Careers at ABSA – Procurement Specialist

• Develop commodity strategies, category plans and commercial solutions aligned to “best in class” business drivers for delivering specific components thereof.
• Develop a fact-based category plan to appropriately understand market analytics and category dynamics, these include Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models, comparative analysis, spend analysis, trend analysis, risk analysis, benchmarking etc.
• Assist the Procurement Manager in delivery of commercial and contractual elements through commercial negotiations, leading to contract award.
• Ensure all financial, risk, strategic and commercial considerations are optimised through the use of due diligence checks, best in class strategies and general market knowledge.
• Develop comprehensive business cases in order to support strategies for approval by senior stakeholders such as Head of Operations, Head of Self-service Devices and Head of IT.
• Work with identified business areas to embed and ensure compliance to the Group Procurement policy as reported in the monthly supplier risk reports.

Job Requirements:

• Analytical and strong presentation skills, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and senior internal and external stakeholder relationship management skills.

Qualification & Experience:

• Knowledge/Technical Skills/Expertise Supply Chain Management Procurement Knowledge Category Management Procurement Process
• SAP/ Coupa experience
• End to end procurement sourcing experience accountability for various of commodities, (ATM / Self-service / Cash Handling Device Hardware, Software and Maintenance, IT, Professional Services, HR, Banking Operations).
• CIPS Qualification Procurement First Degree
• Strong experience negotiating across a range of commodities with strategic suppliers.
• Demonstrated experience with legal contracting and drafting.
• Bachelor`s Degrees Supply Chain, Business Management, Commerce
• Tactical Sourcing
• Proven 5-6 Years’ Procurement Experience in a Supply Chain Management / Procurement environment.