Specialist – Supply Chain & IT Commercial
Job no: 502851
Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location:
MMG Limited is a global resources company that mines, explores and develops base metal projects globally. We are one of the world's largest producers of zinc and a substantial producer of copper, lead, gold and silver. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, we are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx 1208) and Australian Securities Exchange (MMG) with mining projects and operations in Australia, Africa, Americas and South East Asia, we offer a rare and unique opportunity to work with a global perspective.
The Head Office Supply Chain creates significant value to MMG.
We are pleased to advise that we seek a Specialist – Supply Chain & IT Commercial. Based in beiing and reporting to Head of Supply Chain and Beijing Office, the purpose of this job is to
• The development and documentation of targeted category specific Sourcing and Contracting strategies in support of IT and Supply Chain including elements related to China, global sourcing and supplier capability development framework.
• Support IT and Supply Chain in governance activities on end-to-end requirements from sourcing to contract management in MMG.
• As appropriate, lead and deliver corporate sourcing and contract management activities in collaboration with IT.
To be considered, candidates must have
Planning and Prioritising
• Work with Supply Chain peers, IT and other stakeholders to forecast requirements 1-5 years out
• Taking cognisance of IT/stakeholder requirements, the Sourcing and Contracting process and the degree of workload intensity required for each requirement, create work plans/schedules to be executed
• Prioritise activities across concurrent initiatives, monitor progress to milestones and deliverables and seek support as required to ensure strategic opportunities are maximised
• After developing and considering options, escalate unresolved resource requirements/conflicts
Development of Category strategies and related documentation
• Engaging MMG and external subject matter experts, to:
- Assess and confirm internal requirements
- Identify and assess external supply options, including;
- Emerging or disruptive innovations and/or technologies
- China or other ‘best cost’ country alternatives
- Local sourcing in support of MMG’s license to operate
- Potential for unplanned incidents to interrupt the sustainability of the supply chain
- In consideration of internal requirements and external options, establish the optimal ‘route to market’, preferred risk apportionment between MMG and 3rd parties and preferred contract structures and mechanisms
- Develop and document resulting Category strategies, ensuring they represent a consensus view, trade-offs and implementation requirements which site can leverage for their regional category or sourcing strategies
- Submit finalized Category strategies for approval by the global Supply Chain Leadership Team
Support of Sourcing and Contracting strategy execution
- Working with and supporting site Sourcing and Contracting teams, when a requirement covered by an approved strategy becomes current, and ensure the site Sourcing and Contracting team execute the market engagement, negotiation and contracting in line with the approved strategy
- Input into and support of data and analytics required for Sourcing and Contracting Strategies and functional improvement
- Source and analyse appropriate MMG data and external data on a regular basis to
- Track compliance to existing contracts
- Allocate spend to the appropriate category taxonomy
- Aggregate spend in normalized vendor structures
- Track cost driver trend movements and inform MMG stakeholders of the potential impact
- Use analysed data and subsequent category specific insights to inform category strategies, market engagement approach required contract mechanisms.
All applicants must apply directly to MMG to be considered - in this instance, we will not be accepting any submissions from recruitment agencies.
To join the next generations' global mining company, please submit your application online in either Word (.doc) or Adobe (.pdf) format by clicking on the 'Apply' button or visiting the job search page of our website - http://careers.mmg.com/jobSearch.asp?stp=AW&sLanguage=en.
Advertised: China Standard Time
Applications close: China Standard Time
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