Lead, Procurement
- Employer
- Newcrest Mining
- Location
- Vancouver Office, Vancouver Office
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Jan 5, 2023
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- Category
- Audit & Legal, Marketing & Commercial
- Work Term
- Contract
- Work Load
- Full Time
- Language
- English
Job Details
Newcrest is one of the world's largest gold mining companies. As a global business, we aim to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and supported to bring their whole unique self to work.
We recognise that our different backgrounds and perspectives help us find better ways to: solve problems; attract and retain the best people; explore, develop, and produce more gold safely and profitably; and help make Newcrest a better place to work.
The Opportunity:
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Lead to join our Vancouver Regional Office.
The accountabilities for the Procurement Lead to be delivered through inspired leadership focused on duty of care, operational discipline, value creation and continuous improvement are:
- Support share holder and corporate value through demonstrated achievement toward the strategic objectives
- Ensure effective safety and health management across areas of accountability through high standards of housekeeping, effective critical controls, and proactive elimination of hazards
- Promptly investigate all injuries, actual or high potential incidents within your area of responsibility and ensure that corrective actions are completed on time and verified
- Driving operational discipline in alignment with business priorities and expectations through clearly defining what is expected, ensuring understanding of expectations, verifying that expectations are delivered on and leading by example
- Collaborate with peers and management in identifying and pursuing cross discipline initiatives to deliver on business needs
- Support the delivery of contract management processes including change management, progress claim verification, variations, site instructions and letter correspondence between Newcrest and contractors
- Support the development and improvement of business opportunities under the Impact Benefit Agreements
- Develop and implement sourcing strategy for category of responsibility and update on a quarterly basis
- Support the development and improvement of supplier management
- Support the development and improvement of supplier and service master data
- Lead tenders including plan, prepare, and manage of the documents and process, analyse, and evaluate commercial proposals
- Lead the technical evaluation process in coordination with Project Owners/Managers
- Drive supplier consolidation of contracts across site (i.e., consolidate civil works and maintenance shutdown labour hire)
- Administer contracts (post-award), including evaluating pre-mobilization deliverables, negotiating/resolving disputes, negotiating changes, implementing change management procedures, and closing contracts
- Reference legal and commercial terms and rely on those terms to manage contractors, advise Project Owners/Managers and project teams on the use of these terms
- Ensure site contract management and SAP pricing are accurately maintained in Ariba
What we offer:
All our team members are rewarded with a host of great benefits, including:
- Extended Health and Dental benefits and insurance for eligible employees
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience, skills, and qualifications
- Ongoing training with continuous growth and development opportunities
About You:
- Relevant post-secondary qualifications in Business Management, Supply Chain, Accounting, Law or similar
- Logistics and Materials Management experience or similar
- Project Management or similar (desirable)
- Highly capable in contract negotiation and influence
- Ability to formulate strong business relationships (internal and external)
- Experience communicating effectively to a wide range of audiences, both in writing (e.g., briefings, announcements, brochures) and verbally (e.g., presentations, meetings, one-on-one)
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication, presentation, negotiation, planning and organizational skills
- Experience in heavy industry contracts, procurement, and logistics
- Experience working on heavy industry sites, preferable in mining
- Experience with business opportunity development for landowner, indigenous or first nation groups desirable
- Strong understanding of contract lifecycle, project procedures, project roles and responsibilities
- Ability for strategic and pragmatic thinking, and a growth mindset. Able to make decisions taking into consideration an array of perspectives
Additional Qualifications:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools
- Proficient with P2P platforms such as SAP
- Experience with Power BI
- Experience in contractual and commercial terms
- Experience in commercial and market analytics
Our commitment to you:
At Newcrest, we hold core values that focus on caring about people, working together, and achieving a high-performance culture through innovation and problem solving.
Newcrest's commitment to diversity and inclusion respects both the rights of every individual to work to their highest potential, free of discrimination, as well as the cultures, religions, and governing codes applicable to each country in which we operate.
Next Steps:
If you share our values and feel that you could make a meaningful difference in this role, submit your application online before the advertised application closing date.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING NEW CHALLENGE, JOIN NEWCREST TODAY!
Company
Newcrest is the largest gold producer listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and one of the world's largest gold mining companies.
At Newcrest we’re known for our strong technical capabilities in exploration, deep underground block caving and metallurgical processing skills. We're committed to creating a work environment where everyone can go home safe and healthy every day, and where everyone actively contributes to this outcome; operating and developing mines in line with strong environmental, social and governance practices; developing a diverse workforce; and developing and maintaining strong relationships with our communities and governments.
In 2017, we joined the International Council on Mining and Metals, an international organisation that brings together 25 mining and metals companies and over 30 regional and commodities associations dedicated to a safe, fair and sustainable mining and metals industry, and serving as a catalyst for change to enhance mining’s contribution to society.
Our Code of Conduct, Corporate governance framework and a comprehensive suite of company policies protect against illegal and inappropriate behaviours, such as fraud, bribery, corruption, discrimination and bullying, and articulate our position on safety, health, human rights, environment, communities, security and diversity and inclusion.
Diversity and inclusion are essential parts of Newcrest’s vision, values and company culture. Our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2021-2025 to learn more about how we are building a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued and supported to bring their whole unique self to work.
Our headquarters are in Melbourne, Australia with operating mines in Australia, Canada and Papua New Guinea.
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