Category Manager: Exploration and Grade Control

$130,000 - $155,000/Yr

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI - Greenwood Village, CO

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Greenwood Village, CO

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Category Manager is essential for managing the end-to-end strategic spend categories that are vital to the company's financial and operational success. This includes both the supplier relationships and negotiations for defined strategic spend categories which are critically important to the financial and operational success of the business. This role focuses on building strong partnerships with suppliers to ensure they meet quality, cost, and delivery standards, while securing beneficial terms and long-term advantages through negotiations. Additionally, the Category Manager is responsible for providing direct support to the Category Director and effectively facilitating the implementation and management of supply market strategies for these categories. This involves delivering actionable insights into market trends, financial opportunities, and risks to support strategic business decisions. The role requires a hands-on professional with knowledge of global supply markets, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to drive value through effective procurement strategies. Effective cross-functional collaboration is crucial to align procurement activities with broader business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the development and implementation of the Global Category Management Strategy for defined areas of spend.
• Supporting the Category Director on supplier relationship management and sourcing plans for defined categories.
• Supporting the design and governance of a single company view of supply markets for defined categories.
• Ensuring proper documentation is in place to maintain SOX compliance for contracts and procedures managed for specific categories of strategic spend managed by Global Supply Chain.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers to assess or improve the quality of the procurement and purchasing process.
• Collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative information to assess supplier capability and performance.
• Driving up-to-date market analysis and benchmarking.
• Supporting Business Improvement and BUs by providing functional expertise for defined categories of spend.
• Collecting, investigating, and analysing information as requested by the Category Director using data from internal and external sources.
• Advising the Category Director on supply chain-related risks and opportunities and communicating these to peers in business units and operations.
• Assisting the Category Director in developing category market and supplier updates to be shared with business leadership quarterly.
• Collaborating across the group and sharing internal and external best practices across all supply chain functions.
• Driving and developing the negotiation strategy for high-value contracts for Drilling Services.
• Assisting in the execution of the overall category strategy, including supplier opportunity assessments, financial analysis, negotiations, and long-term contract establishment.
• Building the internal should-cost model mapped to each site's drilling requirements and market dynamics.
• Structuring Drilling contracts to unlock performance efficiencies, mitigate risk, and optimize cost per meter.
• Analysing and developing business cases to enable decision-making.
• Drafting tendering documents and contracts.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Developing and managing Supplier Relationship Management, setting joint objectives and KPIs with suppliers.
• Utilizing market intelligence and strategic sourcing principles to drive benefits realization for AGA.
• Promoting efficient, effective, and consistent category review and analysis.
• Identifying and analysing opportunities within the drilling services category.
• Managing the tactical delivery of major contracts and tenders for Drilling Services.
• Managing contracts through SAP to ensure compliance and efficient contract management.
• Implementing and managing the category portfolio budget, ensuring alignment with expenditures.
• Implementing External Spend TCO strategies to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) on external spend.
• Managing a standard approach for category management across the group to drive a cost leadership culture.
• Utilizing a structured Category Management Playbook.
• Executing Full Asset Potential Refresh.
• Driving Supplier Relationship Management.
• Defining and Tracking Value.
• Enabling Reporting.

Requirements

• Minimum BA in Business or related field.
• Minimum 5 years business experience covering relevant category or experience in a commercial analytical role.
• Expertise in strategic sourcing and global category management.
• Anticipates and addresses significant problems before they arise.
• Communicates clearly and engages with the Category Director and Supply Chain BU peers on strategy, analytics, and execution.
• Integrates and manages multiple concepts and activities to align with the strategy set by the Category Director.
• Understands contractual agreements with exposure to relationship management.
• Identifies new solutions to current or anticipated problems through cross-functional interaction.
• Models alternative and creative solutions to influence colleagues and improve performance.
• Inspires and motivates others, promoting collaboration and excellence.
• Builds and maintains effective collateral and cross-functional working relationships.
• Solves complex problems and analyzes issues to drive optimal solutions and expected results.
• Utilizes advanced analytics to solve complex situations.
• Builds complex scenario models to validate category solution strategies.
• Develops templates and solutions to improve the category and ensure excellence.
• Self-starter who can independently manage the category.
• Develops and maintains relationships with BU stakeholders and suppliers.

Benefits

• Company paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Vacation, paid sick leave, paid holidays.
• Employer paid basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Wellbeing reimbursement program.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Flexible/hybrid work schedule.
• Participation in annual short-term and long-term incentive plans.