Sourcing & Contracts Advisor - London, United Kingdom - De Beers Group of Companies

De Beers Group of Companies
De Beers Group of Companies
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2 weeks ago

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  • 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 realising 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 digitalisation 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 region, including Regional Category Management, Sourcing & Contracts, and Project Procurement.

The team works with regional businesses and Supply Chain stakeholders to implement and manage performance of contracts and suppliers, manage the Corporate supply base and ensure effective supply of goods and services required for operations.


This role will form part of the Sourcing & Contracts team responsible for routine and tactical Information Management & Data Analytics contracts, with an initial focus of consolidating commercial contracts within the region.

**Job Description

  • Commercial Value Delivery & Supplier Partnering*
  • Support the development of category, sourcing and contracting strategies and plans through data gathering and analysis and responsibly execute allocated sourcing & contracting activities.
  • Maintain relationships with strategic suppliers, to drive step change in value and deliver innovative solutions that position Anglo American 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.

Planning

  • Actively track commercial dashboard KPIs (e.g., cycle times, contract coverage, category/supplier/ contractor performance etc) and proactively address and escalate issues.
  • Provide support on the development of category strategies through data gathering and analysis.
  • Identify, enable & track value and inclusive procurement opportunities, commercial initiatives and specific resource requirements.
  • Plan and execute activities for relevant commercial activities.

Sourcing & 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 & contracting and contractor management activities.
  • Execute effective and efficient commercial activities relating to corporate, regional or BU 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 & contracting activities.
  • 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 on the implementation of sustainable value creation strategies, initiatives and associated business cases, that advance Anglo American 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.

Governance & Compliance

  • Ensure compliance to internal Anglo American and Supply Chain Governance requirements to all term members and pertaining to all Sourcing & Contracting activities
  • Ensure compliance to applicable legislative requirements pertaining to all Sourcing & Contracting Activities
  • Regular, timeous and accurate reporting pertaining to all portfolio activities

People & Teams

  • Embrace a Supply Chain team culture of diversity and inclusivene
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