Position: Senior Specialist: Strategic Sourcing Location : Centurion, Gauteng Position Purpose: The Senior Specialist: Strategic Sourcing leads key sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, and category strategies to drive cost optimization, value creation, and supply continuity. The role provides expertise in procurement strategy, market intelligence, commercial analysis, and contract management, while advising stakeholders and supporting sourcing specialists. Postgraduate qualifications in Health Economics, Epidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics, or Biostatistics. 5–10+ years in strategic sourcing/procurement/category management. Experience leading major RFPs, negotiations, and contracting. Strong commercial, financial, and risk evaluation capability. Advantageous: Procurement certifications (CIPS, CPSM, SCM); experience in regulated industries. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute strategic sourcing and category strategies to optimise organisational spend, improve value, and ensure long‑term supply stability. Conduct detailed spend, market, and cost analyses to identify savings opportunities, supply risks, and optimisation levers within priority categories. Build multi‑year sourcing and category plans that align with organisational cost, quality, compliance, and risk‑management objectives. Lead end‑to‑end sourcing processes including scoping, RFI/RFP development, evaluation, negotiation, supplier selection, and award recommendations. Ensure full compliance with procurement governance, internal controls, and audit standards across all sourcing activities. Drive Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) optimisation by balancing price, service levels, quality, contractual terms and value‑added opportunities. Lead complex supplier negotiations and manage supplier performance, including setting KPIs/SLAs, conducting business reviews, and addressing escalations. Oversee contract drafting, review, and lifecycle governance while identifying and mitigating supplier, financial, operational, and compliance risks. Provide commercial and strategic advisory support to business units and executives, enabling informed sourcing decisions and risk‑aligned supplier selection. Leverage analytics, benchmarking, and market intelligence to track savings, monitor contract compliance, measure procurement performance, and prepare governance‑level reporting. Advanced negotiation and commercial strategy skills. Strong analytical capability (TCO analysis, market analysis, cost modelling). Knowledge of procurement systems (ERP, e‑Sourcing tools, spend analytics platforms). Supplier performance management and governance skills. Advanced presentation and communication skills. Core Competencies Accountability Analytical thinking Communication Strategic mindset Note: Company reserves the right to close the advert before specified closing date. #J-18808-Ljbffr