Category Specialist

Job Description

The Category Specialist coordinates and integrates the effective management of the supply of strategic commodities as well as site related services to the De Beers Group of Companies (GoC) in order to ensure maximum benefit and value and operational compliance in line with the organisation’s strategic needs and minimise risk to the business.

• Capture market data, analysing and creating market summaries that will contribute towards the effectiveness of sourcing strategies.
• Negotiate and manage strategic commodity and service contracts - including amendments, price adjustments, verifying price increases and general contract administration.
• Benchmarking and/or Tendering pricing, service offerings and commodity performance of strategic commodities against industry peers
• Utilizes spend data to determine opportunities and priorities to leverage volumes across all business units
• Prepare, manage and attend Tender Board meetings and make recommendations to achieve the department’s key objectives.
• Develop and implement sub-category sourcing strategies in line with De Beers business requirements (eg value delivery, supplier rationalisation, local procurement, supplier development etc)

Qualifications

• A Commercial/Engineering degree

• Relevant supply chain experience in strategic sourcing/category management
• Experience in Mining/Mining support industries
• Experience in savings initiatives
• ​​​​​​​Utilization of a formal methodology/process for sourcing activity is an advantage
• ​​​​​​​Experience in the leadership and management of people is required
• ​​​​​​​Experience in end to end contract life-cycle management

Additional Information

Established in 1888,DeBeers Groupisthe world’s leading diamond companywith unrivalled expertise in the exploration, mining, sorting, valuing, selling and marketing of diamonds.Together with our joint venture partners,weoperate in more than 20 countries across six continents.

Wewantour diamonds, and our business, to make life brilliant – for our people, our customers and the world around us.

We buildpartnershipsandconnectwithourpeople and their communities to makeapositivecontribution to thewiderworld.We’re constantly developingnewwaysto make animpactandbuild abeneficiallegacy. We call it ‘Building Forever’ -it’s fundamental toour pioneering spirit and the purposeful way we do business.

Safety first is a way of life for us.  We are unconditional about the safety, health and well-being of our colleagues, at work and at home, and about that of the communities where we work. We aim to lead the industry by investing in innovation to protect people, who are at the heart of our business. Our high performing teams take accountability for their own and others' actions, work collaboratively, and always show care and respect

We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.

This role is open only to individuals who currently have right to work in the country stated and we will not be supporting any individuals who might need to relocate.