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• We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated HR Services Team Lead to lead within the Global HR Services team in Johannesburg, South Africa, through the HR Hub which supports HR administration for multiple Glencore offices worldwide. This role combines end-to-end HR operational delivery with regional ownership, process design, and cross-functional leadership. The HR Services Partner – Team Lead drives consistency, governance, and continuous improvement across the employee lifecycle for assigned regions, while acting as the subject-matter expert and knowledge anchor for the HR Hub team. The ideal candidate has demonstrated the ability to move beyond transactional execution into designing processes, resolving complex escalations, and mentoring colleagues, all while maintaining high integrity, accuracy, and confidentiality.

Primary Task & Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible to prepare employment contracts, amendments, termination agreements, and related documentation in line with global and local compliance requirements across multiple locations; ensure accuracy and consistency of terms and collaborate with HR Leads to update templates as necessary.
• Hold full ownership of HR operations for assigned regions, with coverage of additional regions and global topics as required, operating independently and taking accountability for outcomes.
• Lead end-to-end onboarding for new countries as the business expands into new markets and coordinate day-to-day onboarding and offboarding as point of contact for new hires and departing/transferring employees.
• Establish benefits, payroll inputs, policies, and Workday configuration for new markets, including relevant market research.
• Develop and maintain HR Services SOPs, lifecycle documentation, and country handbooks and Core pages across assigned markets.
• Manage employee digital personnel e-files and ensure Workday records remain accurate through regular reporting and controlling.
• Validate, retest, and ensure correct configuration of Workday and other core HR systems; own set-up, testing, and training (hub and local teams) of relevant HR case-management/service tools, including implementation.
• Design and maintain the payroll summary process bridging HR and Payroll execution, in addition to ensuring data completeness ahead of cut-off.
• Own resolution of major escalations, audits, and legacy liabilities as they arise across the region.
• Manage transfers globally across different entities, including complex cross-entity and cross-border cases.
• Liaise with Regional and Global Leads to ensure compliance with local labour laws and global standards, and support implementation of global processes, policies, and initiatives.
• Act as the knowledge anchor for assigned regions, coaching and upskilling hub colleagues, and contributing to training materials and knowledge-sharing for the HR Hub team.
• Serve as the HR point of contact for employees, managers, Recruiters, and HR Business Partners on employee lifecycle, benefits, absences, Workday, and related topics; escalate complex issues as needed.
• Propose and implement improvements to HR processes and the HR information system (Workday), driving efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintain data integrity through queries, audits, and analysis.

Key Relationships:

• HR Business Partners
• Talent Acquisition Specialists
• Managers and Employees

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related study is beneficial.
• Proficiency in Workday or similar HRIS platforms
• Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite, for example MS Word, Excel, etc

Work Experience & Skill Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in HR operations or transactional shared services, particularly in environments supporting multiple countries.
• Experience in managing the employee lifecycle, onboarding, offboarding, HR administration or other relevant role.
• Highly skilled in analytical, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
• Advanced proficiency in both written and spoken English.
• Ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
• Comfortable working independently, cross function, in a dynamic environment.
• Has ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines, while committed to delivering high-quality service.
• Takes initiative, is attentive to detail and maintains a high level of accountability and ownership.
• Works well within a professional corporate environment, across teams and geographies.
• Ability to communicate in other languages such as Chinese or Spanish may be beneficial.

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• We are looking for a Coupa Regional Support Specialist and Training who will be responsible for support and leadership around the use of Coupa within business processes. The Regional Support Specialist will facilitate and provide support when required to support the development of business cases, conduct research for new releases and features, new products or modules, configuration of the local Coupa instance, test and integrate innovations to our standard procurement systems.
• The scope of work the incumbent will manage a range from the current Coupa modules* process integrated to SAP, Mincom Ellipse, and other ERPs, along with other parallel enabling systems such as Boomi and Power BI. The Incumbent will also work closely with colleagues focused on requirements such as internal and external audits, monitoring, reporting and the continuous evaluation of our current systems and processes.
• The Incumbent will play an integral role in the organisation as a technical expert and subject matter expert for our Coupa S2P environment, procurement standards, providing technical support to the various sites and businesses within their region as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Coupa platform, providing support across regions when additional expertise is required.
• Contribute to the development of business cases for new sites or business units, as requested by the Coupa Global Process Owner.
• Collaborate with regional Coupa leads, functional stakeholders, and support teams to align enablement activities with business priorities.
• Assist regional Analysts when needed to ensure service continuity and platform support coverage.
• Participate in cross-functional working groups, project meetings, and steering committees to represent enablement needs in Coupa-related initiatives.
• Responsible for participating in the Glencore’s Coupa Change Control Board
• Responsible for the ongoing maintenance, development and improvement of the Coupa platform and functional design within Glencore aligning and coordinating requirements/changes with those of the Global team, ensuring that the Coupa platform continues to support the requirements of our evolving business
• Provide an ongoing Coupa change management service to the business proactively ensuring that the regional requirements receive the right level of prioritisation and that the impact of new features and changes resulting from the Coupa quarterly release cycle are understood, communicated, and deployed in a manner that maximises benefit and minimises risk to the business.
• Manage and implement any requirement from the corporate offices that can be facilitated through the Coupa Risk Assess platform in coordination with the Coupa Risk Assess Platform Manager. It is imperative that this platform be well maintained and continuously developed in the same manner as Coupa S2P.
• Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Coupa platform and from time to time will be called upon to support the development of business cases for other sites and business units when required by the Coupa Global Process Owner. The Regional Support Specialist will also support the other Analysts as required to maintain continuity of service.

Governance

• Represent the requirements and needs of the various BUs in their region including communicating with Glencore’s Coupa Change Control Board with respect to the regional BU’s priorities, issues, concerns, and/or changing solution requirements
• Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations (ISO, Health, Safety, Financial Audits, etc.)
• Work with key stakeholders on compliance with Glencore’s supplier and procurement standards (Ie KYC, SCDD, RS, and RTS)
• The incumbent will spend time in the field coordinating with key stakeholders throughout Glencore to support:

Value Realization

• Analyse and report on KPI’s underpinning the Coupa business case(s)
• Ensure that site procurement & management teams understand the benefit realised to their specific operation through the use of the Coupa platform on a regular basis
• Regularly evaluate and mine new opportunities utilising all available tools and metrics and convey those to the local business teams.
• Drive initiatives to ensure the maximum benefit realisation of Coupa supported by relevant KPI’s
• Continuously meet with the Coupa enabled sites to identify gaps and opportunities to improve on current best practices.
• Provide the required monthly and/or quarterly reports to the site Procurement, Maintenance, or Finance teams.
• Work closely with the SAP, Coupa & Boomi support teams to direct the prioritisation and tracking of issues and requests to ensure that they handled with the right level of priority

Change / Release Management

• Lead internal communications with respect to the Coupa solution, including rollouts, enhancements, fixes, and value realisation
• When processes directly or indirectly affecting Coupa are proposed to be changed, work closely with the relevant teams to provide input into how that change would affect the application and its functionality
• Proactively analyse and mitigate risk resulting from the Coupa quarterly release program and coordinate the deployment of new features and changes to currently deployed features in conjunction with the Regional Middleware Lead and the site procurement leads
• In conjunction with the Regional Middleware Lead identify, assess, document, configure and manage new business requirements that will result in changes to the current Coupa deployment in their region.
• Maintain the Coupa functional design documentation in line with all changes to the system design, and in conjunction with the Technical Support roles
• Ensure that the Coupa functional design remains aligned to key financial and procurement controls/policies within the Glencore BUs in their region
• Analyse, document, and resolve problems that arise when Coupa is not creating successful/expected output
• Participates in the appropriate training within the scope of responsibilities to further develop business process knowledge

Catalog Management

• Ensure that the cataloguing strategy meets with business requirements, industry best practices and maximises the potential value of the platform within Glencore
• Ensure that the catalogue data quality meets the requirements as set forth in the cataloguing strategy and standards
• Advise the local cataloguing teams of any new features or new opportunities around data management
• Assist and advise in new projects related to cataloguing and content such as populating photos, using punchout catalogues, engaging suppliers for enabling supplier managed catalogues
• Designing and delivering structured training programs
• Develop and maintain training materials tailored to various user roles, including onboarding presentations, videos, process walkthroughs, and reference guides.
• Deliver global and regional training sessions through virtual platforms and coordinate in-person sessions where applicable.
• Maintain a structured training repository to ensure content is accessible, version-controlled, and aligned with current system functionality.
• Support regional teams with custom enablement requests in alignment with global standards.

Driving Automated Testing Processes

• Work with technical teams to set up and maintain automated test frameworks.
• Integrate automated testing into major and minor releases and key enhancements.
• Reduce manual testing effort by using standardised, repeatable test scripts.
• Share best practices and train regional teams on how to use and benefit from automated testing.
• Monitor results, improve coverage, and report outcomes to the Coupa Global Team Lead and Change Advisory Board.

Candidates who would

• A Business or Information Technology Related Degree or Diploma with a minimum 5 years of significant practical experience in an S2P environment managing the delivery of value to the business.
• A comprehensive understanding of the Coupa Source to Pay Platform and associated ERP’s, such as, SAP ECC, SAP S4HANA, and others.
• A demonstrable familiarity with Systems Analytics and Reporting tools such as Power BI is a pre-requisite for the role.
• It is essential the incumbent is customer focused; business oriented and has strong leadership and project management skills with an emphasis on interpersonal, team building and change management
• Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• In addition to one of the local regional languages, fluency in spoken and written English is required (Spanish, French advantageous)
• Be comfortable to travel to Glencore sites regionally as required

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Responsibility:

• Assist Artisans with installations, repairs, and maintenance of equipment according to standards
• Identify faults and report to Artisan
• Report on daily section performance to Artisan
• Assist with section inspections and maintenance observations
• Assist in conducting daily maintenance tasks – scheduled and unscheduled

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Responsibilities:

• Ensure the correct and timeous issuing and receiving of all stock ordered
• Ensure that parts, material, and equipment are always stored in a safe place
• Ensure the accurate issuing of stock
• Ensure verification that the correct quantity and quality of goods are issued to the right people
• Ensure verification of the correct quantity, price, specifications, and quality of goods against SAP purchase order when receiving stock
• Packing/auditing of stock according to bin location
• Liaise and communicate with suppliers and end users in order to ensure proper stock and document control

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The incumbent will report to the Artisan and will be responsible for production targets

• Compliance with the company’s HSEC system is essential
• Ensuring implementation of management decision, legal requirements
• Responsible for his/her own safety and the safety of his/her crew
• Compliance of mine standards and procedures
   

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Responisibilities:

• Assist Artisans with installations, repairs, and maintenance of equipment according to standards
• Identify faults and report to Artisan
• Report on daily section performance to Artisan
• Assist with section inspections and maintenance observations
• Assist in conducting daily maintenance tasks – scheduled and unscheduled

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Responisibilities:

• Assist Artisans with installations, repairs, and maintenance of equipment according to standards
• Identify faults and report to Artisan
• Report on daily section performance to Artisan
• Assist with section inspections and maintenance observations
• Assist in conducting daily maintenance tasks – Scheduled and unscheduled

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Responisibilities:

• Assist Artisans with installations, repairs, and maintenance of equipment according to standards
• Identify faults and report to Artisan
• Report on daily section performance to Artisan
• Assist with section inspections and maintenance observations
• Assist in conducting daily maintenance tasks – scheduled and unscheduled

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Role Purpose

• The Geology Manager Africa provides strategic geological leadership and technical expertise across the African portfolio, supporting both operating assets and growth initiatives. The role serves as the regional subject matter expert across Resource Geology, Operational Geology, Geological Databases, and Structural Geology, ensuring the delivery of high-quality geological models, resource estimates, technical governance, and operational support.
• The position plays a critical role in supporting Mutanda Mining (MUMI), Kamoto Copper Company (KCC), and portfolio growth opportunities across Africa by driving geological excellence, resource development, technical assurance, and continuous improvement across the region.

Operating Context

• The role operates within a complex and technically demanding environment, providing geological leadership and governance across large-scale copper mining operations and project developments in Africa. The position supports sizeable producing assets, resource growth programs, brownfield expansion opportunities, and regional project initiatives, requiring close collaboration with multidisciplinary technical teams and senior leadership.
• The incumbent is expected to balance strategic resource stewardship with operational requirements, ensuring geological best practices are consistently applied across operating sites and project studies while supporting long-term portfolio growth objectives.

Key Accountabilities

Geological Leadership & Technical Governance

• Provide regional leadership and oversight across all geology-related disciplines within the Africa portfolio.
• Establish and maintain geological standards, procedures, and assurance frameworks aligned with corporate requirements.
• Act as the senior technical authority for geological matters across operating sites and development projects.
• Lead technical reviews, audits, peer reviews, and due diligence activities.

Resource Geology

• Lead the development, maintenance, and validation of geological and resource models across the African portfolio.
• Ensure Mineral Resource estimates are prepared, reviewed, and governed in accordance with applicable reporting standards and company requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in resource estimation methodologies, geological understanding, and resource classification.
• Support Life of Mine planning through the provision of robust geological models and resource inputs.

Operational Geology

• Provide technical guidance and support to site geology teams to optimise orebody understanding and operational outcomes.
• Support reconciliation activities between resource models, mine production, and processing performance.
• Identify geological risks and opportunities affecting mining, grade control, resource recovery, and production performance.
• Promote best-practice operational geology processes across all supported operations.

Geological Database Management

• Provide governance and oversight of geological databases across operating assets and projects.
• Ensure geological data integrity, quality assurance, security, and compliance with company standards.
• Drive improvements in geological data management systems, workflows, and reporting capabilities.
• Support implementation and optimisation of geological software, databases, and digital technologies.

Structural Geology

• Lead structural geological interpretation to support resource modelling, exploration targeting, mine planning, and operational decision-making.
• Provide specialist expertise on orebody controls, mineralisation models, and geological risk assessment.
• Support identification and evaluation of resource growth opportunities through advanced geological interpretation.

Portfolio Growth & Technical Support

• Provide geological expertise to regional growth projects, project studies, and resource expansion initiatives.
• Support technical evaluations, investment decisions, project development activities, and business improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to resource growth strategies and resource-to-reserve conversion programs across the portfolio.

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop direct reports while fostering technical excellence within the broader geology community.
• Promote knowledge sharing, capability development, and succession planning across regional geology teams.
• Build a culture of safety, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Key Stakeholders

Internal

• General Manager Technical Services Africa
• Site Leadership
• Site Geology Teams
• Regional Projects Teams
• Regional Technical Services Teams
• Global Mine Planning Manager
• Exploration Teams
• Processing and Metallurgical Teams
• Health, Safety and Environment Teams

External

• Geological and Mining Consultants
• Technical Service Providers
• Industry Associations and Professional Bodies
• Software and Database Vendors
• Regulatory Authorities (as required)

Safety, Compliance & Sustainability

• Champion a strong safety culture across all geological activities.
• Ensure compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Support responsible resource development and sustainable mining practices.
• Promote technical governance and risk management across operations and projects.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree in Geology, Geological Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years' experience in mining geology, including significant exposure to large-scale mining operations.
• Deep experience in copper mining operations and resource evaluation.
• Extensive expertise in Resource Geology, Operational Geology, Geological Databases, and Structural Geology.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Mineral Resource estimation, geological modelling, and mine operations.
• Experience working across multiple operations and projects within a regional or corporate environment.
• Strong leadership experience managing and developing technical teams.

Preferred

• Postgraduate qualification in Geology or related discipline.
• Experience within African mining jurisdictions, particularly the DRC.
• Professional registration with a recognised geological association.
• Competent Person (CP) status, or eligibility to act as a Competent Person.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Leadership
• Technical Excellence
• Resource Modelling and Estimation
• Operational Geology
• Geological Data Governance
• Structural Geology Expertise
• Stakeholder Management
• Business and Commercial Acumen
• Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Influencing and Communication Skills
• Collaboration and Relationship Building
• Continuous Improvement Mindset
   

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Requirements:

• Grade 12
• Engineering N2 certificate and relevant engineering qualification
• ETDP Level4
• Computer Literacy
• Relevant formal training qualification (Assessor/Facilitator certificate or alternately Train the Trainer certificate)
• Minimum of three (3) years’ mining experience

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Requirements:

• Grade 12
• Full N2 qualification (four subjects one being theory)/Applicable Aide certificate
• One (1) year experience as an Artisan Aid (Electrician)