Purchasing Officer at Anglo American

Job Description:

As our Purchasing Officer your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Support specific safety, health, and sustainability opportunities and risks and ensure transactional purchasing activities comply with all Safety, Health, and environmental requirements.
• Perform regular risk assessments and raise any risks/issues immediately.
• Comply with relevant policies and standards, particularly the Contractor Performance Management policy and procedures, to achieve gold-standard contractor safety performance.
• Adhere to the relevant Supply Chain strategy and ensure that critical tasks, performance targets, plans and budgets are adhered to with consideration of risk identification.
• Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business priorities.

Supply Chain Strategy, Critical Tasks, Targets

• Conduct effective purchasing activities (buying goods/services).
• Conduct Spot Sourcing activities for all purchase requests without an approved supply source and ensure the necessary approvals are obtained.
• Process change orders and resolve any issues related to supply.
• Raise visibility of items purchased to enable their placement on the contract.
• Provide effective and efficient administration and reporting.

Purchasing Excellence & Automation

• Ensure that the ordered materials meet set specifications and contain the cost of materials.
• Ensure accuracy in the purchasing process to limit rework and invoice mismatches impacting other functions (e.g., Accounts Payable).

Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers.
• Evaluate supplier performance, manage queries, and escalate critical issues.

Sustainability & Social

• Ensure Sourcing rules applied within Purchasing are aligned with Anglo American Sustainability and Social requirements.
• Support Anglo American sustainable value creation strategies, initiatives, and associated business cases that advance Anglo American technical, community, sustainability, and financial ambitions.

Communities & Inclusive Procurement

• Support the team to identify supplier development needs and opportunities, and provide input into the development of solutions

Specials Requirement

• The Incumbent shall be required to work overtime and to be on standby outside of normal working hours, as reasonably necessary and as directed by the Employer and in line with the relevant company policies. These will be managed as reasonably required by the Employer and in line with the relevant company policies.

This role is in Supply Chain (SC) department on a band 7/8 (C5) level reporting to the Section Manager Purchasing

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Relevant Supply Chain/Purchasing/Procurement/Logistics or related qualification on NQF5
• SA Drivers Licence

Technical Knowledge

Proven experience of 3-5 years in a relevant field or role involving comparable scope and complexity.

• Comprehensive understanding of Transactional Procurement processes.
• Proficiency in SAP Purchasing modules and related systems.
• Strong skills in data analysis and reporting to support decision-making.
• Knowledge of process compliance standards and monitoring practices.
• Familiarity with Supply Chain (SC) systems and tools.

Closing Date:

• 21 May, 2026