Supply Chain Manager

Position summary

Position summary: The Supply Chain Manager is a key role responsible for working with Legal, Finance, and Operations to develop supply chain, procurement, logistics, and warehousing strategies, processes, and policies that support safe, reliable, efficient, cost-effective, and risk-mitigating mining operations. This role oversees supplier relationships, contract administration, inventory optimization, and logistics processes to ensure uninterrupted availability of critical parts, materials, and services throughout construction, start-up, and ongoing operations.

The Supply Chain Manager partners closely with Legal, Finance, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Safety to support operational readiness and regulatory compliance in a safety-sensitive mining environment.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work with Legal, Finance, and Operations to develop supply chain, logistics, procurement, warehouse, and records management strategies, processes, policies, and procedures
• Implement and execute supply chain, logistics, procurement, warehouse strategies, processes, policies, and procedures
• Periodic travel to mine sites, warehouses, and vendor and supplier locations
• Source vendors and suppliers and work with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Safety on supplier selection
• Lead qualification and performance management, including cost, quality, delivery, and safety performance, of suppliers
• Manage supplier contracts, renewals, and compliance with policies, procedures, and commercial and regulatory requirements in coordination with Legal
• Develop contingency sourcing plans for critical and long-lead items
• Track and report key warehousing metrics to ensure effective operating outcomes
• Interact with internal teams and contract/supplier partners to ensure accurate and timely availability of goods, services, and equipment
• Administer operational procedures for activities, including incoming and outgoing shipments, handling, and disposition of materials, and keeping warehouse inventory current
• Ensure products, parts, or supplies are shipped, distributed, or received in an efficient manner
• Ensure all safety procedures and regulatory guidelines are always followed
• Participate in health and safety meetings and risk and insurance reviews as required
• Partner with departments in weekly scheduling meetings to ensure equipment availability and job readiness
• Support and work closely with Legal, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, and Finance to support site and company risk management objectives
• Regular attendance
• Other related duties as assigned

The preceding examples are representative of the assignments performed by this position and are not intended to be all-inclusive.

Essential qualifications and responsibilities:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in supply chain, strategic sourcing, and/or procurement, including leadership responsibility.
• Strong manufacturing or supply chain management experience within cost focused and regulated environments
• Demonstrated ability to conceive and lead manufacturing and supply transformation initiatives
• Ability to facilitate collaboration and interaction with internal work teams, suppliers, and vendors
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and active listening skills
• Effective analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with all levels of internal employees and external stakeholders
• Highly effective organizational skills
• Valid driver’s license with insurable driving record
• Proficient in a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets and data entry. (MS Word, Excel, etc.)
• Able to organize and file documents and records both electronically and…