactical and operational support to organisations to embed ESD as a supply chain intervention that leads to the following benefits:

Increased Sales Revenues – More Customers – Greater Market share – Increased profitability & shareholder value
Transformation shift towards the demographics of South Africa
SD/ ED aligned to mainstream procurement activity
Access the Buying Power of Diverse Consumers / Suppliers
Meeting of B-BBEE Targets
Access to a pool of transact EME & QSE Suppliers

“As we expand we need to ask ourselves who our suppliers of the future will be and how can we develop our suppliers to partner with us and to maintain relevance in the future.”

Our ESD and implementation consists of all the activities involved in improving a supplier`s performance and/or expanding their capabilities in order to meet a company’s supply and service needs.

Ensuring that beneficiaries (Black Suppliers and SMME’s) are well equipped and prepared to supply opportunities within organizations and be relevant to the global economy.

OUR COMPLETED PROJECTS

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SUCCESSES & HIGHLIGHTS

B-BEEE LEVEL IMPROVEMENT

Partnered with PwC on the improvement of clients B-BBEE levels . Clients experienced improved levels from being non-compliant to being compliant.

ESD PROJECTS

“Nordex Energy South Africa is extremely satisfied with the ESD Consulting services delivered to date and wish to confirm that the team is very competent, professional and reliable”

MARKET ACCESS & TENDER SUPPORT

The Business Associate linked us with Old Mutual Finance (our biggest client) and ensured that we are service providers to Transnet, PetroSA, etc. (Thembili Staffing Solutions)

OUR EXPERTISE

Our teams are diverse, vocational experts and entrepreneurs with more than 100 years of collective experience in the public and private sectors.

Our teams reflect the demographics of South Africa and are very energetic, enthusiastic and passionate about economic redress in our country. We possess a strong network partnership which is ready to be called upon to implement both small and complex projects.

JOSEPH SOLOMON RUITERS

A highly experienced Senior Executive who combines strategic/tactical business & financial expertise with strong qualifications in business development, operations and P&L management. A record of reversing financial declines and capturing significant cost reductions through process redesign and performance enhancement. He has demonstrated the ability to lead diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success in a variety of highly competitive industries, cutting-edge markets, and fast-paced environments. Proven ability to successfully analyze an organization’s critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for enhancing competitiveness, increasing revenues, and improving customer service offerings.

Master of Business Administration · Stellenbosch University
Bachelor of Commerce · Accounting, Auditing & Taxation · University of Western Cape

Mkhululi Ndamase

Mkhululi is part of our team of specialists and mentors. He studied towards a Civil Engineering qualification and has vast experience in construction projects.

MUCAN RUITERS

Mucan is a director and represents our youthly shareholders (all of our shareholders are black and under the age of 35). A highly efficient business development consultant with hands on experience in marketing, creating of business linkages for small businesses, completing tender documents for clients. Has developed as a sharp and shrewd entrepreneur / business linkage consultant. Through his involvement with the Dimension Data Incubator Programme and Empretec he has learned some valuable entrepreneurship skills. Supported many small businesses with growing their business and align their business to be transact-ready for corporate business. He was a member of the team during the City of Cape Town’s pilot project re the implementation of due diligence audits.

JOSHUA-DAVID RUITERS

Joshua-David is a director. He is responsible for all digital and information technology projects. He drive the M&E of all projects.

OUR PARTNERS

“As your company grows so should your partnering suppliers. Companies cannot afford to allow their suppliers are not growing with them.”

PHR SOLUTIONS

Our partner has taken over the design and management of our website. Through this partnership, our projects such as the Matzikama Business Development Centre will have their own websites including the latest in graphic content.