Sourcing & Contract Administrator

  • Full-time
  • Discipline: Supply Chain
  • Business Entity: Africa - Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)(BU005)

Company Description

Valterra Platinum Limited (Valterra Platinum) is a leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), with integrated mining, smelting, and refining operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, marketing the metal we produce globally. Following its demerger from Anglo American plc, Valterra Platinum is now an independent, publicly listed company with a primary and secondary listing on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges respectively.
As we embark on this exciting new chapter, Valterra Platinum is positioned to define and pursue its own strategy, anchored in safety, operational excellence, sustainability, and value creation for the long-term. With full accountability for our performance and growth, we are focused on strengthening our capabilities across the entire PGM value chain, from mine to market.
Our independence empowers us to deepen our commitment to stakeholders and lead with purpose – to “Unearth Value to Better Our World”. We remain steadfast in our ambition to be the world’s foremost producer of platinum group metals, while embedding safety and sustainability in everything we do.

Job Description

Provide contract administration (price file administration, contract variations) and project administration support to the commercial Supply Chain teams.

1. Safety: Consistent application of Safety & Health principles in all discipline interactions and take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.
2. Performance and Delivery:
• General category / contract administration work, price file uploads and master data updates.
• Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business priorities
• Adhere to commercial standards that will enable delivery in a safe and socially acceptable way and ensure that the organisation sources from responsible suppliers
• Provide necessary administrative support required for negotiations
• Provide relevant sourcing & contracting, category management and project procurement administrative activities in a timely and visible manner
• Support for supplier engagements (preparation and minutes etc)
• Provide relevant administrative planning support BU & corporate routine and tactical sourcing & contracting and contractor management activities
• Provide regular, timeous and accurate reporting for activities in relevant portfolio
• Drive a culture of community development and inclusive procurement
• Adhere to Inclusive Procurement expectations, targets and initiatives
• Provide administrative support to the Inclusive Procurement programmes
• Support a culture of Sustainable Value
• Provide administrative support with the implementation of sustainable value creation strategies, initiatives and associated business cases, that advance technical, community, sustainability, and financial ambitions
• Maintain relationships with existing suppliers and new partners within the supply market
• Maintain good relationships with operational materials management and warehousing
• Support the relevant Business Partner to update supplier performance, based on contractual KPIs
• Escalate contractual risks & operational issues

• Support the team to identify supplier development needs and opportunities, and provide input into the development of solutions
3. People & Teams:
• Actively engage as a team member in all team processes.
4. Compliance: • Ensure compliance to internal and external regulatory, legislative and permitting requirements.

Qualifications

Prescribed:

Grade 12 or equivalent with Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy

Certifications:

Valid driver’s license code B or C1

Experience:
• 1 – 3 years’ experience within a role of similar context and complexity

Technical knowledge(experience) required for role:
• Transactional Procurement
• SAP Purchasing knowledge
• Technical expertise for repairs
• Process compliance monitoring
• SC systems

Technical Skills:
• Safe and sustainable Supply Chain (Developing)
• Transactional Purchasing (Developing)
• Commercial Expertise for repairs (Developing)
• Data analysis and reporting (Developing)
• Supplier Management (Developing)
• Negotiation (Developing)
• Warranty Management (Developing)
• Supply Chain systems and processes (Competent)
• Stakeholder engagement and communication (Developing)

Social Process Skills:

Self-awareness, and of behaviours that successfully drive or hinder team performance and collaboration

Application:

Demonstrate drive, determination, persistence, and commitment to apply other elements of capability work

Other Requirements:

• Medical certificate of fitness
• No criminal Record

Additional Information

Valterra Platinum takes a stand against gender-based violence and all forms of violence: ’We are unconditional in creating a respectful, inclusive and safe working environment to ensure that no colleague will be violated or harassed under our watch’’

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