South 32 2024 Job Vacancy Planner – Commodities Marketing

We are a globally diversified mining and metals company with operations in Australia, South Africa and South America. Headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, securities for South32 trade on three exchanges, the Australian Securities exchange (ASX), Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Our purpose is to make a difference by developing natural resources, improving people’s lives now and for generations to come.
Our people are central to our success and demonstrate our determination to be a best-in-class operator. We aspire to be an inclusive organisation, where our workforce reflects the broader demographic of the countries and communities where we operate.
Capabilities and Responsibilities
South32 Singapore Marketing require a Planner to provide specialist advice and execute tasks related to optimisation, formulation, control and communication of logistics plans and schedules for inbound and outbound shipments that ensure safe, cost effective, and reliable product shipments in compliance with the commodity strategy as well as the SAP and supply chain management processes. In addition, you will:

• Owns logistic planning of commodities from point of take-on to final delivery and is responsible for minimising end-to-end supply chain costs, including freight, other logistic costs and inventory management
• Produces logistics plans in consultation with Commodity Management and the Execution teams and looks for opportunities to optimise that plan up until the time of actual delivery
• Oversees the end to end supply chain and signs-off on the schedules for the commodity
• Works together with the respective Logistics Scheduling and Execution teams at Operation to optimise the overall end to end logistic planning for the flow of products and/or purchased materials
• Supports commercial and strategic Marketing activity undertaken to support the sale of equity products and/or purchased materials
• Identifies and drives new activity involving logistics to improve commodity and execution outcomes over time
• Produce logistics plans and schedules for inbound and outbound shipments
• Provide critical information to enable tracking and review of product allocation and scheduling operations
• Maintains visibility on overall supply chain spend to support customer and vendor performance analysis
• Communicate any logistics issues that may impact product shipments
• Validate accurate and timely execution of all scheduling activities in compliance to the SAP supply chain management processes and capture related transactional data into the SAP system which may include records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, and other dispatch information
• Maintain accurate files and records and ensures integrity and accuracy of data
• Collaborate within the Commodity Management and the Execution teams to ensure that the logistics capacities are aligned with the sales forecast and logistics schedule to ensure timely and successful execution of sales and purchase plans
• Supports governance and contract execution activities performed by  Commodity Management

Competencies

• Bachelor´s degree in logistics/business/ commerce or equivalent
• 5 to 10 years working experience in commodities or logistics in an international, commercial environment
• Computer literate
• Experience with SAP applications
• Fluent English, both verbal and written
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivated, collaborative and with the ability to negotiate positive outcomes

What does South32 offer?

• 14 Weeks paid parental leave and a return to work lump payment
• Flexible work schemes
• Education and Career Development
• Employee Share Plan
• Competitive Salaries

We are always seeking people who share our values to join our team. Our people are fundamental to our success. We’re focused on creating an inclusive workplace, with the right people in the right roles, who are engaged, empowered and appropriately rewarded.
We look forward to receiving your application and exploring this opportunity with you very soon.