Senior Category Manager Logistics & Mining

Job Description

The Senior Category Manager - Logistics and Mining is responsible for optimising the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for all logistics and mining-related procurement across the Omnia Group on a global scale. This role is essential in strategically managing logistics and mining services including transportation, distribution, and warehousing to ensure an acceptable level of supply risk, compliance with policies, and alignment with the organisation’s strategic objectives. Analysis of current procurement expenditures, business needs both current and future, and supply markets should enable the Snr Category Manager to develop optimal sourcing strategies for review and acceptance by business and Chief Procurement Officer. The Snr Category Manager - Logistics and Mining is responsible for attracting, retaining and engaging preferred suppliers, on terms and with relationships that are favourable to the company at competitive costs, appropriate service levels and risk exposure. The Snr Category Manager - Logistics and Mining will establish relationships with internal customers. As part of the TCO analysis, the Category Manager will question and review all elements of supply and demand, to understand internal needs and motivate innovative solutions for all elements of the TCO model.

Qualifications

• Grade 12/ Matric
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Commerce, Operations Management, Business Process Management, Analytics, Information Technology, or equivalent.
• MCIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply), PMP (Project Management Professional) or SCMP (Supply Chain Management Professional) desirable

Experience

• 3 - 5 years in a management position
• 3 years’ experience in Category Management
• 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing

Duties

Strategy And Analysis

• Identify and execute appropriate procurement channel in line with Procurement Policy
• Conduct detailed analysis of logistics & mining market trends and internal demand to forecast future procurement needs and inform strategic decisions
• Define optimal service levels and manage contracts to achieve these levels with logistics and mining suppliers, incorporating sustainability and innovation
• Perform spend analysis by collecting, cleansing, classifying and analysing expenditure data to inform current spend profile
• Formulate, execute and maintain sourcing strategies for relevant spend groups to optimise TCO, at a known and acceptable level of risk
• Support strategic agendas by incorporating and implementing appropriate ESD strategy requirements into the sourcing approach
• Track market price and demand indices that influence the supply market
• Evaluate and understand market conditions in order to contribute to competitive sourcing strategies, control costs and manage risk
• Establish, guide and support cross-functional teams from business stakeholders, to ensure a broad-based approach in development and execution of the sourcing strategy
• Develop sourcing strategies for consideration and approval by the appropriate leads in the business, that optimise TCO, with an acceptable level of risk
• Investigate and propose innovative approaches, to meet internal demand, by questioning accepted norms and practice

Operational

• Manage RFx processes tailored to logistics and mining services, ensuring strategies are effectively executed in line with global logistics and mining trends and innovations with support of a cross-functional team
• Engage with logistics service providers to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and foster continuous improvement in service delivery
• Report on sourcing strategy effectiveness and contract compliance, by reviewing adherence to the agreement by all parties (Supplier, Omnia Divisions, Omnia Procurement) and by raising deviation/departure, by a party
• Oversee the setup and maintenance of contracts for logistics and mining services, ensuring flexibility and scalability in service agreements
• Ensure sourcing events are structured, transparent and fair, with a defensible process, to ensure participation which aligns with Company policies and the code of ethics
• Confirm the selection of supplier/s that best meet the selection criteria defined in the sourcing strategy
• Lead supplier engagement by involving commercial, legal, technical and other relevant parties where appropriate
• Onboard suppliers and support business in initial engagement to ensure smooth phase in, phase out management
• Execute supplier management in line with the sourcing strategy and ensure that appropriate performance and evaluations occur, and that remedial action is applied as appropriate
• As a subject-matter expert, provide sourcing support as required, relating to sourcing advisory and delivery services, sourcing contracts and sourcing queries and the resolution thereof, to meet operational sourcing requirement
• Generate reports detailing sourcing strategy key deliverables (i.e., savings, OTIF, compliance, security of supply)
• Drive innovation in logistics procurement as needed by Mining organisation by exploring and implementing solutions like automated freight bidding platforms and collaborative distribution models
• Develop and implement sustainability initiatives focusing on reducing environmental impact through optimised routing and collaborations with eco-friendly carriers

Financial / Governance

• Implement cost management strategies for logistics and mining services, including freight, warehousing, and inventory holding costs
• Identify and manage risks specific to the logistics and mining category, such as geopolitical risks, carrier reliability, and supply chain disruptions
• Ensure that all logistics and mining procurement sourcing, processes and practices align with governance requirements and contribute to the organisation’s financial objectives
• Formally track risks in line with the business risk assessment approach

Job Competencies

Financial
Technical Competencies:

• Ability to perform spend analysis at category and spend group level
• Ability to use TCO Model
• Advanced business acumen
• Ability to quantify/risk costs for TCO data
• Ability to perform RFP/Tender evaluation
• Ability to track rebates
• Deep understanding of financial metrics

Customer

• Ability to accurately define and articulate user true requirements (i.e., response time, specification, usage)
• Ability to develop evaluation criteria and with relevant user weightings
• Ability to develop SLA
• Ability to lead sourcing team discussions
• Understand factors driving demand (usage)
• Ability to forecast and guide customer needs to be more value focused

Supplier

• Understand Supply Market
• Ability to perform supply market analysis
• Ability to select performance measures based on sourcing strategy and business needs
• Execution of supplier management against SLA
• Ability to negotiate effectively with suppliers
• Development and Management of RFP/Tender Document

Knowledge & Innovation

• Ability to understand the Organisation's business principles & procurement policies, procedures, targets and the application thereof
• Understand Contract Enablement Process
• Understand and apply TCO Principles
• Category strategy development
• Competence in using relevant IT systems
• Advanced Excel
• Risk Management

Behavioural Competencies

Managerial:

• Ability to present and share information
• Ability to manage and lead a team
• Ability to manage and lead a project
• Strong intra and interpersonal relationship management

Continuous Improvement

• Ability to influence ways of thinking, for improvement
• Ability to identify opportunities, for improvement in ways of working
• Ability to drive the adoption of changes in ways of working
• Ability to work with and negotiate effectively with stakeholders

General

Internal Stakeholders

• Lead the development and maintenance of relationships with internal stakeholders by being the first point of contact for end-user sourcing queries and needs, relating to sourcing identification and delivery requirements
• Manage stakeholder expectations on the delivery of sourcing services by providing effective, open, swift communication and issue resolution
• Utilise a mechanism to understand delivery to internal customers (i.e. VOC - voice of customer surveys)
• Use queries/complaints to understand sourcing problems, gather appropriate information, establish root cause and seek and propose solution options

People

• Lead and manage any subordinates/team members on projects and tasks.
• Ensure levels of knowledge, skills and competence are in place to meet sourcing control, analysis and reporting/communication objectives, and contribute meaningfully toward departmental goals
• Supervise the work of subordinates by allocating and delegating work, following up and/or taking corrective action
• Support subordinates in their required learning and growth objectives and manage training and development interventions, for or on behalf of the team