Job Description

Company Description

With headquarters in London, UK, and operations located throughout the world, Anglo American is truly global. We employ more than 60,000 colleagues worldwide and run mining operations across Southern Africa, North and South America and Australia. At Anglo American, our purpose is to Re-imagine Mining to Improve People's Lives. We do this by challenging the status quo and innovating through all parts of the business. From how we target and discovery new mineral deposits, to our FutureSmart Mining technologies that create a leading position in sustainable mining practices.

Supply Chain is positioning itself for the future, by becoming more purpose-driven in aid of realising 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.

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.



The Role

We are looking for a Commercial Advisor - Processing & MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Overhauls). This role ideally suits a category specialist across processing, maintenance, repair or overhauls categories. This incumbent will provide efficient and effective commercial activities relating to the respective categories that delivers improved business performance through commercial agreements, enabling innovation, supplier partnering and internal stakeholder collaboration.

Key role requirements:

Commercial Value Delivery & Supplier Partnering

• Support the development of category, sourcing and contracting strategies and plans through data gathering and analysis and responsibly execute allocated sourcing & contracting activities.
• Maintain relationships with strategic suppliers, to drive step change in value and deliver innovative solutions that position Anglo American as a partner of choice.
• Support the implementation of commercial strategies to support business needs and improve value delivery.
• Provide support with regards to negotiations and finalising GFAs (General Framework Agreements)

Planning

• Actively track commercial dashboard KPIs and proactively address and escalate issues.
• Provide support with the development of category strategies though the analysis and gathering of data.
• Identify, enable & track value and inclusive procurement opportunities, commercial initiatives and specific resource requirements.
• Execute relevant project procurement activities in a timely and visible manner.

Sourcing & Contracts Management

• Responsible for compiling and executing allocated sourcing events, contracting and contract management (including administration), supplier/contract performance management and initiative management.
• Implement value delivery plans for routine and tactical sourcing & contracting and contractor management activities.
• Create proactive visibility and continuous improvement of sourcing and contracts pipeline related to allocated portfolio.

Commercial Agreements

• Build and maintain relationships with suppliers, to drive step change in value and deliver innovative solutions.
• Provide support regarding supplier performance management of select suppliers and address escalated issues.

Stakeholder & Supplier Management

• Adopt new ways of working and systems usage within team regarding suppliers and key stakeholders.
• Support the relevant Business Partner to track and update supplier performance, based on contractual KPIs.

Contractor Management

• Support with the development of supplier scorecards, monitoring of supplier performance, interpretation of performance data and development of insights.
• Monitor the commercial performance of suppliers, escalate issues and drive resolution.
• Participate in quarterly review / performance meetings.

Qualifications

Formal Qualifications

A Bachelors degree.

Technical skills / knowledge requirements:

• Strong experience with SAP Ariba and, ideally, Celonis.
• Experience d Excel user and strong with data analysis and interpretation.
• Ideally experienced with Processing, maintenance, repair and overhaul categories.
• Preferably experienced with the mining / mineral processing industry.
• Good technical knowledge across the SC value chain
• Experienced across Sourcing and Contracting
• Ability to integrate Commercial, PSC, Supplier Management & Purchasing sub disciplines.
• Safety & Sustainability as it relates to Supply Chain & Inclusive Procurement
• Strong commercial and business case development
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Experience with Supplier Relationship Management / Stakeholder Management

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.

What We Offer
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you'll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We're a large, successful multinational company - and we're still growing all the time.

How We Are Committed To Your Safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day's work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we're also continually investing in new technologies that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.

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