Specialist, Marketing & Logistics | Anglo American

Job Description:

• To provide interface between the business community and the IM organisation to provide commercial system services and support to Anglo American.
• To lead and evolve the enterprise app capabilities which connect and automate core business processes across ERP and adjacent systems. This role ensures the delivery of robust, scalable, and secure solutions that support business agility, data fluidity, and digital transformation.
• The role also drives DevOps maturity within the Enterprise applications scope.

Key responsibilities:

• Take system ownership of the applications / platforms in this area
• Optimise business performance by enhancing the alignment between business processes and Commercial Enterprise systems, in conjunction with business process owners.
• Ensure all systems under responsibility comply with IT General Controls. Key responsibility is to strengthen controls and ensure periodic audit activities are undertaken.
• Work with the process owners in business to drive the design of the overall enterprise data and process structure and develop Commercial solutions and roadmaps to align this. Gain consensus on new process concepts and build coalitions to move process improvement forward.
• Undertake complex process analysis, design and proposal creation, which includes technical process problem solving in relation to the current, as well as the future business environment.
• Provide coaching and advise on the future use of technology and business process improvements in the area of responsibility.
• Manage day-to-day operations of platforms ensuring availability, security, and performance
• Work closely with process owners and key users to understand business requirements and drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions
• Perform functional analysis, requirements definition, configuration and testing, in conjunction with third party configuration teams.
• Conduct prototypes, develop functional specifications, data mapping, function mapping, setting of configuration tables and setting of transaction/control tables in partnership with third part development teams
• Understand the business processes and flows to enable the analysis of business requirements and the development of solutions for the Commercial Enterprise systems.
• Assist in security/authorisation setup, user documentation, data interface design, data migration and reconciliation for the systems under responsibility.
• Own the solution architecture, application plans and roadmap for Commercial Enterprise systems and acts as the design authority across the group
• Lead and supervise development of solutions across projects
• Drive the adoption of best practice and enforce the use of standard systems.
• Keep up to date with technology trends and developments and use proof of concepts (POC’s) to trial new technologies where appropriate.
• Act as the key specialist point of contact for application management services (AMS) service providers in problem solving and investigations related to incidents
• Define and maintain technical standards, design patterns, and reusable assets
• Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of enterprise solutions across Azure, .NET, SQL, SAP BTP, Power Platform, and content management ecosystems.
• Act as design authority, ensuring all technical solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and long-term technology roadmaps.
• Guide development teams and business stakeholders through the solution lifecycle, from conceptual design and prototype development to implementation and operational handover.
• Engage across business domains to translate requirements into robust architectural blueprints and integration patterns that support enterprise process automation and enterprise application goals.
• Champion modern engineering practices, reusable component design, automation, and cloud-native patterns to improve delivery speed and system reliability.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity.
• A postgraduate qualification (Master’s degree) in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent will be advantageous

EXPERIENCE

• Operations: Experience in developing and system standards
• Commercial: Experience with managing Service Providers and qualifying designs and development proposals.
• Management: Manage internal project stakeholders requiring integration services as well as contractors engaged on delivery.
• Compliance: Ensure that designs and delivery of projects are fully compliant to IT controls.
• Deep understanding of system architecture, deployment, and configuration
• Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of enterprise solutions across Azure, .NET, SQL, SAP BTP, Power Platform, and content management ecosystems.
• Act as design authority, ensuring all technical solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and long-term technology roadmaps.

Closing Date:

• 14 January, 2026