Website Komatsu Mining
Komatsu develops and supplies technologies, equipment and services for the construction, mining, forklift, industrial and forestry markets. For more than a century, the company has been creating value for its customers through manufacturing and technology innovation, partnering with others to empower a sustainable future where people, business and the planet thrive together. Front-line industries worldwide use Komatsu solutions to develop modern infrastructure, extract fundamental minerals, manage forests and create consumer products. The company's global service and distributor networks support customer operations to help enhance safety and promote productivity while working to optimize performance.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Analyzing commodities: build and maintain TCO, BCC matrix, usage analysis, and spend analysis;
- Analyzing supplier market, build and maintain its matrix, cost model, technological developments and commercial trends;
- Ensuring the procurement of goods and services is consistent with the procurement policy and business requirements;
- Establishing and managing Contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to monitor, measure, and enhance supplier performance against agreed performance targets;
- Support the team in driving contract compliance within the commodity to increase spend under contract and ensure alignment with procurement strategy;
- Drive and implement cost reduction initiatives to support the team in achieving savings targets and delivering measurable commercial value;
- Analyzing price adjustment requests, negotiating and recommending prices changes;
- Monitoring supplier performance via SAP and address deviation;
- Scheduling, facilitating and chairing monthly supplier management meetings to drive the desired supplier performance in line with procurement strategy;
- Develop and execute commodity and sourcing strategies to deliver business value and align with organizational objectives;
- Manage RFX processes in line with commodity strategy;
- Manage and maintain accurate purchasing information records to support effective procurement decisions; and
- Managing commodity specific queries to support business requirements.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Grade 12;
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management / Engineering is required;
- At least five years’ experience working in procurement of industrial commodities in Manufacturing/Engineering environment;
- Sound knowledge of strategic sourcing practices and processes in a commodity management environment;
- An exposure to Strategic Sourcing i.e. Facilitating First Articles is essential;
- Sound understanding of Preferential Procurement;
- Ability to interpret technical concepts;
- SAP/R3 experience and; must be computer literate in MS office suit (advanced excel); and
- Valid driver’s license and own transport.
