Manager IP Supplier Development at De Beers Group

Job Description:

Lead the development and deployment of a global strategic partnering and supplier development approach that will capacitate communities, create velocity and drive scale to contribute to the Living Mine.

Your duties will include:

• Provide Safety, Health & Environment leadership when delivering on goals, ambitions and activities to ensure safety, health and wellbeing at work and at home.
• Provide Inclusive Procurement contributions to the overall Supply Chain business strategy, particularly pertaining to creative partnering and robust supplier development.
• Lead and manage the development and implementation of a new global strategic approach to Inclusive Procurement partnering (internal, external and governmental) that will elevate the programme, create velocity, leverage regional and national scale and ensure sustainability beyond mine closure.
• Support Supply Chain regions/BUs/teams to translate the strategy into area specific critical tasks, performance targets, plans and budgets, ensuring it is responsive to local nuances, realities and changing, volatile environments.
• Support the development of a change, engagement & communication plan that will support the effective deployment of the strategy, achievement of our ambitions and celebrate achievements.
• Provide area-specific input to the overall Inclusive Procurement scorecard and targets and support the tracking of performance against these.
• Provide input to category portfolio and value delivery planning, support global category strategy development, commercial & initiative plans and agreements to ensure formal commitment are embedded..

Qualifications:

•  An undergraduate qualification - Bachelor degree level or equivalent
• Desirable: A postgraduate qualification (Honours/ Masters degree or equivalent) in a relevant discipline OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity

Experience

• Strategy development and execution
• Incubation and enterprise/supplier development
• Knowledge of Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks pertaining to procurement
• Continuous Supply Chain improvement and optimisation