Category Specialist (Raw Materials, Traded Goods & Chemicals/Directs)

AECI Limited; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

AECI Limited is seeking a Procurement Associate to assist the Category Manager in strategy development and supplier management. This role involves data analysis, contract management, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies. Ideal candidates should be skilled in negotiation and market analysis.

Qualifications

• Experience with sourcing processes and data analysis.
• Understanding of procurement policies and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Support Category Manager in developing category strategies through data analysis.
• Administer and manage supply contracts, ensuring compliance with policies.
• Conduct market analysis and support the preparation of sourcing strategies.

Skills

Data Analysis

Market Analysis

Supplier Management

Negotiation

Job description

Purpose of the job

• To support the Category Manager in the development of fact-based category strategies through analysis, research, and data collecting etc., as well as running with market enquiries (Tenders, RFPs, RFQs) and response analysis thereof.
• Ensure tracking and reporting of negotiated savings and ensure signoffs from relevant stakeholders.
• Administer and manage supply contracts, including but not limited to, service level management, price negotiations/verifications, supplier risk management, and communicating changes to stakeholders
  
  

Required outputs

• Collect data, identify and analyse trends using an understanding of sourcing processes.
• Conduct market analysis and contribute to the development of the sourcing strategy development.
• Analyse spend data, e.g., TCO analysis, regression analysis, to identify improvement/ saving opportunities
• Prepare RFI / RFP documents
• Run tender processes and analyse the returned data
• Support data collection on supplier performance (supplier scorecard) from around the organisation
• Support the preparation of supplier feedback presentations as part of the SRM process
• Support creation, cleansing, and updating of category trees on an ongoing basis
• Calculation, tracking, and reporting of achieved savings through ensuring benefits sign-off by business units
• Manage and verify price escalations and contract variations.
• Apply the relevant procurement processes and manage contractors/suppliers for the designated portfolio
• Ensure compliance with AECI Group Procurement Policy, Directives, and Centre Instructions as well as legal and regulatory requirements
• Comply with Safety, Health, and Environmental standards