Analyst: Procurement Analysis and Reporting

Purpose of the Role

• Turn procurement, spend, supplier and process data into trusted insights that drive decisions, performance management, opportunity identification and transparent value reporting.
• The role covers spend analytics, KPI reporting, savings/benefits validation support, dashboards, data quality, sourcing analytics and management information.

Key Responsibilities

2.1. Key Accountabilities

• Build and maintain a reliable procurement data model across spend, suppliers, contracts, sourcing and performance.
• Produce recurring executive and operational dashboards with clear definitions and data lineage.
• Analyse spend by category, market, supplier and business unit to identify sourcing and consolidation opportunities.
• Support savings and value validation by maintaining baselines, benefit calculations and evidence.
• Track sourcing pipeline, cycle times, compliance, contract coverage, payment terms and supplier performance metrics.
• Develop market, price and supplier benchmarks to support sourcing and negotiations.
• Automate recurring reporting and reduce manual spreadsheet dependency where feasible.
• Perform data-quality checks and coordinate correction of supplier, category and transaction master data.
• Provide ad hoc analysis for business cases, negotiations, supplier reviews and procurement strategy.
• Translate analysis into concise insights, drivers, risks and recommended actions rather than reporting numbers alone.

2.2. Decision Rights

• Define data requirements and KPI calculation logic with process owners.
• Challenge inconsistent data.
• Recommend analytical priorities and controls.

2.3. Governance & Risk

• Maintain data confidentiality, consistent metric definitions, version control and traceable calculations.
• Avoid unsupported savings or performance claims.

2.4. World-Class Function Expectation

• Establish a single source of truth for procurement and progressively move reporting from descriptive metrics to predictive insight and decision support.

2.5. Digital & Data Expectation

• Use approved procurement technology, structured data and digital workflows as the default way of working.
• Maintain high-quality data at source and actively identify automation opportunities.

2.6. Key Interfaces

• Procurement leadership, Finance, IT/data teams, category specialists, market teams and business stakeholders.

2.7. Teamwork and Self-Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritising, and self-development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
• Champion training and development of self and others through utilising available training opportunities.
• Participate in and drive regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Finance, Supply Chain, Commerce, Statistics, Information Systems or equivalent.
• 4 to 7 years’ experience in procurement analytics, business intelligence, finance analytics or supply-chain reporting.
• Valid Code EB drivers' licence
• Willingness to travel to the sites across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Preference will be given to internal applicants and appointments that support the achievement of our Employment Equity and Affirmative Action goals

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