Purchasing Officer FTE (Fixed Term) needed at Anglo American

Job Description:

As our Purchasing Officer FTE your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

Safety, Health, and Environment

• Support specific safety, health, and sustainability opportunities and risks and ensure transactional purchasing activities comply with all Safety, Health, and environmental requirements.
• Perform regular risk assessments and raise any risks/issues immediately.
• Comply with relevant policies and standards, particularly the Contractor Performance Management policy and procedures, to achieve gold-standard contractor safety performance.

Performance and Delivery

General

• Adhere to the relevant Supply Chain strategy and ensure that critical tasks, performance targets, plans and budgets are adhered to with consideration of risk identification.
• Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business priorities.
• Supply Chain Strategy, Critical Tasks, Targets
• Conduct effective purchasing activities (buying goods/services).
• Conduct Spot Sourcing activities for all purchase requests without an approved supply source and ensure the necessary approvals are obtained.
• Process change orders and resolve any issues related to supply.
• Raise visibility of items purchased to enable their placement on the contract.
• Provide effective and efficient administration and reporting.

Purchasing Excellence & Automation

• Ensure that the ordered materials meet set specifications and contain the cost of materials.
• Ensure accuracy in the purchasing process to limit rework and invoice mismatches impacting other functions (e.g., Accounts Payable).

Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers.
• Evaluate supplier performance, manage queries, and escalate critical issues.

Sustainability & Social

• Ensure Sourcing rules applied within Purchasing are aligned with Anglo American Sustainability and Social requirements.
• Support Anglo American sustainable value creation strategies, initiatives, and associated business cases that advance Anglo American technical, community, sustainability, and financial ambitions.
• Communities & Inclusive Procurement
• Support the team to identify supplier development needs and opportunities, and provide input into the development of solutions

This role is in Supply Chain (SC) department on a band 7/8 (C5) level reporting to the Section Manager Purchasing

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Relevant Supply
• Chain/Purchasing/Procurement/Logistics or related qualification on NQF5
• SA Drivers Licence

Technical Knowledge

• Proven experience of 3-5 years in a relevant field or role involving comparable scope and complexity.
• Comprehensive understanding of Transactional Procurement processes.
• Proficiency in SAP Purchasing modules and related systems.
• Strong skills in data analysis and reporting to support decision-making.
• Knowledge of process compliance standards and monitoring practices.
• Familiarity with Supply Chain (SC) systems and tools.

Closing Date:

• 05 December, 2025