Commercial Advisor

Company Description
- Anglo American, in partnership with the Mitsubishi Corporation, is developing the Quellaveco Project, one of the largest copper deposits in the world, located in the Moquegua region, in southern Peru.

Quellaveco will have a reserve life of 30 years. It will use open pit and flotation mining processes to produce copper concentrates, as well as moly and silver as by-products. Quellaveco is expected to produce an average of 300 thousand tons of copper per year in its first 10 years of operation.

**Job Description**:

- Supply Chain is positioning itself for the future, by becoming more purpose-driven in aid of realizingthe 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.

PURPOSE

Provide efficient and effective sourcing and contracts activities relating to regional or global categories that delivers improved business performance through commercial agreements, enabling innovation, supplier partnering and internal stakeholder collaboration.

KEY TASKS

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

Contractor Management
- Includethe 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
- Adhere to planned timeframes on contract management activities Support cross functional team interactions with internal stakeholders to execute category management activities

Safety, Health & Environment
- Identify ways to support specific safety, health & sustainability opportunities and risks and ensure transactional purchasing activities complies with all Safety, Health & Environmental requirements.
- Comply with relevant policies and standards and particularly the Contractor Performance Management policy & procedures to enable achievement of gold-standard contractor safety performance

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
- Provide support with regards to negotiations and finalising GFAs (General Framework Agreements)

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 with the development of category strategies though the analysis and gathering of data
- Identify, enable & track value and inclusive procurement opportunities, commercial initiatives and specific resource requirements

Commercial Agreements
- Support a culture of Sustainable Value