Career Opportunities at Newmont Goldcorp Corporation

About This Role:

• To develop, implement, and continuously improve and execute Newmont Ghana’s purchasing strategy, policies and guidelines to drive shared goals and objectives across the entire Supply Chain and specifically for material-oriented categories and contracts.
• To communicate the purchasing vision and build strong working relationships with internal client executives.
• To enhance Newmont’s overall purchasing capability through continuous improvement and development of the organization. 
• To lead the team in identifying and capturing new enterprise spend areas to add value and drive cost savings. 
• Collaborate with Technical services to drive integrated value delivery and total cost of ownership model for the business e.g., Full potential. The role oversees all material procurement for all the regional mines and exploration projects. 
• Act as key advisor to the departments regarding the procurement of goods, equipment and materials for the support of the African region's operations.
• Actively demonstrate the Newmont values of Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, Inclusion and responsibility at all times.

In This Role You Will:

• Customer, Site and Business Planning Support
• Interact and engage with customers on site.
• Drive total cost of ownership model by ensuring active engagement and input from key end-users.
• Key contact for quarterly annual business planning key commodities forecast.

Goods and Services Procurement

• Provide contract and commercial support at site and regional level.
• Enhance Newmont’s overall purchasing capability through continuous improvement and development of the organization
• Ensure strategic procurement of material such as heavy mining equipment, processing plant equipment, mobile equipment, fuel, cyanide, grinding media etc.
• Develop and manage the execution of the annual Goods procurement portfolio.
• Facilitate the development of supplier management plans to ensure continuous value delivery.
• Led critical tenders as per the procurement stage process.

Project Support

• Support regional and global projects for completion of all first fill procurement activities in line with business readiness.

 
Strategy Development

• Develop, implement and continuously improve and execute Newmont’s purchasing strategy, policies and guidelines to drive shared goals and objectives across the entire Supply Chain and specifically for material-oriented categories and contracts.
• Communicate purchasing vision and builds strong working relationships with internal client executives.

Team Leadership

• Lead the team in identifying and capturing new enterprise spend areas to add value and drive cost savings.
• Delivery capability development for team on general supply chain skills and procurement specific processes e.g.
• Lifecycle procurement and contract management and supplier risk management.

 
Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

• Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):
• A minimum of bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Construction Engineering, Quantity Surveying and Accounting or related field or equivalent experience.

Additional Knowledge

• Knowledge of System Implementation methodology.
• Knowledge of Maintenance Planning.
• Supply Chain functional knowledge.
• Knowledge of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) transactional processes.
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP/EAP) System knowledge.
• Knowledge of local customs and regulations.
• Mining business acumen.
• Life cycle procurement and contract management practitioner.
• Supplier risk management process practitioner

Experience:

• A Minimum of 7 - 10 years’ of directly related procurement experience or equivalent combination of training and experience are necessary.
• Mining experience preferred.
• A minimum 5 - 7 years of management experience in leading teams and having direct reports.

Technical Skills:

• Sound computer skills using office software such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Modelling (Should Cost, Scenario, Market International).
• Advance administrative skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Assessment and auditing skills.
• Business analysis, continuity, and business development skills.
• Business modelling and proposals.
• Change and conflict management.
• Coaching, leadership, motivation and mentoring skills.
• Commercial category strategy.
• Commercial demand forecast.
• Contract drafting, growing and contract management.
• Entrepreneurial skills.
• Facilitation, consultation and networking skills.
• Financial management. 
• Interviewing and presentation skills.
• Liaison and negotiation skills.
• Performance and portfolio management.
• Project and program management.
• Research and reporting.
• Risk and quality management.
• Supply chain management.
• Supplier relationship skills.

Behavioural Attributes:

• Professional.
• Respect.
• Assertive and influential.
• Customer focused.
• Trustworthy.
• Confident.
• Reliable.
• Safety conscious.
• Results driven.
• Flexibility.
• Accuracy. 
• Team player.

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ABOUT THIS ROLE:

• To oversee the reserve reporting process for the underground mines in the region, coordinate projects and sites to confirm internal alignment with Newmont procedures and that they are completed on time. 
• To provide mine designs, schedules and reports that comply with internal Newmont reserve reporting guidelines. 
• To participate in the Long Term Planning process for the region focusing on underground (UG) projects and sites, and to provide Underground  planning scenarios that align with the goals of the process.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

• Information Management and Management Reporting
• Oversee the reserve reporting process for the underground mines in the region, coordinate projects and sites to confirm internal alignment with Newmont procedures and are completed on time. 
• For all reserve and resources provide analysis of costs and cut-off grades, mine designs, scheduling, cash flows, cost and productivity analysis, capital schedules documentation and reporting that comply with internal Newmont reserve reporting guidelines. 
• Responsible for ensuring quality and accuracy of underground designs, coordinating reviews including site operations and engineering teams, Geotech, Hydrology and site management. 
• Responsible for incorporating feedback from reviews into design work.

 
Strategy / Planning Process 

• Participate in the Long Term Planning process for the region focusing on the underground (UG) projects and sites.
• Maintain financial and cost modelling tools to support long term planning work, financial valuations and M&A activities.
• Incorporate site guidance into long term plans, challenge assumptions and KPI’s where needed to ensure quality plans.
• Provide UG planning scenarios that align with the goals of the process, and work with project and site teams to complete this work. 
• Gain support from the sites for recommended plans, work with sites to address issues and implement plans where needed.
• Communicate risks and opportunities to sites and region.
• Assist with the development of new tools as required.

 
Financial Management

• Provide project financials that follow Newmont standards.
• Work with project directors to guarantee there are no gaps in financial analysis and cash flows. 
• Lead execution of project financials. 
• Certify compliance with Newmont standards. 
• Remove roadblocks, work with project teams to guarantee that project financials are accurately reflective, and any potential issues/opportunities are brought to the project directors attention for resolution/communication.

Relationship Management

• Work with project teams to provide UG designs and schedules that align with stage gate requirements. 
• Work with sites to improve planning and share best practices.
• Mentor and coach open pit engineers across the region to improve mine planning processes.

YOUR TRAINING, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE CHECKLIST:

• Formal Qualification (including professional registrations)
• An advanced degree in Mine Engineering, with a secondary degree in Business is preferred. 

 
Additional Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of mine designs.
• Experience
• Between 7 to 10 years' of experience in underground mine planning, optimisation, and operations exposure to long term planning preferred, in large and diversified mine sites or operations.

 
Technical Skills

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced computer literacy skills -  MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Advanced planning, organising and prioritising skills.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Gap analysis and change management skills. 
• Financial analysis skills and reporting skills.
• Mathematical skills.  
• Motivational and negotiation skills. 
• Presentation and training skills.
• Relationship Management skills.  
• Technical reading and writing skills.  
• Time management skills. 

Behavioural Attributes

• Professional. 
• Assertive.
• Influential.
• Customer focused.
• Applies integrity 
• Confidentiality.
• Works independently.
• Safety conscious.
• Results driven.
• Pro-active.
• Attentive to detail.