Product Owner

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Letsema Consulting Full time

Defining and managing the product vision and strategy, based on customer and stakeholder needs and market research.
- Creating and prioritizing a product backlog (a list of features and requirements) that aligns with the product vision and goals, and continuously refining it based on feedback and changing business needs.
- Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., developers, designers, marketers, and quality assurance) to ensure that the product meets customer needs and is delivered on time and within budget.
- Ensuring that the product backlog items are clearly defined, well understood, and properly estimated by the development team.
- Making tough decisions on what features to include in each sprint or release, based on the value they will deliver to customers and the business.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for all stakeholders (e.g., customers, partners, executives, and other departments) on matters related to the product.
- Continuously monitoring the product's performance and gathering feedback from customers and stakeholders, using data-driven insights to make informed decisions and prioritize future improvements.
- Maintaining a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, emerging trends, and new technologies that may impact the product's success.
- Ensuring that the product is compliant with all relevant regulations and standards and managing any legal or ethical considerations related to the product.
- Demonstrating leadershipand ownership of the product, and inspiring others to share and contribute to the product vision and goals.

**Preferred Qualification**
- B.Sc Computer Science, B.Com Informatics, Engineering Degrees

**Preferred Certifications**
- Preferred - TOGAF, Leading SAFe, Project Management (PMBok/PMI, Prince II etc), Srum Master

**Minimum Experience Level**
- Minimum number of years of experience: 8 years
- Banking and Financial Services sector experience**Purpose of the Role**
- The role of a Procurement Analyst is to work with data analytics to analyze, interpret and communicate complex data sets to support business decisions. This role will be liaising between internal departments and suppliers analyzing and comparing product samples and negotiating procurement contracts on behalf of our company.
- The Procurement analyst will spend time developing various approaches to procuring and contracting external support from the marketplace in line with current industry standards.

**Responsibilities**
- Determining supply needs and researching potential suppliers.
- Acting as a liaison and communicating pricing and performance needs to vendors and suppliers.
- Build and maintain good working relationships with management across various regions and operational areas.
- Documenting the features and benefits of products and services.
- Preparing cost-benefit analysis reports for review by clients.
- Negotiating favorable procurement contracts with selected vendors and suppliers.
- Documenting processes and generating monthly supply cost reports.
- Monitoring the company's demand for products to avoid supply shortages.
- Keeping abreast of vendor and supplier-related activities in the industry.

**Competencies required**
- Problem Solving
- Interpersonal Skills
- Producing Innovative solutions to problems
- Effective Communication (written and verbal)
- Accountability
- Strong problem-solving ability using data techniques
- Advanced analytical skills

**Experience and Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Business Sciences, Business Mathematics.
- 2 years or more experience
- 2 years or more experience in Microsoft Excel, SQL
- In-depth business management, supply chain, and strategic sourcing knowledge.

Ability to Commute:

- Johannesburg, Gauteng (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Johannesburg, Gauteng: Relocate before starting work (required)

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