Category Lead Mining Equipment

Anglo American plc; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglo American plc is seeking a Category Lead (Mining Equipment) to manage a strategic portfolio of equipment categories. You will drive sourcing strategies, supplier partnerships, and value delivery across the procurement lifecycle.

Based in Johannesburg, the role partners with internal stakeholders to enable innovation, cost reduction, and sustainable procurement while delivering contractual excellence and risk management.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity forCategory Lead (Mining Equipment). The purpose of this role is to manage a specific set of categories that support the broader portfolio strategy and business ambitions, delivering improved performance through commercial agreements, fostering innovation, supplier partnerships, and collaboration with internal stakeholders..

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Guided by our purpose and our values, we enable both high performance and purposeful action as we aim to “re-imagine mining to improve people’s lives", delivering the metals and minerals that make modern life possible – from mobile phones to medicines.

We produce high-grade iron ore, the key component in steel widely used in construction and manufacturing across the world. Our activities include all aspects – exploration; mining; processing and blending; shipping; marketing and selling. In South Africa, we have mining operations in the Northern Cape province, as well as a head office in Rosebank, Gauteng, and a port operation in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape.

Job Description

AsCategory Lead (Mining Equipment) your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Safety, Health, and Environment

• Identify ways to support specific safety, health and sustainability opportunities and risks and ensure these are included in enquiries and contractual documentation relating to the allocated portfolio.
• Incorporate Contractor Performance Management requirements in contracts to ensure that Suppliers meet delivery expectations in a way that reduces safety-related incidents.

General

• Responsible for developing relevant category strategies, supporting input to business cases, plans to ensure supply security, advancing supplier partnering that drives innovation and value, compiling and executing sourcing events, supporting negotiations, and establishing and executing contracts.
• Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business priorities.
• Project management of key initiatives.

Commercial Value Delivery and Supplier Partnering

• Support the development of the broader category portfolio strategy, value creation plans and business cases by providing relevant data, analysis, opportunity assessments and market intelligence.
• Understand regional strategic priorities and develop relevant Category Management strategies to support business needs and improved value delivery, focusing on cost reduction, working capital and TCO initiatives.
• Implement value creation and supplier engagement strategies that align with the global Supply Chain strategy, critical tasks, performance targets and Business Unit priorities.
• Develop and manage relationships with strategic suppliers, to drive step change in value and deliver innovative solutions that position Anglo American as a partner of choice.
• Participate in negotiations with finalising GFAs (General Framework Agreements) and related Contract Amendments.
• Optimise value through innovation, risk mitigation and growth throughout the relationship life cycle.

Planning

• Plan, schedule, resource, and execute activities relating to relevant contracts in the category portfolio.
• Identify, enable and track value and inclusive procurement opportunities, commercial initiatives and specific resource requirements.
• Track and monitor progress against category management targets.
• Provide input into the relevant budget and resource requirements.

Sourcing and Contracts Management

• Accountable for the contract throughout its life cycle and ensure that contract administration and performance management activities are carried out promptly and with quality.
• Ensure the effective and efficient execution of contract management activities for the assigned portfolio (including uploading completed contracts onto the system to facilitate transactions).
• Manage the implementation of bespoke agreements that specify innovation, joint development, technical, commercial, relationship, and performance expectations.
• Support the Supply Chain Management function with on-site implementation of end-to-end commercial activities and resolving escalated issues.
• Implement value opportunities and assist with resolving risks and identifying risk mitigation strategies for the portfolio.

Inclusive Procurement

• Understand community-specific needs and identify value creation opportunities to address these.
• Drive a culture of community development and inclusive procurement with stakeholders aligned to the global and regional Inclusive Procurement strategies.
• Responsible for providing input to and delivering against inclusive procurement and commercial plans to ensure targets are met against scheduled milestones.
• Implement an Inclusive Procurement programme that will increase host community commercial participation and support the development of thriving communities.
• Embed clear Inclusive Procurement expectations, targets and initiatives in commercial agreements.
• Support the global Inclusive Procurement team to identify supplier development needs and opportunities and support the development of solutions.

Sustainability and Social

• Encourage and maintain a culture of Sustainable Value through ESG, TCO initiatives, innovation, working capital and cost reduction.
• Implement sustainable value creation strategies, initiatives and associated business cases that advance Anglo American's technical, community, sustainability, and financial ambitions.

Physical Supply Chain

• Build relationships with materials management and warehousing teams to ensure alignment on future demand requirements, working capital optimisation opportunities, and resolving supplier non-performance.
• Support Materials Planning in Anglo American through alignment with the Physical Supply Chain.