Senior Procurement Sandton - Sandton
CSG Resourcing Ltd
We are urgently searching for a senior specialist sourcing intelligence to work in Sandton, Johannesburg. The business unit is energy operations- Procurement. We need someone with Petrochemical, Oil & Gas Procurement experience. Deliver sourcing and economic intelligence to support and inform strategic decision-making and commercial performance. Review, analyse, and consolidate relevant economic data and information. Monitor, understand, and communicate relevant cost and pricing factors involved in defining market movements for Sasol Group's procurement spend environment. Factor in local, regional, and global ramifications that impact cost of goods and services in models. Create tools that can be leveraged to enhance supplier negotiations results and price confidence. Subject matter expert on price indices, economic analysis, sourcing intelligence, contract price adjustment and market analysis. Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities Possess widespread understanding of economic and price indices and their sources. Analyse and interpret economic data to provide insights that enable decision making. Create and develop customized tools that capture and define relevant cost factors to help in understanding costs of procurement activities and their impact on Sasol's spend base. Develop price index models for commodities and commodity groups to offer insights. Use predictive analytics to optimise sourcing decision strategies and supplier negotiations for current and future spending. Discover and leverage developed and existing best-in-class tools to build up additional details on commodity pricing intelligence. Create and maintain dedicated dashboard for sourcing intelligence. Stay abreast of the external economic environment and data costing and technology sources identified. Keep a pulse on relevant industry macro and micro economic factors influencing costs. Establish processes, create, and deploy a sourcing intelligence framework that support activities focusing on knowledge codification and retention. Enable the development, formation, and evolution of attributes for "should costing" methodologies, analysis, and tool creation for commodities of interest. Apply evidence-based SHE practices in alignment with set standards for safe operations. Implement Sasol Group's risk philosophy and enterprise risk management framework. Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to provide directions on should-costing and develop content that provides appropriate level of information transparency. Continuously improve own skills and knowledge. Complete, implement, and track personal development plan to attain personal performance goals. Formal Education University Bachelor's Degree (preferably B.Com Economics/Econometrics). Postgraduate relevant qualification will be an advantage. Min Experience At least 10 years' experience working in an economic environment. Relevant experience with economic indices. Deep understanding of global and local commodity markets and the impacts on procurement and supply chains Advanced MS Office (Excell, Word, Poerwpoint) competency, Thorough understanding of SharePoint and Power BI. Certification & Professional Membership None Competencies Business Acumen: An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money. Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability. Maintains a market-focused approach to business. Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions. The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome. Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration. Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence. Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements. Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting. Neg.
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