Procurement Category Analyst

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa AVI Limited Full time

Exchange and centred on the FMCG market, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our brands span a range of categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, footwear, accessories, and fashion apparel. We have a well-developed Shared Services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing, which allows us to take advantage of our scale. Our single-minded purpose is our brands' growth and development.
The AVI Group Procurement department is the custodian of procurement performance and governance for the AVI Group. This department’s role includes responsibility for, inter alia, leading and facilitating sourcing strategies for key spend categories, aggregating and leveraging spend across Business Units (BU)’s for improved pricing, recruiting and developing procurement competence across all BU’s, procurement strategy, policies and procedures, and supplier performance management and development. The overall aim of the department is to ensure procurement within and across all BU’s is contributing significant value to the business, whilst protecting this value and managing risk.
**Line Manager**: AVI Group Chief Procurement Officer
**Number of Direct Reports**: None

**Job Specification**:Key Performance Areas**:
Spend Category Analytics and Support
Develop and implement analytics and metrics to improve decision making, measure value and enable a more strategic view of priority category portfolios
Provide Procurement Executives with commodities movements, relevant cost indices and market dynamics for priority categories
Support Procurement Executives with forecasting of cost movements for priority categories
Conduct research on economic trends and developments in relevant supply markets impacting on key categories
Provision of strategic cost management analyses, including should cost analysis, total cost of ownership in priority areas
Support Procurement Executives in developing category strategies and cost-saving action plans
Sourcing Strategy Analytics and Implementation Support
Provide analytics and support required by Procurement Executives for planning and executing sourcing events
Conduct supplier financial, capability and performance evaluations and comparisons
Develop supplier and cost evaluation templates
Support Procurement Executives with compilation and administration of RFx documentation and events
Conduct analyses of supplier tender submissions and provide summary reports
Supplier Performance Metrics and Dashboards
Collate and present supplier performance information and reports for prioritised suppliers to Procurement Executives to enable effective supplier relationship management and robust performance management
Spend Analytics, Reports and System Management
Update and maintain the AVI Group spend cube and ensure the integrity of the data contained within
Provide spend analyses and reports as required by Procurement Executives
Liaise with ITSS on spend cube maintenance, improvement and fault-finding, when required
Provide information and support as required for the Preferential Procurement, Supplier Development and Enterprise Development elements of the BBBEE scorecard
Benefits Tracking Reports and System Management
Manage and maintain the Benefits Tracking System (BTS)
Ensure all procurement initiatives and benefits are correctly logged, completed, approved and maintained
Provide regular benefits status updates, as well as ad-hoc reports, as and when required
Provide consolidated updates and reports for all initiatives

**Minimum Requirements**:Experience**:
At least 3 years’ experience in an Analyst capacity
3 years business/commercial experience
3 years in procurement will be advantageous
Previous working experience in Cost Management, Cost Modelling and Cost Drivers
Previous work experience in a similar FMCG, Manufacturing and/or Packaging industry will be highly advantageous

**Qualifications**:
A minimum of a 3-year bachelor degree in Commerce, or similar
An Honour Degree will be advantageous

**Additional Requirements**:
Microsoft Excel
Data analytics, interpretation and presentation
Cost analysis, including strategic cost management methodologies

**Working Knowledge in**:
Project Management
Market Research
Statistical Analysis
Procurement Processes

**Competencies**:
Articulating Information
Thinking Analytically
Documenting Facts
Interpreting Data
Building Relationships
Thinking Conceptually
Minimising Risk
Attention to Detail


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