Taile Mahlo
Procurement and Supply Chain
Waterfall,Johannesburg
Summary
Supply chain professionals with a strong background in purchasing management, category management, sourcing, supplier development, technology and systems. I have acquired extensive experience across multiple mining operations including aluminum, coal, gold, manganese and platinum
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2018
2018
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Superintendent Procurement (Supplier Management)
Sibanye-Stillwater
Johannesburg
01.2022 - Current
- Define and execute regional supply chain strategies to ensure timely project delivery across multiple end users in alignment with the business plan and overall supply chain strategies.
- Lead the end-to-end process for onboarding, updating and offboarding suppliers.
- Design and maintain the codification structure.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure governance.
- Establish controls to ensure data accuracy, completeness and compliance with internal and external regulations.
- Optimizing supplier database.
- Lead regular data cleansing initiatives.
- Developing and implementing inclusive procurement initiatives.
- Establishing supplier governance structures.
- Managing and monitoring supplier performance as per service level agreement.
- Managing supplier’s contractual provisions and resolution to contractual disputes.
- Build, maintain and manage relationships with stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Provide insight through supplier data analytics.
- Working closely with supply chain team and operations to track and report key performance indicators.
- Drive automation and efficiency within the supply chain.
- Provide training, guidance, and support to internal and external stakeholders.
- Leading and managing team’s performance.
- Mentoring to enhance team’s knowledge, skills, values and attitude.
- Drive a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Drive culture of transformation to enable organization’s sustainability.
Purchasing Specialist
South32 South Africa Energy Coal - Divested to Seriti Resources
Witbank
07.2019 - 10.2021
- Understand strategic priorities and develop relevant purchasing strategies to support operational needs.
- Track and monitor regional purchasing performance levels to support operational performance.
- Identify improvements and provide input to help establish the purchasing improvement plan and initiatives.
- Coordinate the implementation of repair improvement initiatives.
- Manage the implementation of purchasing improvement initiatives.
- Ensure materials are handled safely and legally.
- Provide specialist support to drive effective changes throughout the organisation, promoting the use and adoption of processes and system solutions.
- Collaborate with operational excellence teams across sites to identify and monitor issues, support the definition of improvement plans and engage regional continuous improvement teams for support.
- Conduct broad scanning activities to keep up with innovative purchasing approaches and opportunities.
- Ensure data analysis and benchmarking promote and support continuous improvement.
- Manage and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and resolve issues where required.
- Support the team in resolving and rescheduling deliveries with due dates that do not meet operational requirements.
- Review supplier feedback and coordinate with requestors to agree on the most suitable delivery time frames to meet operational requirements and reschedule deliveries as appropriate.
- Review delivery performance and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
- Ensure sourcing rules within Purchasing align with the Sustainability and Social requirements.
- Understand community-specific needs and identify value creation opportunities to address these.
- Identify spend that could be directed to host/local communities.
- Drive a culture of community development and inclusive procurement with stakeholders aligned with the global and regional Inclusive Procurement strategies.
- Ensure personal and team compliance with the internal and Supply Chain Governance requirements for all Operational Supply Chain activities.
- Ensure personal and team compliance with applicable legislative requirements about all Operational Supply Chain activities.
Regional Purchasing (Buyer)
South32 Africa Region
Johannesburg
01.2015 - 06.2018
- Source, evaluate, and purchase materials, equipment, and services needed for mining operations (Goods, Services and Repairs).
- Ensure purchases align with budget, quality, and technical specifications.
- Maintain strong relationships with both local and international suppliers.
- Prepare and issue RFQs (Request for Quotations), RFPs (Request for Proposals), and tenders.
- Evaluate supplier bids based on cost, quality, delivery time, and B-BBEE compliance.
- Recommend preferred suppliers and negotiate contracts.
- Ensure adherence to terms and conditions.
- Track performance of suppliers and enforce penalties where necessary.
- Work closely with warehouse, logistics, and operations teams to ensure timely delivery of critical items.
- Monitor stock levels to avoid overstocking or stockouts.
- Use ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Pronto) to track procurement activities.
- Ensure all procurement activities comply with Mine Health and Safety Act and B-BBEE procurement regulations.
- Maintain proper documentation and audit trails.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities through strategic sourcing, long-term agreements, or bulk buying.
- Regularly benchmark pricing against industry standards.
- Generate procurement reports (e.g. spend analysis, supplier performance).
- Maintain accurate purchasing records and supplier databases.
- Efficiently managed purchase orders from initiation through final payment, ensuring prompt resolution of any discrepancies or issues that arose during order fulfillment process.
Group Assistant Buyer
Rema Tip Top South Africa
Johannesburg
03.2014 - 12.2014
- Responsible for full purchasing cycle for all plant requirements;
- Managing regionally driven diversity sourcing efforts (i.e. Localization, supplier relationship and enterprise development).
- Liaising with suppliers to foster good relations with supplier organizations.
- Participation in regular and effective cross-functional teamwork with key customers (internal and external customers).
- Administering buying function, i.e. vendor file maintenance, open order management, maintain commercial file, effective expediting of open orders and vendor assessment and evaluation.
- Technical buying to provide an uninterrupted supply of materials and services to the relevant department at the best value.
- Enhanced team productivity by providing administrative support and managing meeting logistics.
Project Sourcing Graduate Trainee
Eskom Holding Limited
Johannesburg
04.2013 - 03.2014
- Applying category contract processes in the project environment to fulfill the various business units’ needs.
- Delivering performance measures and implementation plans for the respective category to maximize on-contract spend for the Group.
- Compliance with governance and entrenchment of best practices in Procurement Management.
- Fulfilling the various business unit's customer needs by researching and understanding the market environment, economic environment (Rate of Exchange, SEIFSA, PPI, CPI and other indices) to determine their influence and leverage procurement opportunities.
- Establishing and executing of general sourcing plans for my portfolio within the project environment.
- Managing and administering current supplier contracts across business units.
- Managing internal and external stakeholder relationships which include key suppliers and various business units.
- Achieving, measuring and reporting cost containment.
- Identifying potential suppliers for new requirements.
- Negotiating with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure optimal agreements.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Marketing Management, Business Management, Logistics Management
University of Johannesburg
Certificate - Advanced Program in Sourcing and Supply Chain Management
University of South Africa
Diploma - Procurement and Supply
Chartered Institute of Procurement And Supply
Professional Diploma - undefined
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
Skills
- Strategic relationship building
- Strategic Thinking
- Leadership and People Management
- Change Management
- Decision Making
- Coaching and talent development
- Project management
Timeline
Superintendent Procurement (Supplier Management)
Sibanye-Stillwater
01.2022 - Current
Purchasing Specialist
South32 South Africa Energy Coal - Divested to Seriti Resources
07.2019 - 10.2021
Regional Purchasing (Buyer)
South32 Africa Region
01.2015 - 06.2018
Group Assistant Buyer
Rema Tip Top South Africa
03.2014 - 12.2014
Project Sourcing Graduate Trainee
Eskom Holding Limited
04.2013 - 03.2014
Bachelor of Commerce - Marketing Management, Business Management, Logistics Management
University of Johannesburg
Certificate - Advanced Program in Sourcing and Supply Chain Management
University of South Africa
Professional Diploma - undefined
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
Diploma - Procurement and Supply
Chartered Institute of Procurement And Supply
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