Category Advisor - Facilities

As our Category Advisor Facilities your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Adhere to all health and safety practices and requirements.

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 step change in value and deliver innovative solutions that position Anglo American as a partner of choice.
• Optimise 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.
• Adhere to value creation and supplier engagement strategies that align with the global Supply Chain strategy, critical tasks, performance targets and business priorities.

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 through the analysis and gathering of data
• Identify, enable and track value and inclusive procurement opportunities, commercial initiatives and specific resource requirements.

Sourcing and Contracts Management

• Compile and execute allocated sourcing events, contracting and contract management (including administration), supplier/contract performance management and initiative management.
• Support with effectively executing 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 timely and accurate capturing of price updates for contracts in the system.
• Create proactive visibility and continuous improvement of the sourcing and contracts pipeline related to the allocated portfolio.
• Regular, timely and accurate reporting of routine and tactical sourcing & contracting activities
• Implement value opportunities and mitigate risks of the portfolio.

Commercial Agreements

• Support a culture of Sustainable Value through ESG, TCO initiatives, innovation, working capital, and cost reduction. Implement sustainable value creation strategies, initiatives, and associated business cases that advance Anglo Americans' technical, community, sustainability, and financial ambitions.
• Build and maintain relationships with suppliers to drive change in value and deliver innovative solutions.
• Provide support regarding supplier performance management of select suppliers and address escalated issues.

Inclusive Procurement

• Support input to and delivery against inclusive procurement and commercial plans to ensure targets are met against scheduled milestones.
• Understand community-specific needs and identify value creation opportunities.
• Drive a culture of community development and inclusive procurement with stakeholders aligned with the global and regional Inclusive Procurement strategies.
• Execute and adhere to an Inclusive Procurement programme that will increase host community commercial participation and support the development of thriving communities.

Sustainability and Social

• Support a culture of Sustainable Value through ESG, TCO initiatives, innovation, working capital and cost reduction.
• Provide support with implementing sustainable value creation strategies, initiatives , and associated business cases that advance Anglo American's technical, community, sustainability, and financial ambitions.
• Build and maintain relationships with suppliers to drive step change in value and deliver innovation. solutions

Supply Chain Excellence

• Adopt new ways of working and systems usage within the team regarding suppliers and key stakeholders.
• Support Supply Chain Managers and Company Representatives in implementing and operationalising active contracts.
• Identify opportunities for improved ways of working and enhanced commoditised execution.

This role is in Supply Chain department on a Band 6 (D1) level reporting to the Category Lead Facilities.