Group Commercial Manager

JOB PURPOSE

Management of all commercial matters pertaining to procurement.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree - B.Com Law/LLB Law/ or B.Com Procurement /Supply Chain

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the mining industry

• 10 years of experience in Commercial, Legal, and or Procurement

• Good demonstrable knowledge of managing commercial principles and contracts, assessing commercial risk, undertaking new business, leading negotiation strategy development and participating in negotiations

• Procurement Tender and Contractual Experience

• Must be very adept in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 is an advantage

• Ability to cope with pressure and tight deadlines

• Valid Driver’s License

• Be willing to travel as and when required

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• The Group Commercial Manager will be actively involved in the completion and/or review of our supplier-facing documents, and ensure the supplier documents produced are of consistently high quality, industry benchmark as well as driving process and policy compliance.

• The Group Commercial Manager's role is to ensure all supplier-facing documents (including quotations/proposals and contracts) in their region are:

  • developed ensuring alignment between Procurement Projects and the relevant Operations, and in line with global bundling processes;

  • drafted in line with all local and global policies and standards to ensure lowest level of risk for Menar, and highest quality of supplier document;

  • approved in line with all internal requirements prior to being submitted to the supplier;

  • audited in line with the Commercial Department audit requirements;

  • registered by the Contract Owner in the Contract Management System (contracts only) in a timely manner.

• The Group Commercial Manager will be allocated a portfolio of suppliers globally, for which they will be fully responsible for ensuring all commercial matters are dealt with timeously and/or escalated to the necessary decision-makers. The commercial matters include but are not limited to notifications in terms of implementation of price escalations, the Group Commercial Manager acts as a business partner in the process but is not solely responsible for the implementation of the escalations (refer to escalation process).

• The Group Commercial Manager will also be required to participate in supplier negotiations.

• The Group Commercial Manager will be responsible for training the end users to ensure that they understand the needs around compliance, the risk if the company doesn’t comply, as well as the system requirements.

• The Group Commercial Manager will also manage the Trade Compliance requirements for South Africa.

• The Group Commercial Manager must ensure that all supplier-facing agreements adhere to the Menar governance processes in terms of policy, procedure, approval and risk mitigation

• The Group Commercial Manager will compile and launch Group related tender documents and compile adjudications in conjunction with various stakeholders.

• The Group Commercial Manager will continuously review Group opportunities to initiate tenders and rebate contracts and manage Tender Committee meeting minutes and documentation

Email portfolio, comprehensive CV and certified ID copy to: cv@menar.com 

Closing date:                                02 February 2025