Anglo Americans purpose is to reimagine mining to improve peoples lives and is committed to creating a Living Mine that brings positive value to the people and environment where we operate.
Supply Chain is positioning itself for the future, by becoming more purpose-driven in aid of realizing the Anglo American purpose and driving to be more agile and resilient. Central to being more purpose-driven is delivering significantly more positive impact within our host communities, acting as supplier interface to provide velocity to our innovation, technical & sustainability change programme, that includes improved safety performance and the embedment of circular economy principles, as well as overall delivery of significantly more sustainable value. To build a more agile and resilient Supply Chain the commoditized execution and digitalization of processes is a key focus whilst driving operational excellence.
The commercial team is responsible for the end-to-end management of all procurement activities within the South African region, including Regional Category Management, Sourcing & Contracts, Project Procurement and Purchasing. The team works with regional business and Supply Chain stakeholders to implement and manage performance of contracts and suppliers, grow the host community supply base and ensure effective supply of goods and services required for operations.
Job Description
This role will provide output support for the Global Category Manager: Africa enabling the development, implementation and execution of contract management frameworks and commercial agreements to enable innovation, supplier partnering, supplier performance management, commercial excellence, and internal stakeholder collaboration to deliver improved business performance.
Commercial Value Delivery & Supplier Partnering
- Adhere to global commercial standards that will enable delivery in a safe and socially acceptable way and ensure that the organisation sources from responsible suppliers
- Actively undertake research, broad scanning, data analysis, opportunity assessments, benchmarking and best practice analysis aimed at ultimately producing better results
- Provide necessary analytical support required for:
- the development and ongoing management of category strategies within the portfolio;
- support & input to business cases;
- plans to ensure security of supply and or seamless service delivery;
- the advancement of supplier partnering that drives innovation & value;
- negotiations;
- through data mining, identifies opportunities for commercial excellence improvement
- the establishment & execution of contracts
- zero based cost models for benchmark, tender and contracting purposes
- Provide support required for the implementation of value creation & supplier engagement strategies that align to the overall global Supply Chain strategy, critical tasks, performance targets and Business Unit priorities.
- Provide assistance with the development, tracking, presentation and distribution of contract information packs with specific reference to contract key performance metrics, operational efficiencies and contractor cost & revenue.
- Execute activities for relevant commercialactivities so that they are aligned to the overall strategic plan
- Execute relevant project procurement activities in a timely and visiblemanner
- Sourcing & Contracts Management
- Provide relevant analytical planning support BU & corporate routine and tactical sourcing & contracting and contractor management activities
- Support team with relevant analytical procurement and end to end sourcing & contracting activities and contracts management relevant to the portfolio
- Execute timeous and accurate sourcing & contracting and contractor management analytical activities
- Regular, timeousandaccuratereportingpertainingtoallportfolioactivities
- Support in the effective implementation of commercial contracts including the establishment of supplier partnership agreements, key performance indicators and management routines
- Driveacultureofcommunitydevelopmentandinclusiveprocurementaligned to the global and regional Inclusive Procurement strategies
- Provide input to and deliver against inclusive procurement and commercial plans to ensure targets are met against scheduled milestones
- Provide analytical support to the global Inclusive Procurement programmes
- Support a culture of Sustainable Value throughESG, TCO initiatives, innovation, working capital andcost reduction
- Provide analytical support with the implementation of sustainable value creation strategies, initiatives and associated business cases, that advance Anglo American technical, community, sustainability, and financial ambitions
- Adoptnew ways of workingand systemsusagewithin team regarding suppliers and keystakeholders
- Support the relevant BusinessPartner to track and updatesupplierperformance, based on contractual KPIs
- Identify digitization opportunities with suppliers to develop compelling business cases and collaborate with stakeholders and the SC Centre of Excellence for potential implementation
- Support the relevant Supply Chain Manager to analyse and updatesupplierperformance, based on contractual KPIs
- Escalatecontractualrisks& operational issues
- Supportthe Supply Chain Managementfunction withon-siteimplementationofend-to-endcommercialactivities andthe resolution of escalatedissues
- Adoptnew ways of workingand systemsusagewithin team regarding suppliers and keystakeholders
- Compile reports as relevant to the category inclusive of but not limited to supplier spend, supplier performance and KPI tracking, contract coverage and benchmark data.
- Provide analytical support to the Supply Chain Manager and Company Representative functions in the implementation and operationalisation of the category strategy and active contracts.
- Ensure that all analytical support, contract administration, supplier performance management activities and all stakeholder relationship activities are executed timely and with quality
Qualification: An undergraduate qualification -Bachelordegree level or equivalent, alternatively relevant tertiary qualification and proven track record of practical experience (3-5 years minimum) in a role and context of similar complexity
Desirable: A post graduate qualification in a relevant discipline and practical experience in relevant field or a role of similar context and complexity
Technical Knowledge:
- Practical experience in relevant field with sufficient depth of knowledge to investigate, identify and resolve problems and technical issues in own function
- High degree of proficiency in the use of Microsoft office suite software including Excel, Word & PowerPoint; MS Project and Power BI is beneficial but not required.
- Working knowledge and application of industry estimating software is beneficial
- Zero based cost modelling experience is beneficial.
- Good commercial, negotiation and deal-making, business case development, investment appraisal
- Category Development & Management, sourcing & contracting with Total Cost Ownership approach
- Business Planning, Business Case development
- Working understanding of Supplier Relationship Management principles and practices
- Working knowledge of contract framework models (NEC, FIDIC, General service contracts / bespoke contracts) is beneficial.
- Solid knowledge of contracts administrative processes and supporting systems (ERP, SAP, SAP Ariba, etc)
- General administrative capabilities including minutes, record keeping, digital contract executionprocesses
- Contract amendments execution and digital implementation
- Solid knowledge of monitoring, reporting & presentation of performance management of contractual KPIs and supplier performance
- Vendor and Material Master data updates
Additional Information
Who we are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.
How We Are Committed To Your Safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a days work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, were also continually investing in new technologies from drones to data analytics that are helping to make mining safer.
Inclusion and Diversity
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.
