Specialist, Commercial

Responsibilities

• Safety:
• Maintain the highest standard of health and safety performance by implementing a personal safety plan, exhibiting behaviours consistent with zero tolerance, leading by example with colleagues, team members and suppliers and acting in accordance with Kansanshi Health and Safety policies.
• Procurement Strategy Development and Application:
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and develop a whole of business category strategy for the spend portfolio
• Understand long term Operational requirements
• Conduct market research and analysis on the spend category, identify supply market risks
• Conduct risk modeling and analysis on category and develop mitigation actions
• Implement and execute supply chain and performance improvement
• Ensure documentation control of work instructions, forms, procedures, templates etc.
• Supplier evaluation, Selection & Relationship Management:
• Identify and develop alternative sourcing opportunities
• Conduct supplier analysis and recommendations
• Build knowledge on supply and demand by Operational department
• Play a lead role in measuring supplier performance and delivering improved outcomes
• Supplier data maintenance, data analysis, review and evaluation
• Review and draft accurate scopes of work to ensure the relevant terms and conditions are enforceable
• Sourcing, Negotiation and Execution:
• Negotiating, drafting and recommending agreements with external customers, including price, balancing commercial interests with acceptable commercial and legal risks to the company
• Analyze and recommend desired contractual terms based on operational requirements
• Leading supplier negotiations, attending meetings, providing information to/from suppliers
• Lead negotiations with strategic partners / potential new vendors
• Re-evaluate and optimize existing supply agreements
• Managing the tender process
• Utilising existing contract templates to draft contracts suitable for the spend portfolio
• Contract management, implementation and execution
• Preparing and keeping under review standard contracts and associated legal documents for all aspects of research and enterprise activity, including commercialization
• Service Delivery:
• Monitoring contracts' status and expiry dates and ensuring their renewal/ replacement in a timely manner.
• Operational and supplier relationship management
• Supplier and customer issue resolution
• Facilitate operational forecasting and planning
• Analyse operational requirements (support the development of Scopes of Work), including technical specifications and risks
• Project management and implementation
• Providing technical support where and when required
• Providing training where needed
• Conducting reporting and performance analysis
• General:
• Alignment of

Benefits

Additional Information

At First Quantum, we free the talent of our people by taking a very different approach which is underpinned by a very different, very definite culture - the "First Quantum Way". Working with us is not like working anywhere else, which is why we recruit people who will take a bolder, smarter approach to spot opportunities, solve problems and deliver results. Our culture is all about encouraging you to think independently and to challenge convention to deliver the best result. That's how we continue to achieve extraordinary things in extraordinary locations. Job description: Job title: Specialist Commercial Site: Kansanshi Department: Commercial Section: Contracts Position reports to: Superintendent, Contracts Grade: 17 Primary Purpose The primary responsibility of the Specialist Commercial is to work with the Kansanshi Operations stakeholders to develop a whole of business category strategy for the spend portfolio under management. The Specialist Commercial will be managing both relationships with key Operational sponsors as well as with the senior executives at our supply partners. The Specialist Commercial will be required to put in place plans and solutions to resolve complex supply problems within the portfolio. Will champion innovation, continuous improvement and procurement expertise. Will lead and deliver on the end to end sourcing process, which includes carrying out spend analysis, understanding business risks, managing tenders, negotiating with vendors, drafting supply agreements and driving improved supplier performance.

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