Lead Supply Services (12 Months Fixed Term Contract) - South32,Johannesburg at South32

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This role is a fixed term contract position.

As a Lead Supply Services you will be responsible to lead, develop and manage the performance of the South32 Global Business Services (GBS) Supply Services function. To effectively manage the timely execution of mandated activities; with effective delivery of all relevant functional services, in accordance with the Standards, Policies, Standard Operating Procedures and regional legislation, to all South32 suppliers/vendors.

Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:

• Ensure alignment with and compliance to internal controls including South32 Values, Standards, policies, agreements, systems and procedures;
• Manage costs and budget and ensure performance targets are met and take shared accountability for delivering against them;
• Effectively manage the teams responsible for GRIR, Vendor Queries, and Contract Administration;
• Drive initiatives to improve the overall performance of the function by optimising the utilisation of existing processes, practices and systems;
• Govern the associated frameworks, policies and practices ensuring statutory and legislative compliance;
• Lead, motivate, coach and develop team members to deliver and maintain operational discipline; ensure delivery of service is compliant, timely and customer-focused (meeting performance measures);
• Develop and ensure Functional Integration of GBS to enable the end-to-end process of data integration, while identifying risks and the mitigation there-of;
• Manage risk in accordance with South32 standards, procedures and guidelines;
• Build and maintain strong business relationships with all key stakeholders;
• Understand, monitor and control risks associated with functional area including BCP (Business Continuity Plan) testing, coordination and integration.

ABOUT YOU:

You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:

• Minimum 5 years relevant professional experience, of which at least 2 years in a managerial position;
• Specialist knowledge in Accounts Payables (i.e. Invoice Processing, Service Requests, Service Entry Sheets, Vendor payment queries, Contract Administration or related finance and supply services)
• Experience in leading high volume transactional shared services activities, preferably SAP based.

Qualifications for this role are:

• Degree in Business/ Commerce/ Finance or related disciplines (NQF Level 7).