Product Owner Tech PSP (Procurement, Sustainability & Profitability) at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: September 25, 2026

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.