Supply Chain Analyst at University of the Witwatersrand

The incumbent’s duties include:

• management reporting: extract and compile reports for Management related to strategic sourcing, procurement operations, supplier spend, supplier management and commodity spend using the management information system and the ERP environment
• perform financial analysis related to the purchasing function and trend analysis report to facilitate management of the purchasing and expenditure function utilizing the Business Information and ERP platforms.
• Create informative & actionable reports and/or dashboards which highlight relevant business process inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement and provides an understanding of ordering and expenditure patterns for the relevant department/areas.
• capturing, monitoring and tracking of savings on procurement categories or initiatives
• facilitate the compilation of business cases, total cost of ownership, return on investment calculations and other financial calculations relevant to the purchasing or tender function of the department.
• reconciling and processing the credit card transactions for the support service area and facilitating timeous payment thereof
• facilitating the use of the credit card by assisting with credit card transactions
• liaising with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate resolving of queries and timeous payment of invoices
• monitoring the actual versus budget spend for the department and assisting with the budget compilation and reconciliation for the department as required.
• reconciling and facilitate processing of the internal requisitions, claims and payment requests when required.
• filing, record keeping and providing a backup role for administrative requirements related to the department.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate Degree in BCom/BSC
• BCom in Supply Chain/Logistics is preferred
• 1-3 years of procurement/supply chain or financial analysis related experience
• Exposure and preferably familiarity with Business Intelligence tools
• Experience in working with large sets of data relating to management reporting, providing insights and considerations relating to improvement opportunities, preferably in procurement and/or supply chain
• Experience in building procurement and or supply chain dashboards for various stakeholders
• Knowledge and experience related to the budgeting and monitoring of spend processes

Closing Date: 19th May 2023