Commodity Specialist
| Closing Date | 2022/09/08 |
| Reference Number | EXX220831-1 |
| Exxaro Reference Number | P40165418 |
| Job Title | Commodity Specialist |
| Job Type Classification | Permanent |
| Location – Town / City | Lephalale |
| Location – Province | Limpopo |
| Location – Country | South Africa |
| Job Profile (Downloadable) | P40165418 – Commodity Specialist VGG.pdf (91.28 kb) – 8/31/2022 1:04:07 PM |
| Job Advert Summary | PURPOSE: • To provide support to Senior Specialist Commercial and Commodity Engineer with regards to execution of commodity strategy. MAJOR CHALLENGES: • Providing commodity management service to multiple business units. • Improve in terms of cost-effectiveness, innovation and productivity. • Challenging end-users on specifications and application issues and facilitate improvement projects (money teams) with cross-functional resources. |
| Minimum Requirements | QUALIFICATIONS: • B Degree (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum) • Certificate First Line Management (Recommended/Desirable) EXPERIENCE: 3-5 years Relevant Supply Chain Management experience or commodity exposure (Essential/Minimum) Operational REQUIREMENTS: • Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Exxaro) • Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Exxaro) |
| Duties & Responsibilities | Best Practice and Knowledge Management • Support implementation of process and system enhancements to improve operations within commodity area • Act as business improvement process champion for commodity area by liaising with other departments • Evaluate commodity performance against best practice and actual performance • Support with observation, measurement and monitoring of commodities on location • Evaluate new and/or alternate products in conjunction with end users and submit recommendations Compliance, Governance and Assurance • Assist in the implementation of portfolio targets in alignment with legislation and charters (e.g. Mining Charter, Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE), etc.) • Assist in the preparation of reports and feedback on appropriate commercial management reporting and governance requirements Customer, Stakeholder and Client Relationship Management • Obtain sign-off of plans for specific commodities within area of responsibility • Manage internal and external relations including interface with external providers or other functions responsible to ensure business needs are met • Provide relevant and specialised support to applicable stakeholders • Support on-boarding of new suppliers and manage supplier relationships • Conduct supplier performance reviews • Track, monitor, investigate and report on commodity and supplier key performance indicators Functional Excellence • Adhere to functional policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, end- to-end processes, tools, templates etc. • Assist in standardising, simplifying and speeding-up functional processes and eliminating duplication/ bureaucracy • Apply functional best practices and promote sharing of best practices/knowledge • Assist in the execution of functional excellence initiatives Functional Management • Financial management: Assist in managing and reducing costs of the sub-functions • Continuous improvement and functional change: Identify, advocate for and lead functional improvement and change. Create a culture of continuous improvement and change agility in function • Engagement/communication: Engage with managers, operations and cross- functionally with peers • Governance: Ensure function adheres to governance, policies and standards, statutory and legal compliance. Entrench a culture of discipline Internal Business Processes • Participate in cross functional money teams to focus on value creation initiatives • Provide technical inputs to end-users and commercial team members to ensure fit for purpose contracts • Assist with resolving technical contractual matters and ensure contracts support commodity strategy People Management • Performance management: Adhere to performance management procedures • Culture/functional climate: Uphold the culture and values within the function. Foster effective teamwork and unity Safe and Healthy Work Environment • Maintain and ensure a healthy environment and safe operations practices • Ensure compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards • Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations Technical Commodity Management • Participate in cross functional money teams to focus on value creation initiatives • Facilitate and draft scope of work for commodity (Request for Quote (RFQ)/ Request for Proposals (RFPs)/Request for Information (RFI)) • Assist in the maintenance of portfolio strategic contracts • Increase contract base by contract establishment • Liaise with Business Units (BU’s) on inventory holding levels for commodities • Assist in material resource planning for commodity based purchases • Manage supplier and vendor performance • Contribute to supplier development • Influence supplier base in terms of involvement with local economic development initiatives Behavioural Alignment Demonstrates the following: • Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem • Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical • Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions • Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic • Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective The appointment will be made by Exxaro’s Employment Equity policy. If you have not been contacted within 28 days of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. |
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