Ingrain, Africa's leading manufacturer of starch, glucose and related products, is looking for a Procurement Excellence Manager. Lead the strategy that makes procurement a data-driven, well-governed function, from policy and analytics to supplier performance and capability building. Based at Anvil Road, Isando, reporting to the Head of Procurement.

What you'll do

• Own the Procurement Excellence roadmap and turn strategy into measurable plans.
• Maintain procurement policies, governance and controls, ensuring compliance with audit, B-BBEE, ESG, competition law and delegated authority requirements.
• Build executive dashboards, scorecards and spend analytics, and track savings, PPV and procurement ROI.
• Govern supplier, material and service master data and approval matrices.
• Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives, Kaizen workshops and procurement maturity assessments.
• Develop supplier performance and segmentation frameworks, and lead Quarterly Business Reviews with strategic suppliers.
• Build team capability through a Procurement Capability Framework, training and coaching.
• Drive responsible sourcing, Enterprise and Supplier Development, and supplier ESG compliance.

What you'll bring

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Commerce, Engineering, Finance or Business Management (required). Honours (advantageous)
• 5+ years in procurement and supply chain, including procurement excellence or procurement operations leadership (required)
• Manufacturing or FMCG experience (required)
• Strong SAP ERP experience (required)
• Advanced Excel and Power BI for analytics and dashboards (required)
• A proven track record in procurement governance, analytics and supplier performance management (required)
• MCIPS / CIPS Level 6 or CPSM (advantageous)
• Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt; PMP or PRINCE2 (advantageous)
• SQL knowledge (advantageous)

Ingrain is an equal opportunity employer. Preference may be given to candidates in line with our Employment Equity plan.