Product Owner Tech PSP (Procurement, Sustainability & Profitability)

The South African Breweries SAB · Johannesburg, Gauteng

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End Date: September 25, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Strategy & Portfolio Ownership

Own the PSP portfolio and procurement roadmap, aligning system capabilities to business, compliance, and global strategy.
Accountable for zone execution of global PSP tech strategy Connect, Clarity, ORO.
Lead demand intake, prioritization, and backlog governance across CAPEX & OPEX, aligned to value cases and roadmaps.

Delivery

Lead end-to-end delivery of procurement tech changes — from impact assessment through testing, deployment, and hyper care.
Coordinate UAT and business sign-off, ensuring defects are resolved before go-live.
Bridge business and technology, translating requirements into functional, technical, integration, security, and reporting specs.

BAU & Operational Stability

Ensure stability of PSP platforms SAP ECC/SRM, PACT, MDM, VIM with clear ownership of incidents and defects.
Oversee integration performance across finance, payment, supplier, contract, and reporting platforms.
Support country-specific process, tax/legal, vendor, and master data requirements across the zone.

Governance, Risk & Controls

Oversee PSP Tech governance — cybersecurity posture, network segmentation, standards, and remediation.
Ensure changes remain compliant with policy, segregation of duties, internal controls, and audit requirements.
Drive master data governance vendor, cost centre, GL, WBS, approval hierarchy, workflow dependencies.

Value, Data & Adoption

Drive adoption, benefits realization, and KPI performance across platforms.
Lead and embed data & analytics capabilities.
Lead continuous improvement to simplify journeys, cut defects, and scale reusable solutions across countries.

Vendor & Financial Management

Partner with vendors and AMS teams on service quality, SLAs, RCA, and sustainable support.
Budget and manage PSP OPEX run-costs, including global cross-charges.
Support the 1YP CAPEX process through business case validation and roadmap alignment.

Stakeholder & Global Interface

Represent Africa Zone in global Tech forums, SteerCo, and transformation initiatives.
Provide leadership-ready visibility via status updates, risk/issue logs, and benefits tracking.

Strong grasp of Africa's PSP tech systems SAP ECC/SRM, VIM, MDM, PACT, SysPro, FlowCentric.
Translates global strategy into zone implementation plans.
Deep experience in governance, prioritization, and portfolio/backlog management.
Clear, structured communication with leadership and global teams.
Bias for standardization, scalability, and sustainability; calm and decisive under operational pressure.
Spans multiple African countries with periodic site engagement.
Dual-speed environment: transformation delivery and BAU support.
Strong exposure to capital programs, vendor management, and value-creation targets.