Senior Buying Officer | Mining Career at Kamoa Copper SA, Ivanhoe Mines, DRC

Requisition Number: 240 /KAMA /ND/ Special Buying Officer / Congo, Republic of the / 220920 | Country: Congo, DRC | Contract Type: Fixed-Term | Location: Congo, Republic of The  | Categories: Purchasing

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Introduction…

A position has become available for a suitably qualified and experienced Senior Buying Officer to join our dynamic team, working at DRC mine site.

Purpose of the Job:
To execute all the purchasing activities of Kakula and to excel in service excellence.

Minimum Requirements…

Mandatory Qualifications Required:

• Computer literacy and procurement knowledge.
• Purchasing certificate, diploma or degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Integrated Information Management System (IIMS)

Skills and Competencies:

• Computer literacy.
• MS Office and Windows.
• Excel.
• JDE (Or similar ERP Systems)

Experience:

• 6-8 Years’ purchasing experience in the mining sector.
• Previous experience with Integrated Information Management Systems.
• Previous experience with Organizing and coordinating multiple tasks.

Personal Competencies / Characteristics:

• Methodical with the ability to prioritize workload.
• Clear and concise communicator.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Problem-solving skills.

Job Specification…

Order Processing, Quality Assurance (QA) and Market Price Evaluation

• Creating orders according to construction requirements.
• Follow up of orders and deliveries of scheduled material according to the production plan.
• Achieves quality assurance (QA) operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and resolving problems, determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Analysis of collected offers and preparation of reports to the Construction Manager of achieved results.
• Selects products and services for purchase, including suppliers, by analyzing cost and quality of items in conjunction with department heads.
• Preparing and implementing quality assurance (QA) policies and procedures.
• Performing routine inspections of item quality and standardizing on items to be purchased (Technical And Non- Technical Items).
• Identifying and resolving workflow issues.
• Obtaining bench marking prices for inventory and standardization items
• Implementing firs price agreements / contracts (FPA’s)
• Addressing and discussing issues and proposed solutions with suppliers and end users.
• Documenting quality assurance (QA) activities and creating audit reports.
• Making recommendations for improvement.
• Creating training materials and operating manuals.
• Develops quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses; identifying critical control points and preventive measures; establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures; monitoring inventory orders.
• Represent the company in negotiating with suppliers, compare, review and report the price results and contracts for conformance to company policy and monthly savings report.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, cost, delivery, product quality or performance.
• Attends Construction & Project meetings as assigned for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform job functions.
• Evaluates documentation (e.g. requisitions, change orders, bids, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring proper use of district funds in the acquisition of supplies, equipment and/or services. Processing of documentation (e.g. requisitions, change orders, bids, etc.)

Expediting / Liaise with Construction / Project & Site / Home Office

• The Construction Buyer will be required to overview and managed the expediting of critical construction and production orders.
• Assuring that all open orders are delivered within (Agreed lead-time) from date of order (Excluding manufacturing lead times)
• Assuring all old outstanding commitment orders are resolved, delivered and closed out.
• Training and developing of local expeditor.
• Implementing of a tracking report indication the status of all open / undelivered commitments (Orders).

Purchasing Administration

• Regularly submit Tracking/ Expediting and Progress Reports.
• Complete PO Packages and filing.

Coordinating Purchasing

• Liaison with Finance for Order Payments.
• Handle all Purchasing related enquiries.

General

• Execute all other related tasks as requested by the Construction QS / Construction manager.
• To assume the role and authority of Procurement Manager as and when the Procurement Manager is off-site.

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Deadline: 07 October 2020

Should you do not hear from us after 20 working days please consider your application unsuccessful