Materials Planning Supervisor - Newmont Mining Corporation

Newmont Mining Corporation is a leading global gold producer with key assets in Nevada, Peru, Australia, Ghana and Suriname.

Newmont’s Africa Operations holds two gold mining operations in Ghana: the Ahafo Mine located in the Brong-Ahafo region and the Akyem Mine located in the Eastern region. There is also near mine exploration and development focus in Ghana to annually replace gold reserves. Newmont Africa also has early-stage exploration programs in the African countries of Ethiopia and Morocco.

Our Africa operations employ approximately 5,900 employees and contractors, with the majority working at the Ahafo Mine. We offer an unparalleled blend of opportunity and career satisfaction with all the benefits you would expect from a global company. This, combined with our growth opportunities, makes Newmont a great company to work.

Our Akyem and Ahafo mines have made significant sustainable community development investments in our host communities. These include establishing Development Funds at our Akyem and Ahafo operational areas with each mine contributing US$1 per ounce of gold sold and 1% of net pre-tax annual profit into its community development fund.

The only gold company listed in the S&P 500 index, Newmont in 2007 became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Newmont’s industry leading performance is reflected through our Africa operations’ high standards in environmental management, health and safety for our workforce and creating value and opportunity for our employees, host communities and Newmont’s shareholders.

ABOUT THIS ROLE:

To provide tactical oversight for all regional inventory planning and control. Implement strategy for planning and controlling all Newmont Ghana‘s SKU (Stock Keeping Units, Over 20,000 of them). Maintain data standardisation and catalogue descriptive information to optimise inventory assets through the development and application of innovative methods and techniques, while maintaining an overall focus to reduce risk, improve customer service levels and improve forecasting accuracy and inventory availability.

Main responsibility areas will include;

• People Management
• Cost Control and Collaborative Planning
• Inventory Planning & Control
• Management Reporting
• Relationship Management
• Asset Disposal
• Vendor Held Stock

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

• Provide active leadership for the Inventory and materials planning team across the region to ensure required availability of spares.
• Develop and deliver training to both Inventory Analysts, end users and broader supply chain organisation on materials management.
• Determine periodic asset or inventory valuations.
• Collaborate with End users, purchasing, asset management and warehouse team in order to address cost pressures relating to inventory holding.
• Forecasts critical and non-critical materials requirements against Mine and Operational production plans and communicates and incorporates these needs into a single inventory materials plan and storage capital investment plan.
• Secure material requirement planning (MRP) links between inventory levels and operational demand through interpretation of historical usages (from OAS) and forecasting anticipated demand.
• Accurately maintain inventory descriptions, classifications and data standards in accordance with established Newmont Standards.
• Drive the obsolescence process and develop write inventory reports.
• Coordinate with the end user to resolve all operational issues in a timely and efficient manner.
• Inventory obsolescence and disposal process to ensure obsolescence provision are actively utilised.

YOUR TRAINING, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE CHECKLIST:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Accounting or related field or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of P2P transactional processes,Supply Risk Management process.
• ERP/EAP System knowledge.
• Mining business acumen.
• Life Cycle Procurement and Contract Management Practitioner.
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of directly related procurement experience or equivalent. The combination of training and experience is necessary.
• Two (2) to three (3) years’ experience of supervising a team with direct reports.
• Mining Experience preferred.
• Strong computer and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Commercial astuteness.
• People Management.
• Great teammate, Results -driven, Independent, Conscientious a Continuous Improvement mindset, confident.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• This role requires high concentration and attention to detail under pressure.
• Regular travel and stay at our Akyem and Ahafo sites will be required.