Purchasing Advisor

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa De Beers Group of Companies Full time

Company Description
- Anglo American’s purpose is to reimagine mining to improve people’s lives and is committed to creating a Living Mine that brings positive value to the people and environment where we operate.

Supply Chain is positioning itself for the future, by becoming more purpose-driven in aid of realizing the Anglo American purpose and driving to be more agile and resilient. Central to being more purpose-driven is delivering significantly more positive impact within our host communities, acting as supplier interface to provide velocity to our innovation, technical & sustainability change programme, that includes improved safety performance and the embedment of circular economy principles, as well as overall delivery of significantly more sustainable value. To build a more agile and resilient Supply Chain the commoditized execution and digitalization of processes is a key focus whilst driving operational excellence.

The commercial team is responsible for the end-to-end management of all procurement activities within the South African region, including Regional Category Management, Sourcing & Contracts, Project Procurement and Purchasing. The team works with regional business and Supply Chain stakeholders to implement and manage performance of contracts and suppliers, grow the host community supply base and ensure effective supply of goods and services required for operations.

The purchasing team is responsible for the allocation of Source-of-Supply to purchasing requests, using a combination of automation and manual methods; management of the end-to-end transactional execution of Purchase Orders, driving for on time delivery of goods and service; delivering ongoing improvement in Purchasing to maximize first time right orders, improving user experience, reduce cycle time while maintaining appropriate risk and compliance in the end-to-end process.

**Job Description**:

- Provide support with the purchasing activities to ensure that they are completed in a timely and cost-effective way, meeting agreed technical requirements and service levels, and providing implementation support to the team to ensure that all risk and compliance measures are adhered to.
- Track and report on purchasing performance levels for procurement activities and identify relevant improvement opportunities.
- Identify improvements in the execution of purchasing processes and implement accordingly
- Monitor the risk and compliance measures implemented by the team within the purchasing area of focus
- Manage the estimation instructions that are provided to supplier, including processing purchase orders.
- Ensure the safe operation of the Purchasing environment, performing regular risk assessments and raising any risks/issues immediately
- Provide feedback where deliveries with due dates do not meet operational requirements
- Ensure alignment to agreed supplier selection guidelines
- Maintain effective working relationships with suppliers, and resolve issues where required
- Support the team to identify supplier development needs and opportunities, and provide input into the development of solutions
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities
- Recommend changes to purchasing channel usage
- Support cross functional team interactions with internal stakeholders to execute purchasing activities
- Drive a culture of community development and inclusive procurement with stakeholders that are aligned to the global and regional Inclusive Procurement strategies
- Collaborate with the CoE to develop and implement a regional Purchasing people capability framework and development plan and be responsible for implementing the plan in the region
- Embrace a Supply Chain team culture of diversity and inclusiveness

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**Qualifications**:

- Qualifications: An undergraduate qualification - Bachelor degree level or equivalent, alternatively relevant tertiary qualification and proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity

**Experience**:Practical experience in relevant field

**_Desirable: _**_A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity _

**Technical Knowledge**:

- Transactional Purchasing Execution
- SAP Purchasing
- Data analysis and reporting
- Continuous improvement methodology
- Supervisory experience.

Additional Information
- Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.


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