SC Operational Specialist at Anglo American

Job Description:

Job Location: Mogalakwena Mine (Limpopo)

• To support the interface management between Supply Chain, operations and the communities, in order to drive Supply Chain operational excellence at a BU/asset level.
• As a Supply Chain Operations Specialist your responsibilities will include:

Safety, Health & Environment

• Identify ways to support relevant safety, health & sustainability opportunities and risks and ensure relevant activities complies with all Safety, Health & Environmental requirements.
• Implement relevant activities to ensure that expectations are met in a way that reduces safety related incidents.
• Identify value creation opportunities that will deliver Anglo American’s safety and social performance requirements.
• Collaborate with the Company Representative to ensure full compliance with the Contractor Performance Management policy & procedures.

Delivery & Performance

• Provide specialist support to translate asset specific strategy, critical tasks, and performance targets into Supply Chain relevant strategies with due consideration of risk identification, critical tasks and performance targets.
• Engage with the asset operational planning team to obtain insights which inform Supply Chain planning, and provide relevant insights to the asset process
• Provide input into demand planning and forecasting in order to ensure alignment between Supply Chain and asset/ BU plans and support on-site performance.
• Support provision of input to the commercial planning and the procurement pipeline, reflecting asset priorities.
• Support reporting for asset scorecard and Supply Chain targets (OTIF, lead time, Inclusive Procurement, performance inventory management activities) and value working capital.
• Provide support with end-to-end Supply Chain operational performance and excellence at an asset level, as well as assistance with removal of roadblocks which impact delivery and supplier performance.
• Identify and escalate to address roadblocks and constraints which impact delivery performance
• Support and where assigned manage specific improvement initiatives based on priorities set by leadership.

Interface Management

• Assist with cross collaboration between internal and external stakeholders and resolving complex Supply Chain issues and escalations from the operations.
• Provide input into driving key decisions on Supply Chain operational delivery issues.
• Implement Supplier Relationship Management processes across the operations.
• Support with embedding consistent asset compliance to Supply Chain policies and standards across the BU and advise the Business Unit technical stakeholders on the supplier/s and implementation of management strategies.
• Support the implementation of new ways-of-working that support leading practice and continuous improvement.

Commercial value delivery & Supplier Partnering

• Support the communication of relevant site-specific safety specifications and KPIs to commercial teams for inclusion in enquiries and contractual documentation.
• Implement the contracts with requisite change management and effective performance management at asset level to ensure value in use.
• Provide input to commercial and technical contractual requirements and adjudication of supplier bids.
• Support provision of input to value delivery contractual requirements
• Ensure that asset sustainability, safety and host community requirements are satisfied by contractual requirements.
• Identify and escalate supplier performance issues.

Physical Supply Chain (PSC)

• Ensure an effective and efficient PSC service is provided to all assets and BU stakeholders.

Supply Chain Excellence

• Provide data analysis and counsel, consistent with the Operating Model feedback loop, to identify and deliver improvement initiatives in pursuit of operational excellence.
• Provide “on the ground” support for Group initiatives being implemented at BU operations.

 Inclusive Procurement

• Collaborate and build relationships with relevant stakeholders to influence asset Inclusive Procurement plans.
• Ensure supplier is meeting contractual requirements related to Sustainability, Inclusive Procurement & Social.

Sustainability & Social

• Support the development and implementation of BU specific social & sustainability strategies and initiatives that will contribute to the sustainable mine plans and enable the Living Mine.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure personal compliance to the Anglo-American procurement policy, procedures and methods and proactively provide continuous improvement feedback to the relevant teams.
• Ensure personal compliance to the BU/asset/site specific policies, procedures and requirements
• Support with asset performance tracking against regulatory targets.

People & Teams

• Embrace a Supply Chain team culture of diversity and inclusiveness.
• Support team’s adherence to planned timeframes.
• Support cross functional team interactions with internal stakeholders to execute relevant activities.

Qualifications:

• An undergraduate qualification - Bachelor’s 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:

• Proven track record of extensive practical experience in relevant field
• Good overall knowledge of Supply Chain Management in a global context (Sourcing, Purchasing, Category management, Physical SC etc)
• Supplier and Contractor Relationship Management
• Inclusive/Local Procurement
• Commercial understanding and application
• Analytical skills and experience
• Continuous Supply Chain improvement and optimisation
• Sound knowledge of customers and suppliers
• Effective influencing and engagement experience/skills