Procurement Specialist in operations

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa MECS Africa Full time
Education / Requirements:
  • 3-year degree / diploma (NQF level 6) preferably in Purchasing/Supply Chain/Information Management or Business Commerce.
  • 5 Years of transformational programme and project management experience, at least 2 years of which should have been in Procurement.
  • Proven experience and success in the delivery of business process optimisation initiatives in large corporates.

Preference will be given to:
  • CIPS or equivalent purchasing and supply chain qualification.
  • Prince2, PMP or equivalent project methodology

Experience required:
  • Experience in SAP Ariba, SAP MM, SRM as well as on Pilog/Infinity is essential.
  • Previous exposure in a company that offers services not just material or stock.
  • Project Management.
  • Procurement Source to Pay
  • Procurement Process mapping skills and experience
  • Compilation of training manuals, user specifications and Work Instructions.
  • Bill of quantities (BOQ) compilation & negotiation.
  • Robotic process automation (RPA) skills and automation experience.
  • Management experience
  • Must have a track record of building and managing internal and external business relationships.

Responsibilities include:
  • Identify opportunities to increase efficiencies, drive automation and to streamline solutions in procurement.
  • Write CRs and functional specifications, be able to test solutions and write and present training manuals.
  • Facilitate, drive and implement procurement best practices and standards
  • Establish measures and controls to ensure and track successful implementation of plans in alignment with the overall KPI framework.
  • Track SLAs and implement amendments/additional measurements when needed.
  • Project manage procurement related transformational projects/solutions/initiatives across the company.
  • Support Procurement audit reviews and mitigate any audit findings.
  • Identify risks and implement controls proactively.


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