Digital Procurement Strategist

If Digital Procurement Transformation, Next Generation Technologies, AI and Robotics excite you, look no further.

Our client is looking for a Digital Transformation Procurement Specialist (Management Consulting) with management experience and hands on implementation experience having managed and delivered complex engagements. They are interested in meeting with exceptional candidates whose people skills, project management and delivery skills will be invaluable to the project and client. Candidates must be able to demonstrate track record, consulting experience and high levels of professionalism.

Candidates should have project lifecycle experience including solution design, development and implementation within the Procurement and Supply Chain disciplines.

Candidates should preferably come from a consulting background but candidates with relevant operational background who want to build a career in consulting may be considered.

Key Characteristics of the Candidate

- Excellent academic credentials from top tier programs; Post Graduate, Master's preferred
- Has worked with direct materials procurement and understands the complex project management thereof
- Understands sourcing, category and contract management
- Excellent stakeholder communication and negotiation skills
- Excellent communications and people skills
- Experience in managing consulting teams
- Strong interest in procurement technologies, analytics and smart contracts
- Minimum 5 years work experience in a management consulting and procurement environments
- Change and Stakeholder management
- Clear understanding of Inbound and Outbound Supply Chain Management (Strategic Sourcing, Commodity Sourcing, Tactical Sourcing, Procurement and Logistics)
- Transformation and Organisational effectiveness
- Capable of delivering and supporting the consulting sales cycle as required

Functional requirements

- Overall ownership and management of project
- Project team lead and manager workstream or project team
- Clear understanding of key stakeholders, broader industry dynamics and the nature of the

client's business, units and functions

- Managing, tracking and capturing project progress (planning, issues identification, resolution)
- Support, track, monitor and report day to day project performance
- Management of scope and client expectation
- Manage project financials and overall profitability
- Manage project risks and governance
- Lead and direct overall team direction
- Build and manage client confidence through engagement
- Maintain high levels of team cohesion, energy and drive
- Networking and relationship building
- Personal credibility and integrity

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS OPEN TO SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS ONLY AND WILL BE MADE IN LINE WITH THE CLIENT'S TRANSFORMATION POLICY REQUIREMENTS