Analyst: Procurement Analysis and Reporting

International Facilities Services; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

International Facilities Services is seeking a procurement analytics professional in KwaZulu-Natal to transform data on spend, suppliers and contracts into trusted insights that drive decisions and value reporting.

You will develop dashboards, maintain data quality, and support sourcing analytics with rigorous baselines and evidence. Travel to sites across Sub-Saharan Africa may be required.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Procurement analytics

Business intelligence

Finance analytics

Supply-chain reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Finance, Supply Chain, Commerce, Statistics, Information Systems or equivalent

Job description

Purpose of the Role

1. Turn procurement, spend, supplier and process data into trusted insights that drive decisions, performance management, opportunity identification and transparent value reporting.
2. 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.

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