IT Sourcing Specialist at The Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives    
IT Strategic Sourcing

• Develop comprehensive sourcing strategies and opportunities to maximise value and minimize the total cost of ownership, including improved quality, pricing and service levels within applicable risk tolerance levels.

Coordination, Facilitation and Influencing

• Collaborate with different business units to understand complex business, technical, regulatory, service and legal requirements, and translate these into specific RFx requirements cross the various scoring categories.
• Develop standardised systems and controls for IT sourcing (including RFx processes and documentation, build-in sourcing and procurement rules and guidelines, RFx execution models, and supplier or contractor selection criteria) to enable the most efficient and effective procurement approach based on investment risk and type of procurement.

RFx Process Design and Execution

• Elicit the business service definition, service details, current use statistics, risks and service levels required from the key stakeholders to refine the business requirements and mould the contract (terms and conditions or Statement of Work) to become the basis for bidding.
• Evaluate the existing capabilities, suppliers, business requirements and risks identified to determine the most appropriate sourcing strategy.

Qualifications    

• Bachelors Degree (3 years) / NQF level 7

Preferable:

• FTI Diploma
• ITIL and / or COBIT

Experience    

• 5 years experience in a similar role

Knowledge and Skills    
Strong knowledge of:

• Sourcing models (Total Cost Analysis):
• IT infrastructure and solution architecture
• IT software and related processes
• IT service management and related processes
• Legal and commercial issues associated with IT contracting
• Statistical analysis techniques
• Cost Accounting

Output Factors:

• Develop comprehensive sourcing strategies and opportunities to maximise value and minimize the total cost of ownership
• Conduct financial analysis of historical spend and cost performance
• Evaluating existing capabilities, supplier, business requirement and risk identified to determine the most appropriate sourcing strategy
• Develop standardised RFx systems and controls
• Develop negotiation strategy, timeline and scenarios
• Promote the benefits of a comprehensive sourcing strategy within the group