Senior Specialist Sourcing Intelligence

Sasol • Sandton, SC

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About The Position

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company. The Senior Specialist Sourcing Intelligence role delivers sourcing and economic intelligence to support strategic decision-making and commercial performance. The position reviews, analyses, and consolidates economic data; monitors and communicates cost and pricing factors that influence market movements in Sasol Group’s procurement spend; and accounts for local, regional, and global influences on the cost of goods and services. It also creates tools to improve supplier negotiation outcomes and price confidence, and serves as a subject matter expert in price indices, economic analysis, sourcing intelligence, contract price adjustment, and market analysis.

The role develops commodity price-index models, customized cost tools, predictive analytics, and dashboards to support sourcing strategies and negotiations. It establishes and maintains a sourcing intelligence framework, contributes to should-costing methodologies, and provides stakeholders with transparent, useful information. The position also applies evidence-based SHE practices, follows Sasol’s risk management framework, and supports ongoing personal development.

Requirements

• University bachelor’s degree; preferably in B.Com Economics or Econometrics.
• At least 9 years’ experience working in an economic environment.
• Relevant experience with economic indices.
• Deep understanding of global and local commodity markets and their impacts on procurement and supply chains.
• Advanced competency in MS Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Thorough understanding of SharePoint and Power BI.
• Experience using AI tools to improve sourcing intelligence and reporting.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant postgraduate qualification.

Responsibilities

• Understand economic and price indices and their sources.
• Analyse and interpret economic data to provide decision-making insights.
• Create customized tools that capture relevant cost factors and clarify procurement costs and their impact on Sasol’s spend base.
• Develop price-index models for commodities and commodity groups.
• Use predictive analytics to optimize sourcing decisions and supplier negotiations for current and future spending.
• Identify and use existing and best-in-class tools to develop commodity pricing intelligence.
• Create and maintain a sourcing intelligence dashboard.
• Monitor the external economic environment, data costing, and technology sources.
• Track industry macroeconomic and microeconomic factors that influence costs.
• Establish processes and create and deploy a sourcing intelligence framework that supports knowledge codification and retention.
• Develop and evolve attributes for should-costing methodologies, analysis, and tools for relevant commodities.
• Apply evidence-based SHE practices in accordance with standards for safe operations.
• Implement Sasol Group’s risk philosophy and enterprise risk management framework.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, provide direction on should-costing, and develop appropriately transparent information.
• Continuously develop skills and knowledge, and complete, implement, and track a personal development plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior