Sourcing Enablement Specialist – Cape Town

About the role

We are seeking a Sourcing Enablement Specialist to lead and optimise our end‑to‑end sourcing and procurement processes on the Zycus platform. Based in Cape Town, you will ensure governance, data integrity and user adoption across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Manage supplier onboarding, pre‑qualification, due‑diligence and risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain supplier category segmentation and performance monitoring.
• Own procurement master data, ensuring accuracy, standardisation and governance.
• Monitor compliance with procurement policies, delegated authority limits and contract requirements.
• Maintain up‑to‑date supplier compliance documentation such as B‑BBEE and tax clearance certificates.
• Identify and implement process improvements across strategic sourcing and procurement.
• Support contract and supplier lifecycle management and information governance.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Strategic Sourcing or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in strategic sourcing or a comparable procurement role.
• Proven experience with procurement technology platforms (Zycus, Coupa, SAP Ariba or similar).
• Ability to work with finance, IT and business stakeholders on master‑data and analytics.
• MCIPS certification is advantageous.

Required skills

• Zycus procurement platform.
• Coupa procurement system.
• SAP Ariba.
• Procurement analytics and reporting.