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  • Posted: Feb 21, 2020
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    Exxaro is one of the largest South African-based diversified resources groups. It is listed on the JSE Limited where it is a constituent of the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) index. The group’s current business interests span South Africa, Botswana, Republic of the Congo and Australia. At present, Exxaro produces over 39 million tonnes of coal p...
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    Senior Specialist, Commercial

    PURPOSE: To develop and implement commodity, contracting and supplier strategies, commercial value release and security of supply initiatives. To provide commercial leadership and expertise within portfolio and support Procurement and Group Contracts with regards to execution of contract management strategy for allocated portfolio. To develop and maintain contracting strategies and contract lifecycle management for portfolio. To provide specialist commercial input for contracting across all business units. To provide a portfolio supervisory role in terms of contract vetting, resource allocation, people performance management and contract lifecycle management.
    MAJOR CHALLENGES: Develop and implement contracting strategies and ensure long term success in volatile industry. Involve relevant stakeholders and obtain sign-off while planning and executing contracting strategy. Achievement of stretched financial targets under sustained business cost pressures.Minimum RequirementsQUALIFICATIONS:

    • B Degree (Hons) (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum)
    • Management Development Programme (Essential/Minimum)

    EXPERIENCE:
    Relevant experience in supply chain or related; procurement; and contract management on a management level. Understanding of Enterprise Resources Planning and/or Cloud based procurement solutions (e.g. SAP MM, Coupa). 6-8 years

    Importance : Essential/Minimum

    Involvement : Operational
    REQUIREMENTS:

    • Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
    • Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)Duties & ResponsibilitiesThe incumbent will inter alia be responsible for the following:
    • Business Partner Enablement
    • Identify, evaluate and support business partners/end-users to develop disciplined sourcing execution capabilities
    • Provide process advice to business partners/end-users through in transaction guidance and support
    • Working with various internal and external stakeholders to expand and enrich supply chain content

    Contract Portfolio Management

    • Contract lifecycle management for entire portfolio
    • Consultation, design, administer, facilitate and coordinate complete tendering process
    • Agree on supplier negotiation metric and negotiate with successful supplier in finalising contract terms and conditions
    • Responsible for contractually committing for the Company
    • Report on portfolio contract performance in line with agreed targets
    • Liaise with strategic sourcing teams on relevant commodity initiatives
    • Establish, manage and maintain all portfolio contracts
    • Manage supplier/vendor performance
    • Influence supplier development initiatives
    • Influence local economic development initiatives
    • Manage the drafting of the commercial agreement and finalise sign-off of commercial agreement with suppliers
    • Vetting and quality control of portfolio contracts
    • Portfolio planning and resource allocation
    • Supply Chain Management (SCM) balanced scorecard compliance
    • Contribute to overall value release target
    • Stakeholder engagement and dispute resolution
    • Contract execution

    Customer and Client Relationship Management

    • Establish and maintain strategic relationships with stakeholders
    • Collaborate and communicate effectively with customers and suppliers
    • Provide relevant and specialised support to stakeholders

    Functional Excellence

    • Ensure correct contract templates are applied and that contracts implemented are correct, timeous and to the correct standard to support the portfolio contract strategy
    • Assist with the improvement of contract templates to stay current with the developments in functional area
    • Assist with development of streamlined business process to improve business process efficiency and eliminate duplication/bureaucracy
    • Participate in Communities of Practices (COP’s) aimed at enhancing the function and entrench functional alignment
    • Identify and mitigate contractual risks through appropriate risk mitigation plans
    • Provide commercial guidance to end-users in all areas of contract management
    • Engage in supplier negotiations to achieve savings target and compliance to the Company’s commercial standards and governance
    • Engage with end-users across all BU's on all organisational levels to ensure compliance to the Company’s contracting strategy

    Functional Management

    • Financial management: Develop key commercial indices tracking model to enable effective contract adjustments and provide inputs to Business Units (BU's) for budgeting purposes
    • Strategic alignment/planning: Communicate portfolio contract strategy and plan to end-users across BU's
    • Establish measurable portfolio targets from Group targets
    • Engagement/communication: Engage with managers, operations and cross-functional managers to ensure execution of agreed contracts management plan and contracts lifecycle management
    • Performance management: Ensure portfolio plan is implemented through disciplined execution processes, track implementation and provide feedback to Manager, Procurement and Group Contracts
    • Coordinate functional/cross-functional activities to ensure strategic alignment
    • Track and drive portfolio targets/goals and hold staff responsible for achieving results
    • Continuous improvement and functional change: Lead functional improvement and change
    • Governance: Ensure portfolio adheres to governance, policies, standards, statutory and legal compliance. Entrench a culture of discipline

    People Management

    • Performance management: Clarify roles/responsibilities and expectations. Define individual performance standards, monitor and measure performance of direct reports. Take prompt action against non- performance
    • Adhere to performance management procedures
    • Culture/functional climate: Uphold the culture and values within the function
    • Foster effective teamwork and unity

    Safe and Healthy Work Environment

    • Maintain and ensure a healthy environment and safe operation practices
    • Ensure compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards
    • Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations

    Behavioural Alignment

    • Demonstrates the following:
    • Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
    • Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
    • Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
    • Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
    • Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective
    • The appointment will be made in accordance with Exxaro’s Employment Equity policy.
    • If you have not been contacted within 28 days of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Exxaro Resources on exxaro.erecruit.co to apply

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