Glencore Vacancies

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Deal Validation Manager

We are looking for a motivated team manager to join our Risk Department, lead and develop the growing Product Risk / Validation team based in our office in Melrose, Johannesburg. The team in South Africa acts as a service organisation for the Product Risk / Validation team based in Baar, Switzerland.

Responsibilities

Team Management

• Lead and support the growth and development of 4-6 team members, providing coaching and mentoring to the team.
• Recruitment, including screening and interviewing, and performance reviews for the local team; working closely with Team Leads in Switzerland.

​Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for improvement and automation in all periodic tasks performed by the team

Day to Day Activities

• Responsible for deal entry validation
• Validating commercial terms for various commodities
• Identifying and clarifying discrepancies with commercial team
• KPI monitoring and issue resolution
• Daily review and distribution of KPI dashboards
• Monitoring adherence and escalation
• Production of ad-hoc management reports and analysis
• Daily coordination with Product Risk / Validation team in Headquarter
• Prepare and review periodic position and P/L reporting, along with commentary to explain main drivers
• Support and look for improvements in daily P/L and position reporting processes, working with the Product Risk lead

Candidates who would excel in our environment

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Relevant NQF Level 7 Qualification in Data Science or Information Systems.

WORK EXPERIENCE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 4 years of experience in a leadership role, preferably in commodity trading or financial institution
• Experience within data analytics environment
• Extensive IT knowledge (MS Office Suite, Excel, Power BI), flair for figures, paying attention to detail, and willingness to learn new system applications
• Adaptable, dynamic and organised with a positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Take initiative in resolving issues in a structured methodical manner
• Good Team Player that interacts well with a team
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership and attentive to detail, in a fast-moving environment
• Willing to learn and share knowledge
• Pro-active, accountable and self-motivated
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, that actively manage expectations in an efficient way

Employee Communication Specialist – Content Development

Our Group Corporate Affairs Department is looking for an Employee Communication Specialist focused on content development and communications campaigns to be based in our Melrose Office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Specialist will play a key role within the Group Corporate Affairs function, reporting directly to a Communications Officer or Manager. This position is focused on creating, curating, and updating content to support employee engagement and employee communication strategies. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality, compelling content that aligns with Glencore’s Purpose, Values, and business objectives.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

Content creation and management:
• Create, edit, and update content for the Group’s employee communication channels, including news, announcements, useful information, multimedia and engaging content, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with brand guidelines.
• Develop and refresh content for global and local office intranet sites, including pages and news updates ensuring relevance to local audiences while maintaining consistency with the Group’s overall messaging.
• Support onboarding of new locations onto the global intranet and upskill them to develop digital content.
• Collaborate with the wider team to ensure that all content supports the overarching communication strategy and resonates with diverse employee demographics.

Support strategic initiatives:
• Work closely with other team members to contribute to strategic communication initiatives, ensuring content aligns with Glencore’s business strategy, Purpose, Values, and culture.
• Participate in planning and brainstorming sessions to develop innovative content ideas that support employee engagement, organisational change, and culture enhancement.

Brand consistency:
• Ensure all content is aligned with Glencore’s brand, tone, and design guidelines, maintaining consistency across all communication channels.
•Assist in monitoring and updating brand guidelines as necessary to reflect evolving business needs and employee feedback.
Analytics and Feedback:
• Monitor the performance and effectiveness of content by analysing engagement metrics and feedback, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

This role will be based at our Melrose Arch offices, reporting to the Communications Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Human Resources, organisational psychology, change management, digital platforms or technology subjects or a related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
• Content development experience: proven experience in content creation, writing and editing within a corporate environment (particularly on digital platforms) and ideally a mining, trading or similar industry. Experience in employee communications is preferred.
• Writing and editing skills: Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and engaging content tailored to diverse internal audiences.
• Technical proficiency: Proficient in using content management systems (CMS) such as SharePoint, WordPress or Dupral, intranet platforms, Microsoft 365, analytics tools and other digital tools for content creation and management.
• Attention to detail: Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to ensure accuracy and consistency across all content.
• Team collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively within a team, contributing to shared goals and projects while also being able to work independently on assigned tasks.
• Organisational skills: Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple content projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Communication skills: Excellent and written verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively liaise with team members and stakeholders across different departments and locations.
• Language proficiency: Native or fluent English speaker required; additional language skills are an advantage.

About Group Corporate Affairs
The mission of Glencore’s Group Corporate Affairs team is to strengthen and enhance Glencore’s reputation and be recognised as a trusted partner, so customers and stakeholders invest in us and want to do business with us, and potential and current employees want to work for us because they recognise and value we bring and the necessary role we play, and act on that basis.
We do this by engaging proactively and meaningfully with all relevant stakeholders to:
• Protect and strengthen our reputation and brand globally and in key geographies
• Unite employees around the company’s ambitions to foster a high-performance culture
• Manage political and regulatory risk effectively

Employee Communications Specialist – Digitial Workplace

Our Group Corporate Affairs Department is looking for an Employee Communications Specialist focused on digital platforms to be based in our Melrose Office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Communications Content Specialist will play a key role within the Group Corporate Affairs function, reporting directly to a Communications Officer or Manager. This position is focused on project management and communications activities (particularly using digital platforms and tools) to support our employee communications strategy. The successful candidate will also be responsible for delivering impactful, engaging content that aligns with Glencore’s Purpose, Values, and business objectives.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY:
Project management for digital employee communications:
• Drive project management relating to initiatives for the company intranet and digital communication tools, ensuring timelines, budgets, and project milestones are met.
• Coordinate with IT, other functions and relevant commodity departments to ensure a smooth implementation, troubleshooting issues and managing risks as they arise.
• Serve as the point of contact for all stakeholders involved in the project, driving regular updates and addressing any concerns.
Content creation and management:
• Create, edit, and update content for the Group’s employee communication channels (particularly digital channels), including news, announcements, useful information, multimedia and engaging content, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with brand guidelines.
• Develop and refresh content for global and local office intranet sites, including pages and news updates ensuring relevance to local audiences while maintaining consistency with the Group’s overall messaging.
• Support onboarding of new locations onto the global intranet and upskill them to develop digital content.
• Collaborate with the wider team to ensure that all content supports the overarching communication strategy and resonates with diverse employee demographics.

Support strategic initiatives:
• Work closely with other team members to contribute to strategic communication initiatives, ensuring content aligns with Glencore’s business strategy, Purpose, Values, and culture.
• Participate in planning and brainstorming sessions to develop innovative content ideas that support employee engagement, organisational change, and culture enhancement.

Brand consistency:
• Ensure all content is aligned with Glencore’s brand, tone, and design guidelines, maintaining consistency across all communication channels.
• Assist in monitoring and updating brand guidelines as necessary to reflect evolving business needs and employee feedback.
Analytics and Feedback:
• Monitor the performance and effectiveness of content by analysing engagement metrics and feedback, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

This role will be based at our Melrose Arch offices, reporting to the Communications Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:
•Bachelor’s degree in communications, Human Resources, organisational psychology, change management, digital platforms or technology subjects or a related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
• Content development experience: proven experience in content creation, writing and editing within a corporate environment (particularly on digital platforms) and ideally a mining, trading or similar industry. Experience in employee communications is preferred.
• Project management: experience with project managing initiatives which include digital products for use in communications.
• Writing and editing skills: Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and engaging content tailored to diverse internal audiences.
• Technical proficiency: Proficient in using content management systems (CMS), such as SharePoint, WordPress or Dupral, intranet platforms, Microsoft 365, analytics tools and other digital tools for content creation and management.
• Attention to detail: Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to ensure accuracy and consistency across all content.
• Team collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively within a team, contributing to shared goals and projects while also being able to work independently on assigned tasks.
• Organisational skills: Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple content projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Communication skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively liaise with team members and stakeholders across different departments and locations.
• Language proficiency: Native or fluent English speaker required; additional language skills are an advantage.

Engineering Manager

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies. Our global network comprises more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries, with over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, offshore oil production assets, farms and agricultural facilities. Our strategy is to maintain and build upon our position as a leading integrated producer and marketer of commodities worldwide. We employ over 150,000 employees and contractors, who collectively work to deliver our strategy and support our values of safety, integrity, responsibility, openness, simplicity and entrepreneurialism. Its these people that we value above all else. They are our greatest asset.

Join us and let’s grow together.

We are currently accepting applications for the following position located in Witbank, Mpumalanga.

The succesful candidate will be responsible for managing the Engineering and Maintenance functions at the Complex, ensuring delivery against the Business Plan through Selection, Development and Optimal Utilisation of people and equipment; the Management and Monitoring of the relevant Processes and Continuous Improvement Projects; the Identification and Management of Risk; and the creation of the Culture and Work environment that is in line with the Glencore Values and Code of Conduct.

 Key Responsibilities

• Managing and ensuring Complex compliance with all Engineering Legislative requirements.
• Managing and ensuring Complex compliance with Glencore PLC and Glencore Coal SA Engineering Standards.
• Optimising asset performance.
• Managing and improving equipment life cycle cost.
• Providing assurance to the General Manager on engineering matters.
• Managing of the Complex engineering budget.
• Developing, implementing and managing of engineering strategies.
• Communicating and reporting to relevant internal and external structures and bodies

 Minimum Qualifications

• A Relevant tertiary qualification.
• A Government Certificate of Competency (GCC).
• A Certificated Professional Engineer (ECSA) will be an added advantage
• A Business Qualification will be an added advantage.
• Driver’s License (Code EB / 08).

Minimum Experience

• 5 Years’ coal mining engineering experience at an Engineer level.
• Knowledge of and experience in Opencast Mining Equipment – Large Scale Trucks, Shovels and Draglines
• Knowledge of and experience in Dense Medium Separation (DMS) Plants

Behaviour Competencies:

• Ability to take the lead, set objectives, sequence processes/initiatives/projects and organize resources to manage risk and achieve objectives.
• Ability to take decisive action and to assume responsibility for making difficult decisions that affect people and business performance
• Ability to maintain high levels of individual and team performance by driving the achievement of goals, targets and financial objectives.
• Ability to create shared meaning by clearly and confidently communicating relevant information, whilst inspiring and fostering commitment amongst team members.

Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

Location: Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, South Africa

Department: Financial Accounting

Reporting: Senior Financial Accounting Manager

JOB ROLE:

• Keeping the books of many group companies, domiciled in various jurisdictions, in accordance with IFRS and providing a monthly reporting pack to Consolidation
• Preparation of statutory financial statements according to the respective jurisdictions’ requirements
• Monthly intercompany reconciliations resulting from transactions between Group legal entities
• Liaison with counterparts of other group entities worldwide, as well as with internal departments such as Legal, Tax and Consolidation for above responsibilities
• Monthly upload to Consolidation and performing validations such as movement types, reclass and related validations

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree and Chartered Accountant or equivalent qualification.
• Exposure to Machine learning and automation tools preferred

Candidates who would excel in our environment:

• Experience with Big 4 audit firm
• 1-2 Years of post-qualification working experience
• Excellent knowledge of IFRS reporting
• Experience in Swiss GAAP reporting desired
• Knowledge of SAP S4 Hana Fi/Co, Analysis for Office ‘AfO’ and handling large volume of data analytics
• Advanced English language ability, both written and spoken

The ideal candidate:

• is a dynamic, lateral thinking individual with a positive, enthusiastic attitude and a strong desire to learn
• interacts well within a team environment, takes initiative, and approaches and resolves issues in a structured methodical manner
• has a strong sense of responsibility, ownership and is attentive to detail.
• has an interest in technology and a willingness to understand the technical landscape

Applications Close:   13 October 2024

Junior Credit Risk Analyst

JUNIOR CREDIT RISK ANALYST

Department/Division: Credit Risk, Metals division. 

Location: Melrose, Johannesburg

Reports: Credit Risk Analyst

The global department provides credit risk advisory, reporting and macro-economic analysis for metals division. It requires diligent credit risk, monitoring, and counterparty review analysis. This position requires the individual to deliver routine & ad hoc credit risk reporting to the credit risk team and other internal and external stakeholders. Accurate micro- and macro-economic analysis and data collection for numerous types of reports.

The successful candidate will be part of Glencore’s global Credit Risk team for the metals division. 

OBJECTIVES:

• In-depth financial analysis including spreading financial data, helping to score counterparties through in-house scoring models and updating Credit Rating and advising on credit risk appetite.
• Periodically and ad-hoc macro-economic and sector reporting.
• Creation and distribution of Credit Risk reporting (bespoke, cross-group and cross-functional) for the

Global Function to senior stakeholders.

• Validating and explaining Credit Risk data generated from our various systems.
• Maintaining Data Integrity across our various systems.
• Assisting in the development of new and existing systems, processes, and reports (PFE, Cost of Credit)
• To communicate effectively with senior management and the credit team.
• Identify and present issues to relevant Global teams, clearly and logically.
• Any other ad hoc duties that may be required from time to time.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Credit team (London, NY and Baar)
• Senior Risk Management team
• Other Risk functions

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Tertiary Qualification- Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in finance, risk management, accounting, economics, business studies, analytics)
• Relevant Post graduate qualifications beneficial

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Ideally 0-1 experience. (recent graduate)
• Financial Analysis knowledge would be beneficial.
• Coding skills in VBA, PowerBI, Python advantageous.

COMPETENCIES:

• Proficient knowledge using Microsoft Office (i.e. Access, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Good working knowledge of Excel spreadsheets and database functionality e.g., forms, templates, and logic functions.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work independently & as part of a rapidly changing team.
• Multi-tasking and excellent management of time and priorities is essential.
• Highly numerate, with good problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Pro- active, committed and highly motivated.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Need to be adaptable, flexible, and entrepreneurial.
• Takes initiative and invest energy to resolve queries.
• High level of attention to detail and data accuracy, ensuring analysis is focused on delivering practical business benefits, often in tight deadlines.
• Strong interest in commodities

Buyer

Buyer
Group Services

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies. Our global network comprises more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries, with over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, offshore oil production assets, farms and agricultural facilities. Our strategy is to maintain and build upon our position as a leading integrated producer and marketer of commodities worldwide. We employ over 150,000 employees and contractors, who collectively work to deliver our strategy and support our values of safety, integrity, responsibility, openness, simplicity and entrepreneurialism. Its these people that we value above all else. They are our greatest asset.

Join us and let’s grow together.

We are currently accepting applications for the following position located in the Witbank, Mpumalanga area.

The succesful candidate will be responsible for purchasing goods and services according to set parameters of quality and standards to support the Operations to achieve its objectives in line with the Procurement Policies and Procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively sourcing the correct goods and services.
• Liaising with business and suppliers to ensure effective service delivery to business.
• Driving effective procurement practices in support of the delivery of goods and services.
• Receiving, administering, and processing procurement documentation.
• Co-ordinating the delivery times and communicate with the suppliers on issues related to quality or non-conformance.
• Following up and actioning outstanding orders on the system.
• Managing business and suppliers’ queries.
• Conforming to Procurement Policies and Procedures.
• Behaving in a safe manner and comply with relevant Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Grade 12.
• A relevant tertiary qualification (NQF level 5) or a N3 certificate with Engineering subjects and a valid Trade certificate.
• Driver’s License (Code EB/08).

Minimum Experience

• 2 Years’ experience in Supply Chain and/or Finance.
• MS Office Proficiency.
• SAP and Coupa Experience will be advantageous.

Behaviour Competencies:

• Ability to apply practical skills and common sense to solve problems and deliver accountabilities.
• Ability to drill into the detail of issues to determine root cause while considering urgency, importance, risk and reward factors.
• Ability to be target focused and meets deadlines, is punctual and keeps to schedule, and is reliable in finishing tasks.
• Ability to adhere to rules and regulations, follow instructions and limit risk of non-compliance to the business.

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All the best with your applications.