Supervisor Commodity Contracting

Curriculum

Vitae

LOUISA M.C.

MARAIS

PERSONAL DETAIL:

SURNAME Marais

FIRST NAMES Louisa Maria Catharina

(Louise)

IDENTITY NO 750-***-**** 08 9

DATE OF BIRTH 13 February 1975

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 27 Willow Avenue

Proteapark

Rustenburg

0299

TELEPHONE NO +27-61-586-****

E-MAIL ADDRESS ************@*****.***

HOME LANGUAGE Afrikaans

OTHER LANGUAGES English (Speak, read and write)

CRIMINAL OFFENCES None

DEPENDANTS 2 Daughters (26 & 11 years old)

1 Son (14 years old)

HEALTH Excellent

DRIVERS LICENCE Code 08

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

26/03/2025 – Current Sibanye Stillwater Supervisor Commodity Contracting

Capital Procurement

07/06/2021 – 24/03/2025 Impala Platinum C2 - Daily Buyer

Transactional Buying Department

14/12/2015 – Current Owner/Director Company not in operation

The Sweet Girl Distribution Pty Ltd

Wholesale & Distribution

01/01/2014 – 13/12/2015 Lonmin – Supply Chain C4 - Administration Officer Contracts

Strategic Commodities Facilities & I.T.

01/10/2010 – 31/12/2013 Lonmin – Supply Chain C4 - Administration Officer Contracts

Internal Move Strategic Commodities Specialised Services

01/10/2008 – 30/09/2010 Lonmin – Procurement C4 - Administration Officer

Internal Move Buying Department

20/05/2008 – 30/09/2008 Lonmin - Process Division C2 - Purchasing Document Controller

Better Opportunity Finance Department - 7 Concentrators

10/04/2007 – 19/05/2008 Lonmin Karee & K4 Conc. C1 - Cost Controller

Internal Promotion - Karee & K4 Conc.

03/01/ 2000 – 05/04/2007 CompuTrade Shop Manager/Sales/Purchases

Better Opportunity

01/07/1996 – 31/12/1999 Rustenburg Municipality Cashier / Clerk / Enquiries

Better Opportunity

01/05/1995 – 20/03/1996 Rennie’s Hair Studio Apprentice Hairdresser

ACTING SUMMARY - IMPALA

17/12/2024 – 24/03/2025 as C5 – Transactional Buying Team Lead

ACTING SUMMARY - LONMIN

18/11/2013 – 15/12/2013 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

07/01/2013 – 20/01/2013 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

01/09/2011 – 20/12/2011 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

12/07/2011 – 22/07/2011 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

22/04/2011 – 02/05/2011 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

01/10/2009 – 31/07/2010 as C5 - Technical Buyer

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Jul’24 – In Progress CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and

Supply

Jul ’16 TIR Traumatic Incident Reduction Workshop

Applied Metapsychology International

Feb ’14 – Nov ‘15 Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Oct/Nov ’14 Unisa – Final Exam Short Course in Purchasing and

Supply Management

May ’08 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

On Hold Unisa – Management Decision BCom Strategic Supply

Management

Jan ’94 – Nov ’95 Rtb Technical College N3: National Certificate Hair care and

Cosmetology

Dec ’93 High Shool Bergsig Matric

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – FULL DETAIL

CURRENT EMPLOYER Sibanye Stillwater – Capital Procurement Department

TYPE OF COMPANY Mining

PERIOD 26 March 2025 – Current

POSITION Supervisor Commodity Contracting

FY26 (3 Months) – R5,911,193.01

oCost Avoidance

R0.00

oNegotiated

R317,425.64

RESPONSIBILITIES

*Capital Contracts & Capital Projects - Marikana

Creating, submitting, and maintaining RFQ’s, RFI’s, RFP’s and Formal Tenders in Coupa

Adjudication and sign off on Formal Tenders

Sourcing relevant items/Suppliers

Analyzing Requisitions in accordance with Procedure

Drafting Contracts

Submitting Contracts and Contract amendments on Coupa

Understanding, comprehending, and enforcing Company Policies and Procedures

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Update Savings Report

Update Tracker on Sharepoint

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Impala Platinum – Transactional Buying Department

TYPE OF COMPANY Mining

PERIOD 7 June 2021 – 24 March 2025

POSITION Daily Buyer

***Received award for Best Buyer FY22***

SAVINGS AND COST AVOIDANCE

FY23 – R6,353,586.02

oCost Avoidance

R4,764,485.38

oNegotiated

R1,589,100.64

FY24 – R9,474,554.75

oCost Avoidance

R8,331,430.54

oNegotiated

R1,143,124.21

FY25 (9 Months) – R5,911,193.01

oCost Avoidance

R3,418,283.24

oNegotiated

R2,492,909.77

RESPONSIBILITIES

*Services, BIIS, Hospital, Utilities, Refurbishment, Property, Chrome Plant

Creating PO’s on SAP ECC

Creating, submitting, and maintaining RFQ’s, RFI’s, RFP’s and Formal Tenders in SAP and SAP Ariba

Adjudication and sign off on Formal Tenders

Sourcing relevant items/Suppliers

Analyzing Requisitions in accordance with Procedure

Understanding, comprehending, and enforcing Company Policies and Procedures

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Training new Buyers

Compiling reports for analysis to HOD

oMining Community Supplier Spend

oRFQ vs PO’s

oBuyer Stats

Liaising with Community Vendors to improve Community involvement/spend.

Assisting with various SLP Projects

ESD Strategy Development Plan Tender successfully implemented.

SAP Ariba Testing and implementation.

SAP Hana S4 Power User Training and Testing

ACTING

17/12/2024 – 11/01/2025 as C5 – Transactional Buying team Lead

oShafts, UTS, Salvage & Refurb, Chrome Plant & Property

CURRENT EMPLOYER The Sweet Girl Distribution Pty Ltd

TYPE OF COMPANY Retail, Wholesale & Distribution

PERIOD 14/12/2014 – 6 June 2021

Part time since 2014.

POSITION Owner

RESPONSIBILITIES

Sales

Purchases

Banking

Tax & Vat

Stock Control

Deliveries

Administration

ACCOUNTING

All invoicing, stock receiving, debtor- and creditor control etc. are done on Pastel by myself. Final figures are sent through to an Accountant for VAT submission to SARS.

The Sweet Girl Distribution Pty Ltd wholesale and distribute various South African, American and European Sweets, chocolates, colddrinks, Toys etc.

I, Louisa Marais, as owner of The Sweet Girl Distribution Pty Ltd, have agency agreements with 2 companies. Theses agency agreements are for the Rustenburg area and includes a radius of 80km and 120km respectively. I also have distribution rights in North West and Limpopo (with distributor discount) with various companies.

The Sweet Girl Emporium (2 Employees) is a retail store that sells kids clothing, perfumes, jewelry, imported chocolates, sweets & colddrinks etc. – Closed shop Dec 2018 due to poor economic situation in Rustenburg.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Lonmin - Source to Settle

TYPE OF COMPANY Mining

PERIOD 1 January 2014 – 13 December 2014

POSITION Administration Officer Contracts:

Facilities & IT

Canteen Equipment, Cleaning & Gardening, Consulting, Fire Fighting, Rescue, Foodstuffs, Hospital & Medical, Hostel Feeding, IT Consumables, IT Hardware, IT Software, Pesticides & Insecticides, Security Services and Sundries.

Acting as Commodity Specialist if he/she in on leave or not available.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Contract Negotiations

Cost Breakdown calculations with CPI, PPI and Seifsa

Assist with submitting of tenders, adjudications etc.

Contracts: Amendments, New Contracts, Cancellations, Validities etc.

Update prices on system

Create and maintain Contracts and Agreements on SAP

Sort out account and stores queries.

Document Management System (DMS)

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist Commodity Specialists, Commodity Managers & Senior Manager by converting Raw Data of Total Spend to Tables, Pivot Tables & Graphs for their Month End Reports to Exco.

During the 5 month Amcu strike, I assisted Senior Management and Exco Members with reporting and issuing of Legal letters to Suppliers.

I ran the project for Food Hampers that was handed to all C- and lower level employees when they returned to work after the strike.

I also run the Nutritional Supplements Project that is still ongoing.

I’ve requested Cost reduction from Suppliers during the strike period and claimed R9,6m (and more to be calculated) in Savings.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Lonmin - Source to Settle

TYPE OF COMPANY Mining

PERIOD 1 October 2010 – 31 December 2013

POSITION Administration Officer Contracts:

Specialised Services:

Transport (Trucks, Yellow Equipment and Busses), Accommodation, Advertising, Airborne Survey, Corporate Clothing, Environmental, Equipment Hire, Exploration License Renewal Fees, Lifts, Presentation Items, Safety Clothing, Safety Equipment, Services, Survey, Training, Translation Charges, Transport, Vehicle Hire, Waste Management, Water Treatment)

Acting as Commodity Specialist if he/she is on leave or not available.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Contract Negotiations with Commodity Specialist

Cost Breakdown calculations with CPI, PPI and Seifsa

Assist with submitting of tenders, adjudications etc.

Contracts: Amendments, New Contracts, Cancellations, Validities etc.

Update prices on system

Create and maintain Contracts and Agreements on SAP

Sort out account and stores queries.

Document Management System (DMS)

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist Commodity Specialists, Commodity Managers & Senior Manager by converting Raw Data of Total Spend to Tables, Pivot Tables & Graphs for their Month End Reports to Exco.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING/COURSES:

Project Management – CESA (Consulting Engineers South Africa)

Dimensions of Professional Influence - Business Communication Skills Holdings (Pty) Ltd

ACTING

18/11/2013 – 15/12/2013 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

07/01/2013 – 20/01/2013 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

01/09/2011 – 20/12/2011 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

12/07/2011 – 22/07/2011 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

22/04/2011 – 02/05/2011 as D3 - Commodity Specialist

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Lonmin - Source to Settle

TYPE OF COMPANY Mining

PERIOD 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2010

POSITION Administration Officer – Buying Department

RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist Senior Manager with Chemical & Steel ball reconciliations.

Assist Senior Buyers and Commodity Specialists with queries and price negotiations.

Maintain Info records on materials

Contracts: Amendmends, New Contracts, Cancellations, Validities etc.

Update prices on system

Create and maintain Contracts and Agreements on SAP

Sort out account and stores queries.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING/COURSES:

Seifsa Overview

Commerce Edge:

oCritical Negotiations Skills for the Procurement Environment

SIX SIGMA PROJECT

Concentrator Steel Balls & Chemicals

Cleaning & Hygiene Services

ACTING

01/10/2009 – 31/07/2010 as C5 - Technical Buyer

SAVINGS CLAIMED - R 6, 930, 320.75

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Lonmin – Process Division

Concentrators

TYPE OF COMPANY Mining

PERIOD 20 May 2008 – 30 September 2008

POSITION Purchasing Document Controller – 7 Concentrators

RESPONSIBILITIES

Controlling Outstanding Commitments

Assisting Foreman with PM Orders & Requisitions

Follow up on supplier Invoices & delivery notes Vendor reconciliations

Assist Vendors with queries on outstanding orders and payments

Recon all chemicals, reagents and steel balls on a weekly basis

Assist Managers & Engineers with any query if and where possible

Give feedback to Unit Accountants and Manager on a daily basis.

S.A.P.

Same as previous.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Lonmin – Western Platinum

Karee & K4 Concentrator - Marikana

TYPE OF COMPANY Mining

PERIOD 10 April 2007 – 19 May 2008

POSITION Cost Controller

RESPONSIBILITIES

Controlling working cost expenditure to minimize over expenditure

Controlling Outstanding Commitments

Assisting Foreman with PM Orders & Requisitions

Do follow up on supplier Invoices & delivery notes

Vendor reconciliations

Assist Vendors with queries on outstanding orders and payments

Recon all chemicals, reagents and steel balls on a weekly basis

Update Senior Manager’s capital index on his Pillars

Supply Maintenance Manager with Unit costs on a monthly basis

Daily, Weekly & Monthly Reporting to Senior Manager, Production Managers & Engineers.

Financial Year End Reporting

Forecasts

Assist Managers & Engineers with Budgets

Assist Managers & Engineers with any query if and where possible

Give feedback to Unit Accountant on a daily basis and to the Business Analyst on a weekly basis during finance meeting

ADDITIONAL TRAINING/COURSES:

SAP Overview

Excel Level 2 – Intermediate

Excel Level 3 – Advanced

Visible Felt Leadership

First Aid Training

Six Sigma Green Belt – In Process

SIX SIGMA PROJECT:

West, East & Central Concentrators – Cost Saving on Cleaning & Hygiene Services

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER CompuTrade

TYPE OF COMPANY Mecer Computer Dealer

PERIOD 03 January 2000 – 05 April 2007

POSITION Shop Manager/Sales/Purchases

RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounting Program

oM.Y.O.B/Everest/Netsuite

Update item prices monthly

Invoices

Credit Memo’s

Purchase Receipts

Debit Memo’s

Statements

Account queries

Sales History

Purchase History

Telephone System

oMan3000

Update telephone numbers

Update user detail

Add new users

Print monthly telephone lists of different users

Client services (inquiries, and assistance)

oGiving technical advice and assistance where possible.

Debtors

o+/- 100 Debtors – R1,200,000.00

Handling of enquiries from clients concerning their accounts

Debits and credits on accounts

Rectifications on accounts

Recons. on accounts

Debt collecting

Creditors

o+/- 30 Creditors – R750,000.00

Account reconciliation

Account payments

Account queries

Purchases

oGet quotes from dealers to give correct quote to customer.

oDaily purchases from dealers

oArrange couriers to collect orders from different dealers

Stock

oBook stock into store and on Netsuite daily.

Sales

oQuotes on computers, software, hardware etc.

oSales orders

oBook stock out of store for technicians to get orders ready

oInvoicing & Payments.

General

oDaily banking

oSpreadsheets

oPetty Cash

oLetters

oLayout of job cards, newsletters etc.

Workshop

oSchedule daily tasks for technicians

oSee to it that all the technicians understand their daily tasks and get it done quick & efficiently.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Rustenburg Municipality

TYPE OF COMPANY City Council

PERIOD 01/07/1996 – 31/12/1999

POSITION Cashier / Clerk / Enquiries

RESPONSIBILITIES

Receiving of daily cash & balancing at the end of the day.

Preparation & Capturing of Meter books.

Mine housing water & electricity accounts.

Account queries.

Assisting Accountants with client queries.

Opening new accounts.

Filing.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Rennie’s Studio’s

TYPE OF COMPANY Hairdresser

PERIOD 01/05/1995 – 20/03/1996

POSITION Apprentice

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS – FULL DETAIL

LAST SCHOOL ATTENDED Bergsig High School

SUBJECTS Afrikaans HG

English HG

Mathematics SG

Home Economics SG

Typing SG

Accounting SG

HIGHEST STANDARD PASSED Grade 12

YEAR 1993

HIGHER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS – FULL DETAIL

Jul’24 – CIPS In progress

Jul ’16 - TIR Traumatic Incident Reduction Workshop

Applied Metapsychology International

AMI Co-Sponsored workshop.

2014 - Lean Six Sigma Define

Black Belt Measure

Analyze

Improve

Control

Six Sigma Projects 1. Reduction on P Card Purchases;

2.1 Optimize and Automate Top 20 Vendor Spend

per line;

2.2 Applying Project 2.1 to the Total process;

3. Evaluation of a Benefit- and Project Tracking

Tool.

4. Develop- and Implement Commodity Month-end

Report on SAP BW

5. Ash Removal at the BMR

2008 - Lean Six Sigma Define

Green Belt Measure

Analyze

Improve

Control

Six Sigma Projects 1. Concentrator Steel Balls & Chemicals

2. Cleaning & Hygiene Services at Total

Concentrators

UNISA – July 2011 – On Hold as per Short Course in Purchasing and Supply

Management to fulfill required IDP Management

Completed:

Enterprise Management

Legal Aspects in Purchasing

Purchasing and Supply Tools

Storage and Inventory Management

Oct/Nov 2014 Exams

PPSM026 Purchasing and Supply Management

UNISA – January 2008 – On Hold as per BCom Strategic Supply Management

Management to fulfill required IDP Completed:

Introduction to the Economic & Management Environment 101

Introduction to Economic & Management Environment 102

Commercial Law 101

Commercial Law 102

Economics 101

Business Management 101

Business Management 102

Quantitive Management 101

Accounting Data Processing 101

Psychological Processes in the Work Context

Personality in Work Context

TECHNICAL COLLEGE RUSTENBURG-1994 - 1995

DIPLOMA N3: National Certificate Hair care and Cosmetology

REFERENCES

Lonmin Impala Rustenburg Sibanye Stillwater

Commodity Manager Manager PTP Lead Unit Manager Commodity

Mpho Mochekela Marinda Briel Madimetja Machete

Tel: 083-***-**** Tel: 082-***-**** Tel: 072-***-****

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