About this role
Job Details
Division South Africa
Business Unit Sourcing & Procurement - NR
Minimum experience Mid-Senior
Company primary industry Facilities Services
Job functional area Supply Chain
Job Description
Purpose of the Role
- Turn procurement, spend, supplier and process data into trusted insights that drive decisions, performance management, opportunity identification and transparent value reporting.
- The role covers spend analytics, KPI reporting, savings/benefits validation support, dashboards, data quality, sourcing analytics and management information.
Key Responsibilities
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2.1. Key Accountabilities
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Build and maintain a reliable procurement data model across spend, suppliers, contracts, sourcing and performance.
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Produce recurring executive and operational dashboards with clear definitions and data lineage.
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Analyse spend by category, market, supplier and business unit to identify sourcing and consolidation opportunities.
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Support savings and value validation by maintaining baselines, benefit calculations and evidence.
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Track sourcing pipeline, cycle times, compliance, contract coverage, payment terms and supplier performance metrics.
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Develop market, price and supplier benchmarks to support sourcing and negotiations.
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Automate recurring reporting and reduce manual spreadsheet dependency where feasible.
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Perform data-quality checks and coordinate correction of supplier, category and transaction master data.
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Provide ad hoc analysis for business cases, negotiations, supplier reviews and procurement strategy.
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Translate analysis into concise insights, drivers, risks and recommended actions rather than reporting numbers alone.
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2.2. Decision Rights
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Define data requirements and KPI calculation logic with process owners.
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Challenge inconsistent data.
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Recommend analytical priorities and controls.
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2.3. Governance & Risk
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Maintain data confidentiality, consistent metric definitions, version control and traceable calculations.
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Avoid unsupported savings or performance claims.
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2.4. World-Class Function Expectation
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Establish a single source of truth for procurement and progressively move reporting from descriptive metrics to predictive insight and decision support.
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2.5. Digital & Data Expectation
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Use approved procurement technology, structured data and digital workflows as the default way of working.
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Maintain high-quality data at source and actively identify automation opportunities.
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2.6. Key Interfaces
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Procurement leadership, Finance, IT/data teams, category specialists, market teams and business stakeholders.
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2.7. Teamwork and Self-Management
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Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritising, and self-development.
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Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
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Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
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Support and drive the business core values.
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Manage colleagues and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
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Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
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Champion training and development of self and others through utilising available training opportunities.
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Participate in and drive regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Finance, Supply Chain, Commerce, Statistics, Information Systems or equivalent.
- 4 to 7 years’ experience in procurement analytics, business intelligence, finance analytics or supply-chain reporting.
- Valid Code EB drivers' licence
- Willingness to travel to the sites across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Preference will be given to internal applicants and appointments that support the achievement of our Employment Equity and Affirmative Action goals
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