About the company
IWG has been at the forefront of the flexible workspace revolution for more than 30 years. We have made it possible for organizations and individuals everywhere to take a new approach to the traditional working day. We have over 3,400 locations across over 110 countries allowing millions of people every day to have a great day at work.
Our customers are start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large multinationals. With unique business goals, people and aspirations. They want workspaces and communities to match their needs. We provide them with choice through our portfolio of brands, covering serviced offices (Regus, Spaces, HQ, Signature and No18), commercial real estate brokerage and managed office solutions.
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Job Purpose
You will be part of the team responsible for managing the centralisation of procurement and cost control activities from our centres, to transition within our global Supply Chain Shared Service Centre covering +3,000 Business Centres.
The key objective of the position is to provide outstanding levels of service, through proactive ticket management. We aim to improve company profits by identifying and reducing unnecessary business activities and expenses by enforcing global policies, in a timely and consistent manner. On top of this, we are proactively engaging with centre teams and third-party suppliers to ensure our centres are being
managed and always well maintained. You are expected to be able to make decisions and follow procedures, looking for ways to improve our processes, and highlight any issues in our workflows. You must be able to work independently while maintaining efficient and high-quality performance.
Key Responsibilities
1. Verify goods and services tickets in terms of information completeness and need within agreed SLA’s.
i. validate the work is required and the information on the ticket is complete and true
including the ones for new vendors
ii. approve or reject the request tickets against our global policies, within our pre-defined
service level agreement including authorisation of certain high value/sensitive
transactions before passing to category team for final approval
iii. Assess quotes received from vendors against cost benchmarks or open market data to
ensure best prices achieved for goods and services
2. Submit goods and services tickets to vendors and assist on post ordering concerns.
i. Submit requests for goods or services to a list of nominated suppliers, engaging with them
to accept the work within the defined service level agreement
ii. Follow up with suppliers and centres to ensure goods or services have been delivered to at least a satisfactory level.
iii. Handle any issues or concerns from suppliers, centre teams or any other internal
stakeholder, and resolve problems in a timely and professional manner
iv. Carry out invoice verification checks where invoices have been submitted above the
approved purchase order amount and pass outcomes back to the accounts payable team
3. Manage the ordering apps that facilitates the goods and services ordering from the centres.
i. ensure all details (prices, contact information, centre information etc) is up to date
4. Checking of requests in adding new suppliers.
5. Receive, process and reconcile requests for goods and services that are recharged to our
customers, ensuring we remove revenue leakage across our centres.
6. Assist on other tasks as instructed by the management that will help the department in its overall objective.
Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications
1. A great communicator.
✓ demonstrates good two-way communication skills and an ability to communicate fluently
in English (written and spoken). Fluency in other languages is a benefit but not a
requirement.
2. Collaborates Effectively
✓ Enjoys helping people and resolving issues, working with our centre teams and external
vendors, as well as internal stakeholders
3. Good Attention to Details
✓ Someone who has good attention to detail and is happy to follow a process and ensure
strict compliance with company policies
4. Experienced Problem Solver
✓ An independent problem solver, capable of understanding concerns and finding solutions
5. Responsible
✓ A self-starter who can take ownership for delivering our key results, and achieving their
service level agreements
6. Good in Data Analysis
✓ Is good with excel, and comfortable working with data, reports and numbers.
✓ Be able to interpret data and report them as needed.
7. Has Good Commercial Awareness
✓ Understands the impact of financial performance on business results and how own
actions impact the broader commercial environment.
Working Conditions:
IWG and its brands, including HQ, Regus, and Spaces, are equal opportunity, affirmative action employers. We invite applications from all individuals, regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, or sexual orientation. All applications will be considered and evaluated based on merit. We do not practice unfair discrimination. Preference will be given to suitably qualified individuals from underrepresented groups, according to our Employment Equity Plan, as required by the Employment Equity Act of South Africa.
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