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  • Posted: Jan 20, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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    De Beers Group is the world’s leading diamond company, with expertise in diamond exploration, mining, grading, marketing and retail. Together with our joint venture partners, we employ more than 20,000 people across the global diamond pipeline, with many of these people in our source countries of Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa. Through our ...
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    Technical Buying Officer

    Job Description:

    • This role reports into the Commercial Services Department
    • To meet the purchasing needs of the Company with specific focus on the technical requirements.

    Your role will:

    Financial Effectiveness

    • Participate in cost saving initiatives and adhere to financial procedures.

    Operational Excellence

    • Interpret mechanical and technical drawings to ensure correct purchasing of equipment.
    • Manage and expedite the delivery of goods and services, including confirming receipt of purchase orders with vendors, expediting pre-delivery and overdue purchase orders, monitoring the progress of purchase orders closely and addressing potential delays before they impact the delivery timelines.

    Internal Business Processes

    • Ensure adherence to good corporate governance, effective purchasing processes, supplier development and relationship management in accordance with company policies and procedures.
    • Manage vendor onboarding process for respective area of influence.

    Safey, Health, Security and Environmental Effectiveness

    • Adhere to and promote applicable legislation, company safety, security and environmental policies, procedures, goals and objectives.

    Customer and Stakeholders

    • Execute duties within the role, visibly portraying the Company values, whilst building sound relationships with colleagues, clients and all other stakeholders

    Closing Date:  20 January 2025

    Qualifications:

    Formal qualifications:

    • National Diploma or Degree in Purchasing/Supply Chain/Engineering
    • Member of accredited body – CIPS (would be an advantage)
    • Engineering trade qualification would be advantageous

    Additional requirements:

    • 5 years’ experience in technical purchasing in an engineering / technical environment
    • SAP MM ERP system is a requirement
    • Contract Management and Supplier engagement experience
    • Ability to utilize latest technology (Microsoft packages/ EB/ Windchill)
    • Exposure to B-BBEE requirements
    • Customs and logistics experience advantageous

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    Section Engineer - TMM Pre-Production

    KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

    • Driving Maintenance KPI’s of permanent employees, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure vehicle / equipment availability, reliability, and optimization.
    • Roll out TMM maintenance strategy to minimise equipment downtime and ensure availability of equipment at the right time.
    • Manage overall maintenance management performance.
    • Financial / Budget Control in terms of Mining Maintenance activities.
    • Managing of change process regarding any deviations to Maintenance activities and work scope.
    • Manage the establishment of Engineering standards, specifications, and service levels according to organizational objectives to ensure maximum operational availability.
    • Implement CI initiatives by keeping abreast of developments and introducing change in work processes where appropriate (Cost reductions and cost avoidances).
    • Ensure and Maintain Legal Compliance, Audits and Governance.

    Qualifications:

    • B Eng/BSc/BTech/National Diploma discipline, National Certificate – NTC 6 Engineering (with relevant Trade Certification) in Mechanical or Electrical
    • Completed Government Certificate of Competence, Mines and Works (GCC).
    • Completed or in the process of completing a postgraduate qualification (Honours, Masters, MDP, etc.) would be advantageous

    Experience:

    • A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Section Engineer (Legal Appointee) of which 3 years in a UG TMM environment, preferably in an operation that utilises caving and/or long hole drilling methods.
    • Must have good cognitive and analytical abilities.
    • Project management experience would be highly advantageous.
    • Experience in the in Underground Large Excavation TMM equipment and technology. 
    • Experience managing a large contractor mining operation will be advantageous.
    • Operational readiness implementation experience will be advantageous.

    Method of Application

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