Anglo American is a leading global mining company.
Our products are essential ingredients in nearly every aspect of modern life. Our competitive portfolio of world-class operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable world, while meeting the growing consumer demands of both developed and developing economies.
We apply innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources; to extract, process, transport, and market our products to customers around the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable manner. As a responsible mining company, we work alongside our business partners and various stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value our products represent—not only for our shareholders, communities, and the countries where we operate, but also for society as a whole.
Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
We are seeking an exceptional, strategically minded Principal Quality Management professional to shape and lead Anglo American's quality objectives across Engineering, Maintenance, and Supply Chain functions globally.
This is a highly influential enterprise role operating at the intersection of asset integrity, technical governance, operational performance, and strategic sourcing. The successful candidate will establish and continuously evolve Anglo American's integrated quality management framework, ensuring quality principles are embedded throughout the entire asset lifecycle—from engineering design and strategic sourcing through manufacturing, logistics, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and asset renewal.
A key success factor for this role is recognising and strengthening the critical relationship between quality performance and supply chain effectiveness. In a complex global mining environment, supplier capability, manufacturing quality, technical compliance, and sourcing decisions directly influence safety outcomes, asset reliability, operational continuity, total cost of ownership, and business performance. This role will provide strategic leadership to ensure quality considerations are embedded within supplier selection, category strategies, contract management, and vendor development programmes across a global network of critical equipment and service providers.
Working closely with senior leaders across Technical, Engineering, Maintenance, Projects, and Supply Chain functions, the Principal Quality Management professional will act as the custodian of supplier oversight, quality governance, providing independent assurance, driving continual improvement, and ensuring that quality risks are proactively identified and mitigated before they impact operations.
By aligning quality management practices with Anglo American's business objectives, industry-leading standards, and asset performance ambitions, this role will play a pivotal part in improving safety, reducing operational risk, enhancing supplier performance, increasing equipment reliability, minimising unplanned downtime, and creating sustainable value across the Group's global operations.
Core Responsibilities (amongst others):
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Who we are
At Anglo American, we’re redefining what it means to mine responsibly. We lead with integrity, care deeply about people and the planet, and constantly push the boundaries of innovation to work safer and smarter. From reducing water and energy use to pioneering precision extraction technologies, we’re committed to sustainable practices that deliver real impact—today and for generations to come.
How we are committed to your safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies – from drones to data analytics – that are helping to make mining safer.
Inclusion and Diversity
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.
How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.
Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely and sustainably.
As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and steelmaking coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
