Global Supply Chain Safety & Risk Manager

Jhb or London based

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 through the deployment of our Contractor Performance Mgmt (CPM)work program and Operational Risk Mgmt in our warehouses, 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 Global Supply Chain Centre of Excellence (CoE) is uniquely positioned at the core of Supply Chain and plays a leading role to continuously position Supply Chain as world-class. This is achieved through the understanding and implementation of cutting-edge technology and practices across the Supply Chain value chain, combined with a robust people development programme and a strong link to the overall company objectives.

Job Description

The role is responsible for building excellence in Supply Chain safety, working with leaders and teams to define, develop and implement leading practice in Supply Chain safety, drive continuous improvement to attain and maintain performance targets, facilitate the development and roll-out of policy, standards and procedures and build the requisite people capability. The 2 core areas of work are CPM and ORM. The Safety and Risk Manager will form part of the CPM global project team, driving a standard way of working for how AA interacts with our suppliers performing some of our highest risk work. This role will also lead ORM deployment at the global level for our BUs.

The role is also responsible for being the overall 2nd line leader of the Supply Chain Risk Mgmt framework. The role ensures all first line risk mgmt owners are maintaining adequate control of their risk environment. It sets and maintains the framework for risk mgmt for the global supply chain, including the SC policy and standards landscape and working with ABAS to co-ordinate the audit and assessment calendar.

Key accountabilities:

The role:

Translate the global Supply Chain strategy into a Supply Chain safety & risk mgmt strategy with critical tasks, priorities and performance targets.

Act as a member of the global CPM project team whose responsibility it is to deploy CPM globally, representing Supply Chain Safety.

Provide strategic input into the planning processes and management routines to ensure critical safety and risk mgmt initiatives are reflected.

Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business priorities as required.

Collaborate with the Centre of Excellence Managers to define strategies and build reports/dashboards for implementation and tracking.

Responsible for establishing and maintaining effective contractor performance management across the organisation

Responsible for building safety capability (ORM) across Supply Chain, through coaching, advanced analytics, and implementation of excellence frameworks.

Identify and implement best practice opportunities through broad scanning, trend & data analysis and benchmarking.

Lead deployment of relevant policies & standards (including Contractor Performance Management) to enable achievement of gold-standard safety performance.

Partner with IM for the effective implementation and maintenance of a system for Contractor Performance Management.

Define, oversee and support the design of systems to streamline work and deliver across key performance areas.

Facilitate the development and roll-out of Supply Chain Safety policies, standards and procedures, monitoring adoption and adherence to requirements.

Ensure personal and team compliance to the Supply Chain policy, standards, tools and operational risk assessments and proactively provide continuous improvement feedback to the relevant teams.

Facilitate an assessment process for contracts and supplier performance management to ensure effective operationalisation

Qualifications

Qualification: An undergraduate qualification - bachelors degree level or equivalent

Experience: Proven track record of extensive practical experience in relevant field

Desirable: A postgraduate qualification (Honours/ Masters degree or equivalent) in a relevant discipline OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity

Technical Knowledge:

Strong technical knowledge across the Supply Chain Value Chain

Strong knowledge and understanding of safety processes

Leadership tools for implementing a culture of purpose led high performance and change projects

Ability to integrate and understand what drives excellence in specific area of expertise as it relates to Supply Chain

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.

How To Apply

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.