Procurement Strategy Intern: Sourcing & Analytics

PwC Careers Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC is seeking a Graduate Intern in Procurement Managed Services to support an outsourced sourcing team across multiple spend categories. You will gain practical exposure to the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle while developing analytical, commercial, technology and relationship skills essential for a career in procurement.

You will learn strategic sourcing fundamentals, supplier evaluation, negotiation support and value tracking within a structured managed-services environment, using Excel,

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant field such as supply chain, procurement, logistics, business management, economics or finance.
• Able to show strong numerical and analytical capabilities with data accuracy.
• Good written and verbal communication; comfortable engaging with stakeholders and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Support sourcing projects from intake and requirements clarification through market analysis, supplier engagement, bid evaluation, recommendation and handover.
• Conduct supplier and market research, gather category intelligence, identify potential suppliers and support supplier pre-qualification and onboarding.
• Prepare and administer requests for information and proposals, including sourcing documentation, bidder communications, timelines and clarification logs.
• Cleanse and analyse spend, pricing and supplier data; compare bids; develop evaluation packs; and support identification and tracking of savings and other value opportunities.
• Coordinate meetings, actions and approvals with client stakeholders, suppliers and internal team members, escalation risks or delays promptly.
• Maintain accurate sourcing pipelines, trackers, repositories, supplier records, audit trails and management reports using client and firm systems.
• Support negotiation preparation, contracting handovers, supplier performance activities and continuous improvement initiatives under the guidance of experienced procurement professionals.
• Deliver work in line with procurement policies, delegated authorities, confidentiality requirements, service levels and quality standards.
• Understand the procurement system to support the team as a system super user to reduce administrative requirements.
• Support the project management team with building and maintaining tracking tools.

Skills

Numerical analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Excel

PowerPoint

Client-facing

Team collaboration

Curiosity

Education

Supply Chain Management / related

Business Management / Economics / Finance

Industrial Engineering / Operations Management

Data Analytics / Statistics

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Data visualisation

Procurement systems

E-sourcing

Job description

PwC is seeking a Graduate Intern in Procurement Managed Services to support an outsourced sourcing team across multiple spend categories. You will gain practical exposure to the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle while developing analytical, commercial, technology and relationship skills essential for a career in procurement.

You will learn strategic sourcing fundamentals, supplier evaluation, negotiation support and value tracking within a structured managed-services environment, using Excel,