Purchase to Pay – Expeditor at Rio Tinto

We are looking for a Purchase to Pay - Expeditor to support business operations through the provision of business support services from master data maintenance, through to the purchasing and payment of goods and services.

Services include:

• Purchase requisition conversion
• Purchase order maintenance
• Purchase order status check
• Overdue order management

Reporting to the Superintendent Buy Africa you will be responsible for the following

• Coordinate the procurement and expedite activities for Rio Tinto Africa assets in collaboration with the wider Johannesburg Buy team.
• Responsible for providing detailed and useful feedback on overdue and outstanding purchase order supplier performance.
• Respond to asset urgent expediting request within 24 hours
• Act as an interface with the vendors supplying goods and services into the Africa Asset, the Expeditor will actively manage relationships with Business Unit
• Monitor vendor site access communication from Africa Asset Procurement Business Partners and keep Buyers informed.
• Coordinate the movement of materials to the Africa Assets, through good written and verbal communications to vendors supplying goods and or services and providing internal feedback.
• Actively engage with Buy and Sourcing team members for issue resolution and escalations.
• Report on identified poor supplier performance trends.
• In addition, the Expeditor may be required to further support the P2P Buy functions through providing transactional Buy support.

About You

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have

• Commercial, engineering, supply or related degree, or commensurate commercial acumen gained in the purchasing and/or business process improvement environments.
• Basic knowledge of cataloguing processes, standards and methodologies
• At least 2 years of experience in the Mining or Heavy Industries environment in the Expediting role
• Good understanding of mining goods supply market
• Basic knowledge of SAP Materials Management
• Comprehensive competency in the use of MS Office software including Word, Outlook and Excel
• Working knowledge of procurement and supply chain management
• Basic knowledge of cross border logistics across the African region
• Behavioral requirements Ability to foster teamwork and collaboration, championing change and driving innovation, striving for operational excellence. Respectful and professional in all situations