Our client, a mining company with offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg, is currently looking to hire a Commercial Advisor (Information Management) on a 12 month contract with potential of renewal.
Reporting into the Manager: Category Management, you will be responsible for providing efficient and effective commercial activities relating to category categories that?delivers improved business performance through commercial agreements, enabling innovation, supplier partnering and internal stakeholder collaboration.
Minimum Requirements:
- 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
- A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline - advantageous
- Practical knowledge of SAP Ariba
- Minimum 3 years' proven Information Management / Information Technology category experience, including sourcing, negotiating, and managing agreements across:
- Telecommunications
- IT Infrastructure
- Software license agreements, SaaS, EULA
- Hardware
- IT Managed Services (including outsourcing agreements)
- Private sector experience within a multinational organisation.
- Strong cross-functional stakeholder management capability, with the ability to influence at multiple levels.
- A self-starter who is comfortable working independently with minimal supervision.
Main duties will include, but are not limited to: Safety, Health and Environment
- Identify ways to support specific safety, health and sustainability opportunities and risks and ensure transactional purchasing activities complies with all Safety, Health and Environmental requirements.
- Ensure the safe operation of the commercial environment, performing regular risk assessments and raising any risks/issues immediately
- Comply with relevant policies and standards and particularly the Contractor Performance Management policy and procedures to enable achievement of gold-standard contractor safety performance
General
- Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business?priorities?
Commercial Value Delivery and Supplier Partnering
- Support the development of category, sourcing and contracting strategies and plans through data gathering and analysis and responsibly execute allocated sourcing and contracting activities.
- Maintain relationships with strategic suppliers, to drive change in value and deliver innovative solutions that?positions company?as?a partner of choice
- Optimize value through innovation, risk mitigation and growth throughout the relationship life cycle
- Follow a set of global standards for suppliers and contractors to enable delivery in a safe and socially acceptable way and ensure that the organisation sources from responsible suppliers
- Support the implementation of commercial strategies to support business needs and improve value delivery
- Provide support with regards to negotiations and finalising GFAs (General Framework Agreements)
- Adhere to?value?creation?and?supplier?engagement?strategies?that?align?to?the?overall?Supply Chain strategy, critical tasks, performance targets and Business Unit prioritiesPlanning
- Actively track commercial dashboard KPIs (e.g., cycle times, contract coverage,category/supplier/ contractor performance etc) and proactively address and escalate issues.
- Provide support with the development of category strategies though the analysis and gathering of data
- Identify, enable and track value and inclusive procurement opportunities, commercial initiatives and specific resource requirements
- Plan and execute activities for relevant commercial?activities
- Execute relevant project procurement activities in a timely and visible?manner
- Track and monitor progress tracking against sourcing and contracts and category management targets ?
- Provide input into the relevant budget and resource requirements?
Sourcing and Contracts Management
- Responsible for compiling and executing allocated sourcing events, contracting and contract management (including administration), supplier/contract performance management and initiative management.
- Support with the effective execution of contracts administrative duties like price files, variations and amendments
- Implement value delivery plans for routine and tactical sourcing and contracting and contractor management activities
- Execute effective and efficient commercial activities relating to corporate, regional or Business Unit contracts in a timely and value driven manner, including timeous and accurate?capturing of?price updates?for contracts in?the system?
- Create proactive visibility and continuous improvement of sourcing and contracts pipeline related to allocated portfolio
- Regular,?timeous?and?accurate?reporting?pertaining?to?routine and tactical sourcing and contracting activities
- Implement value opportunities and mitigate risks pertaining to the portfolio
- Ensure cross collaboration between internal and external stakeholders
Commercial Agreements
- Support a culture of Sustainable Value through?ESG,?TCO initiatives, innovation, working capital and?cost reduction
- Provide support with the implementation of?sustainable value?creation?strategies, initiatives?and associated business cases, that advance technical, community, sustainability, and financial ambitions ?
- Build and maintain relationships with suppliers, to drive step change in value and deliver innovative solutions
- Provide support regarding supplier performance management of select suppliers and address escalated issues
- Support Inclusive Procurement team?to?identify?supplier?development?needs?and?opportunities
Stakeholder and Supplier Management
- Adopt?new ways of working?and systems?usage?within team regarding suppliers and key?stakeholders?
- Support the relevant Business?Partner to track and update?supplier?performance,?based on contractual KPIs?
- Identify digitization opportunities with suppliers to develop compelling business cases and collaborate with stakeholders and the SC Centre of Excellence for potential implementation
Contractor Management
- Include the?correct?safety?specifications?and?KPIs?in?sourcing?and?contract?documentation??
- Support with the development of supplier scorecards, monitoring of supplier performance, interpretation of performance data and development of insights ?
- Monitor the?commercial?performance?of?suppliers,?escalate?issues?and?drive?resolution??
- Participate in?quarterly?review?/?performance?meetings??
- Adhere to planned timeframes on contract management activities
- Support cross functional team interactions with internal stakeholders to execute category management activitiesSupply Chain Excellence
- Adopt?new ways of working?and systems?usage?within team regarding suppliers and key?stakeholders?
- Support Supply Chain Managers and Company Representative function in the implementation and operationalisation of active contracts
- Identify opportunities for improved ways of working and enhanced commoditized execution.
Suitable candidates are encouraged to reply to this ad or send their updated CV to [Email Address Removed] for immediate consideration.
Desired Skills:
- telecommunication
- information management
- hardware
- software license
Desired Work Experience:
- 2 to 5 years
Desired Qualification Level:
- Diploma
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