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Job Location drjobs

Cape Town - South Africa

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Not Disclosed

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1 Vacancy

Job Description

Procurement Analyst (Logistics & Services)(JL3)
Would you like to be part of a value-driven commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day
The Southern Africa & Islands (SAI) Procurement team based in Cape Town South Africa is looking for an astute procurement analyst who will business partner and provide meaningful insights from complex data sets related to the Transported by Maersk and Fulfilled by Maersk product offering.
This individual will be an integral part of the SAI Procurement team managing logistics and services sourcing in close collaboration with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment between costs commercial needs and operational execution.
WHAT WE OFFER:
When you join Maersk youll find that the world is your workplace. Youll work in a culturally diverse stimulating environment surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance respect dedication and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together. Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness we strive to prepare for the future while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to our daily work Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring challenging place to work. At Maersk we take pride in hiring the best person for the job irrespective of gender age nationality or religious belief.
Key Responsibilities
  • Day-to-Day Procurement Activities: Manage procurement activities professionally with leadership support to ensure every dollar is well spent.
  • Market Engagement: Conduct supplier market analysis and gather market intelligence.
  • Go-to-Market Execution: Lead RFI RFQ and RFP processes evaluate supplier responses quantitatively and present comparative analyses. Negotiate using market insights to guide procurement decisions.
  • Procurement Category Strategy: Provide analytical insights to develop category strategies that reduce total costs while ensuring value service quality and policy compliance. Develop total cost of ownership (TCO) and cost models to drive optimal decisions.
  • Sourcing Strategy: Use TMS dashboards to report on sourcing strategy alignment and deviations.
  • Customer Tenders: Support procurement business partners with timely input for product and sales tenders.
  • Contract Management: Implement contract frameworks to ensure cost leadership compliance and superior supplier performance.
  • Global Processes & Teams: Perform responsibilities using global procurement processes tools and category management teams.
  • Implementation Partner: Assist procurement management in continuous improvement initiatives through data intelligence problem-solving and analytical insight generation.
  • TMS Oversight: Facilitate feedback loops between sourcing and execution track adherence to procurement-endorsed rates and balance capacity versus rates.
  • Collaboration: Work with Regional Rate Focals and Global TMS enablement teams to drive rate compliance and accuracy in the Maersk Rate Engine (MRE) and TMS.
  • Support Functions: Assist Product Delivery and Finance Operations in tracking savings after contract commencement.
  • Travel: Travel within the SAI region as needed for site and supplier engagements.
Who We Are Looking For
Someone with:
  • Bachelors or postgraduate degree in Supply Chain Logistics Engineering Information Technology or related fields.
  • Minimum of 4 years experience in analytics and procurement.
  • In-depth understanding of best-in-class procurement practices.
  • Experience in First Mile Transportation is advantageous.
  • Proven record of outstanding professional performance.
  • Ability to work collaboratively within teams.
  • Experience managing teams and projects driving end-to-end sourcing projects and cost reduction initiatives.
  • Strong communication planning and prioritizing skills to efficiently meet deadlines and high-level goals in a complex fast-paced high-pressure environment.
  • Structured and analytical problem-solving abilities

    Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race colour gender sex age religion creed national origin ancestry citizenship marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy or parental leave veteran status gender identity genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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