NTP Sourcing Specialist at Woolworths

Job description

• Provide support to the Non Trade Procurement Business Partners in the preparation, communication and execution of Category Strategies
• Provide support to the Non Trade Procurement Business Partners in the preparation and execution of strategic Sourcing Strategies
• Facilitate the capture of specifications for procurement of good/services
• Develop robust data gathering and data quality maintenance protocols to ensure spend transparency and support development of baseline for sourcing efforts
• Collect and utilise stakeholder feedback to understand critical business priorities, sharing feedback with appropriate Non Trade Procurement Business Partners to ensure group priorities as well as regional requirements are met in a collaborative manner and strategies account for short and long term business needs
• Plan and execute assigned sourcing projects timeously in accordance with approved Sourcing Strategies, required quality, established processes and methodologies
• Identify sourcing project and supply risks, establishing mitigation plans
• Lead cross-organizational project teams to work collaboratively and accomplish a common goal in delivering assigned tactical and operational sourcing projects
• Maintain considered, effective communication with all stakeholders before, during and after projects, ensuring responsible Non Trade Procurement Business Partners remain up to date at all times
• Ensure project compliance with all relevant sourcing policies and procedures as a NTP Process and Systems expert
• Ensure good governance is consistently applied, evaluating potential vendors in an equitable manner with due consideration for preferential procurement imperatives and maintaining thorough records pertaining to vendor appointment and terms of engagement
• Design and execute negotiation strategy to minimise life-cycle expenses
• Engage and influence across the lines of business to ensure successful project implementation, support change management and ensure adoption
• Conclude contracts with appointed suppliers in partnership with the Legal department ahead of implementation
• Optimise contractual agreements to minimize risk and cost
• Calculate, track and document direct and indirect savings achieved, as well as process value add
• Ensure delivery, validation and endorsement of, at minimum, targeted assigned sourcing project benefits
• Transition suppliers seamlessly through effective project and critical path management, change management and business education
• Ensure purchase facilitation and ERP control mechanisms are optimized and activated timeously, including supplier accounts, blanket agreements, catalogues, inventory codes and contract purchase orders
• Strengthen supplier relationships through supplier consolidation, with due regard for Enterprise and Supplier Development priorities
• Support ongoing contract management, ensuring timely execution of contract renewals and renegotiations to deliver budget guidance on schedule
• Support strategic Source to Pay (S2P) initiatives, supplier analysis and market intelligence activities
• Support the evolution of the S2P framework and vision for change in business processes, technology and strategies, collaborating with stakeholders to explore ways to improve and innovate
• Maintain appropriate and effective communication with consistent messaging regarding the NTP transformation efforts
• Conduct Supply Chain mapping activities to identify opportunities to reduce total landed costs with due consideration to lead time – regionalising supply, together with the  Non Trade Procurement Business Partners, wherever appropriate
• Execute assigned Tail-Spend Management (TSM) activities, including spend and contract analysis, identifying and extracting incremental cost saving, operational efficiency, supplier consolidation and catalogue improvement opportunities, as well as synergies with preferred suppliers

Minimum requirements

• Strong project management skills
• Strategic and proactive approach to problem solving
• Numerical, analytical and interpretive ability
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Relationship management skills
• Change management skills
• Conflict management skills
• Strong and effective negotiation skills
• Decision-making ability
• Business acumen and commercially minded
• Report writing skills

 JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Degree or Diploma, in Procurement, Purchasing Management, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Management, Commerce, Economics or related, relevant professional qualification such as MCIPs
• Project Management certificate or diploma
• Minimum of 4 years procurement experience, at least 2 of which in a corporate multinational and 2 of which in strategic sourcing
• Experience with any major ERP system
• Experience with any sourcing and contracting platforms will provide an advantage