Strategic IT & Network Procurement Analyst

Ampstek; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 520,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampstek seeks a Procurement Analyst to drive efficiency across IT and Network Infrastructure by connecting technical teams, business functions, and suppliers to optimize costs and mitigate vendor risk.

The role transforms complex financial, contractual, and technical data into actionable procurement strategies, develops dashboards, conducts demand forecasting, and builds cost-benefit models for executive decision-making.

Qualifications

• Experience turning financial, contractual, and technical data into procurement strategies.
• Ability to build dashboards and visibility reports for spend tracking.
• Familiarity with supplier performance and cost optimization.
• Proven ability to support executive decision-making with data.

Responsibilities

• Build category dashboards and visibility reports to track spend and dependencies.
• Conduct demand analysis to forecast capacity needs and savings realization.
• Deliver deep-dive 80/20 analysis to optimize supplier consolidation.
• Create supplier comparison and financial evaluation models for RFxs.
• Provide data-driven insights to support vendor negotiations.
• Develop sourcing strategy documents and TCO models.
• Model cost-benefit of investment proposals and track spend vs budgets.
• Apply NPV, ROI, Payback, inflation, and scenario planning.

Skills

Data Architecture

Forecasting

Demand Analysis

RFx Evaluation

Cost-Benefit Modeling

Negotiation Insights

Sourcing Strategy

Market Benchmarking

Supplier Consolidation

Lifecycle Management

NPV/ROI/Payback

Tools

RFx tools

TCO models

Job description

Ampstek seeks a Procurement Analyst to drive efficiency across IT and Network Infrastructure by connecting technical teams, business functions, and suppliers to optimize costs and mitigate vendor risk.

The role transforms complex financial, contractual, and technical data into actionable procurement strategies, develops dashboards, conducts demand forecasting, and builds cost-benefit models for executive decision-making.