Supply Chain Manager - (Kolomela - Postmasburg) Fixed Term Contract at Anglo American

Purpose of the role:

• To lead the interface between Supply Chain, operations and the communities through strong interface management, prioritization of business and asset requirements and driving Supply Chain Operational Excellence at a Business Unit asset level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Safety, Health & Environment
• Ensure personal and team compliance to the Anglo American SHE policy, procedures and standards and proactively provide continuous improvement feedback to the relevant teams
• Drive a culture of zero fatalities and injuries within direct team and broader organisation
• Collaborate with the Company Representative to ensure full compliance with the Contractor Performance Management policy & procedures
• Performance & Delivery
• General
• Responsible for providing asset specific inputs to global, regional and Business Unit strategies, targets and plans and ensuring overall asset priorities and objectives are translated.
• Influence the Supply Chain category strategies to ensure support of successful execution of asset strategies.
• Collaborate with Asset Leadership to ensure alignment to Supply Chain strategy and influence delivery of the asset strategy (5-year plan).
• Ensure integration of asset requirements into demand planning, forecasting, commercial planning and the procurement pipeline.
• Commercial value delivery and Supplier Partnering
• Ensure relevant site specifications are included in contractual documentation and manage successful implementation and performance management of contracts at asset level to ensure value in use.
• Influence relevant Category sourcing strategies and plans, providing input to commercial and technical contractual requirements and adjudication of supplier bids.
• Provide leadership to Inclusive Procurement and host community initiative implementation through effective screening, validation, risk identification and contractual requirement input.
• Drive ownership of asset Scorecard, Supply Chain Targets and value working capital.
• Accountable for end-to-end Supply Chain operational performance and excellence at an asset level, as well as removing roadblocks which impact delivery and supplier performance.
• Interface Management
• Provide strong Supply Chain leadership at an asset level to the General Manager and Heads of Department.
• Ensure cross collaboration between internal and external stakeholders and act as a single point of contact to resolve complex Supply Chain issues and escalations from the operations.
• Responsible for key decisions on Supply Chain operational delivery issues.
• Ensure that Supplier Relationship Management is fully embedded within the operations to foster mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers.
• Drive the implementation of new ways-of-working that support leading practice and continuous improvement.
• Lead and embed consistent asset compliance to Supply Chain policies and standards across the Business Unit.
•  Inclusive Procurement
• Collaborate and build relationships with relevant stakeholders to influence asset Inclusive Procurement plans, ensuring alignment to regional strategy.
• Lead local community business forum engagements and provincial government interactions for the asset from a supply chain perspective, to ensure positive social & sustainable change.
• Actively engage with and resolve social and community issues related to the Supply Chain performance at the asset.
• Provide strategic input into social and labor plans at an asset level.
• Physical Supply Chain
• Ensure an effective and efficient PSC service is provided to all assets and Business Unit stakeholders.
• Collaborate with site colleagues to obtain future demand needs and facilitation of operating model integration and support.
• Supply Chain Excellence
• Provide “on the ground” support for Group initiatives being implemented at Business Unit operations.
• Sustainability & Social
• Support the development and implementation of Business Unit specific social & sustainability strategies and initiatives that will contribute to the sustainable mine plans and enable the Living Mine.
• Compliance & Governance
• Ensure personal and team compliance to the Anglo-American procurement policy, procedures and methods and proactively provide continuous improvement feedback to the relevant teams.
• Ensure personal and team compliance to the business/asset/site specific policies, procedures and requirements
• Responsible for asset performance tracking against regulatory targets.
• People & Teams
• Lead and manage the team through provision of supervision, coaching, development and active performance management.
• Embed Supply Chain awareness and knowledge across the Business Unit.
• Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business priorities.
• Technical knowledge:
• Strong overall knowledge of Supply Chain Management in a global context (Sourcing, Purchasing, Category management, Physical SC etc)
• Supplier and Contractor Relationship Management
• Inclusive/Local Procurement
• Commercial understanding and application
• Strong negotiation skills
• Continuous Supply Chain improvement and optimisation
• Sound knowledge of customers and suppliers
• Effective influencing and engagement experience/skills

Experience:

• Proven track record of extensive experience in end-to-end Supply Chain

Qualifications:

• An undergraduate qualification - Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent