Product Owner Tech PSP (Procurement, Sustainability & Profitability)

AB InBev Africa; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,500,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

AB InBev Africa is seeking a senior owner for the Africa Zone PSP technology portfolio. The role translates global strategy into zone delivery, ensuring BAU stability and value realization across markets.

You will lead end-to-end delivery of procurement tech changes, coordinate UAT, and bridge business with technology to deliver secure, compliant solutions across SAP ECC/SRM, VIM, MDM, PACT, and related platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and PSP procurement systems experience.
• Experience managing multi-country or multi-site portfolios.
• Proven stakeholder management across local, zone, and global teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the Africa PSP portfolio and align system capabilities to business strategy.
• Lead end-to-end procurement tech changes from assessment to go-live.
• Ensure PSP platform stability and oversee multi-country integration.
• Drive governance, risk, and controls across data, security, and audit.
• Lead adoption and KPI tracking across platforms.
• Collaborate with vendors and AMS teams on service quality and SLAs.
• Represent Africa Zone in global Tech forums and SteerCo.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Governance & controls

Strategic planning

Communication

Cross-country collaboration

Data & analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP ECC/SRM

VIM

MDM

PACT

SysPro

FlowCentric

Job description

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It's who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

Key purpose

The key purpose is to own the Africa Zone PSP (Procurement, Sustainability & Profitability) technology portfolio - translating global strategy into zone delivery, ensuring BAU stability, and driving demand, governance, and value realisation across markets.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Strategy & Portfolio Ownership

• Own the PSP portfolio and procurement roadmap, aligning system capabilities to business, compliance, and global strategy.
• Accountable for zone execution of global PSP tech strategy (Connect, Clarity, ORO).
• Lead demand intake, prioritization, and backlog governance across CAPEX & OPEX, aligned to value cases and roadmaps.

Delivery

• Lead end-to-end delivery of procurement tech changes — from impact assessment through testing, deployment, and hyper care.
• Coordinate UAT and business sign-off, ensuring defects are resolved before go-live.
• Bridge business and technology, translating requirements into functional, technical, integration, security, and reporting specs.

BAU & Operational Stability

• Ensure stability of PSP platforms (SAP ECC/SRM, PACT, MDM, VIM) with clear ownership of incidents and defects.
• Oversee integration performance across finance, payment, supplier, contract, and reporting platforms.
• Support country-specific process, tax/legal, vendor, and master data requirements across the zone.

Governance, Risk & Controls

• Oversee PSP Tech governance — cybersecurity posture, network segmentation, standards, and remediation.
• Ensure changes remain compliant with policy, segregation of duties, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• Drive master data governance (vendor, cost centre, GL, WBS, approval hierarchy, workflow dependencies).

Value, Data & Adoption

• Drive adoption, benefits realization, and KPI performance across platforms.
• Lead and embed data & analytics capabilities.
• Lead continuous improvement to simplify journeys, cut defects, and scale reusable solutions across countries.

Vendor & Financial Management

• Partner with vendors and AMS teams on service quality, SLAs, RCA, and sustainable support.
• Budget and manage PSP OPEX run-costs, including global cross-charges.
• Support the 1YP CAPEX process through business case validation and roadmap alignment.

Stakeholder & Global Interface

• Represent Africa Zone in global Tech forums, SteerCo, and transformation initiatives.
• Provide leadership-ready visibility via status updates, risk/issue logs, and benefits tracking.

Key Attributes and Competencies

• Strong grasp of Africa's PSP tech systems (SAP ECC/SRM, VIM, MDM, PACT, SysPro, FlowCentric).
• Translates global strategy into zone implementation plans.
• Deep experience in governance, prioritization, and portfolio/backlog management.
• Clear, structured communication with leadership and global teams.
• Bias for standardization, scalability, and sustainability; calm and decisive under operational pressure.
• Spans multiple African countries with periodic site engagement.
• Dual-speed environment: transformation delivery and BAU support.
• Strong exposure to capital programs, vendor management, and value-creation targets.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience with PSP / procurement systems (SAP ECC/SRM, VIM, MDM).
• Experience managing multi-country or multi-site portfolios.
• Proven stakeholder management across local, zone, and global teams.

Additional Information

• Band: VI

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in-line with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for shortlisting.