Commercial Ops Planning Advisor

Company Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Ops Planning Advisor. The purpose of this role is to Provide a commercial perspective to operational activities and function as a partner to optimise profitability and align operational efforts with commercial objectives.

We’re the best in the industry.

You’ll make us better.

Guided by our purpose and our values, we enable both high performance and purposeful action as we aim to “re-imagine mining to improve people’s lives", delivering the metals and minerals that make modern life possible – from mobile phones to medicines.

Kumba Iron Ore               

We produce high-grade iron ore, the key component in steel widely used in construction and manufacturing across the world. Our activities include all aspects – exploration; mining; processing and blending; shipping; marketing and selling. In South Africa, we have mining operations in the Northern Cape province, as well as a head office in Centurion, Gauteng, and a port operation in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape.

Job Description

As our Commercial Ops Planning Advisor of your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Safety, Health, and Environment
  • Prioritize safety and health in all team interactions, leading by example to achieve zero harm and prevent fatalities.
• Lead by example, fostering a safety-first culture.
• Encourage open reporting of unsafe behaviours without fear of consequences.
  • Identify and address risks in the workplace using discipline-specific plans and operational risk management systems.
• Use operational risk management systems.
• Monitor critical control performance and integrate them into daily work practices.
  • Establish and maintain Safety and Health systems within the work area.
• Conduct safety interactions, regular visual inspections, and workplace audits.
• Gather data for safety reports and KPIs.
• Report and rectify deficiencies.
• Conduct regular safety audits to ensure compliance and address any issues.
  • Active participation in VFLs, Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.
• Performance and Delivery
• Planning and Budgeting:
  • Work side-by-side with discipline managers and superintendents to develop budgets, e.g., by providing insights into financial data and consolidating inputs.
  • Provide business case modelling support for on-site SIB capital and recommend capital expenditure decisions to the disciplines.
• The Work: Key Outputs and Accountabilities
  • Support the preparation of financial forecasts, considering past performance and forward-looking risks and opportunities.
  • Collate and discuss discipline input into OMS.
• Risk Management:
  • Collaborate with discipline to develop a risk register, proactively providing a financial evaluation of risk mitigation strategies (costs and capital).
  • Discuss risk input with CM, enabling transparent upward communication.
• Reporting and Controls:
  • Serve as a contact point for financial information and detailed advice for disciplines.
  • Provide and discuss discipline-specific financial reports.
  • Support tracking discipline financial performance against the plan, enriching financial reports with operational commentary discussed with disciplines.
  • Facilitate in-depth discussion of deviations from plan, identifying and communicating operational root causes to financial performance.
• Commercial Continuous Improvement:
  • Proactively identify commercial improvement opportunities, enabling effective partnering.
  • Support implementing commercial improvement initiatives (e.g., dashboard roll-out).
• Site Performance Improvement:
  • Collaborate with discipline management to identify cost-improvement opportunities.
  • Gain a deep understanding of the underlying operational processes and value drivers of discipline.
  • Prepare in-depth financial data analysis and business cases to support improvement efforts.
• On-site Integration:
  • Monitor timely and quality GSS and financial CoE delivery towards discipline.
• Sustainability and Social:
  • Drive the delivery of sustainability activities relevant to the discipline and set out in the Life of Asset Plan to improve sustainability performance over time.
  • Put sufficient physical and financial resources in place and coordinate the delivery of Sustainable Mining Plan commitments relevant to the discipline.
  • Manage compliance with environmental and social requirements relevant to the discipline, including stakeholder commitments.
  • Identify environmental and social risks triggered by or impacting discipline and propose mitigation techniques to incorporate into the asset risk management approach.
  • Identify environmental and social opportunities relevant to the work area and then introduce and monitor sustainability initiatives.
  • Foster awareness of environmental and social sustainability within the team and consider the full impact of decisions.
  • Participate in stakeholders' engagements as relevant to the discipline and act consistently with sustainability expectations.
• Compliance:
  • Manage the teams' compliance within the work area with external (legislative, regulatory, and permitting) local requirements as a minimum level of site performance.
  • Adhere to Anglo American compliance requirements and ensure teams' compliance within the work area.

This role is in Commercial (CML) NC department on a band 9 level reporting to MOP Specialists

Qualifications

• Diploma in Business Accounting, Finance, Economics
• B-Degree in Business Accounting, Finance, Economics

• SA Drivers Licence

Technical Knowledge

• 3-5 years of experience in a commercial setting.
• Understand key value drivers within the discipline's value chain and interdependence of critical levers.
• Proficiency in the basics of project management.
• Awareness of new technologies and their impact on operational activities within the role’s scope.
• Knowledge of various tools and methodologies to improve business processes.
• Understand data policies, including privacy and safe handling of sensitive data.
• Awareness of critical digital tools and concepts, particularly those related to the AA infrastructure.
• Understand the digital landscape within operations.
• Knowledge of essential financial metrics and budgeting tools.
• Familiarity with legislative, statutory, and regulatory requirements.

Additional Information

Who we are?

Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine.

We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

How we are committed to your safety

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies – from drones to data analytics – that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of this process.

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