Procurement Excellence Lead: Strategy, Compliance & Savings

Neptune; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Neptune in Sandton, ZA is seeking a Procurement Excellence Manager to own the procurement roadmap, drive policy governance and continuous improvement. You will build dashboards, manage supplier data, lead Kaizen workshops, and advance ESG compliance while coaching the team to raise procurement maturity.

This on-site role requires strategic oversight and hands-on execution across spend analytics, savings tracking, and performance reviews with strategic suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Own the Procurement Excellence roadmap and turn strategy into measurable plans.
• Maintain procurement policies, governance and controls, ensuring compliance with audit, B-BBEE, ESG, competition law and delegated authority requirements.
• Build executive dashboards, scorecards and spend analytics, and track savings, PPV and procurement ROI.
• Govern supplier, material and service master data and approval matrices.
• Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives, Kaizen workshops and procurement maturity assessments.
• Develop supplier performance and segmentation frameworks, and lead Quarterly Business Reviews with strategic suppliers.
• Build team capability through a Procurement Capability Framework, training and coaching.
• Drive responsible sourcing, Enterprise and Supplier Development, and supplier ESG compliance.

Job description

Neptune in Sandton, ZA is seeking a Procurement Excellence Manager to own the procurement roadmap, drive policy governance and continuous improvement. You will build dashboards, manage supplier data, lead Kaizen workshops, and advance ESG compliance while coaching the team to raise procurement maturity.

This on-site role requires strategic oversight and hands-on execution across spend analytics, savings tracking, and performance reviews with strategic suppliers.