Strategic Sourcing Leader – Mining & Metals

Metso; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Job summary

Metso is seeking a Sourcing Manager for CNS Procurement to lead category management and supplier strategies within the CNS procurement teams for Africa. The role, based in Centurion with hybrid options, reports to the VP of Consumables Procurement and emphasizes profitability, supply continuity, quality, compliance, and procurement synergies.

You will develop supplier strategies, negotiate frame agreements, and drive cost savings while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or related field, or equivalent technical/ procurement experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned with Business Line, Product Line, Market Area, and CNS Procurement priorities for assigned categories.
• Identify, evaluate, qualify, onboard, and develop suppliers to strengthen competitiveness, lead times, availability, resilience, and supplier capability.
• Negotiate framework agreements, commercial terms, pricing structures, and contracts while acting as vendor owner for strategic suppliers.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships through performance reviews, continuous improvement initiatives, and systematic follow-up of deviations and corrective actions.
• Drive cost savings, cost avoidance, payment-term improvements, procurement synergies, and total cost competitiveness while maintaining quality, availability, and customer delivery performance.
• Support Operational Purchasing by resolving supplier escalations, lead-time challenges, availability risks, and commercial issues affecting supply continuity.
• Partner with Supplier Quality, Quality, and Operations teams to address non-conformances, claims, corrective actions, and supplier performance improvement activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on forecasting, market intelligence, sourcing readiness, product development activities, procurement analytics, and supplier strategy execution.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Category management

Procurement

Supplier development

Project procurement

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Procurement analytics

Communication & presentation

English proficiency

Education

Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business degree

Tools

SAP

JAGGAER Direct

Sievo

Power BI

Salesforce

Job description

Metso is seeking a Sourcing Manager for CNS Procurement to lead category management and supplier strategies within the CNS procurement teams for Africa. The role, based in Centurion with hybrid options, reports to the VP of Consumables Procurement and emphasizes profitability, supply continuity, quality, compliance, and procurement synergies.

You will develop supplier strategies, negotiate frame agreements, and drive cost savings while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure