Project Procurement & Logistics Manager (Mining / Greenfields / Gold / Supply Chain) – Namibia

Reference No. 25 04 24 VG

Reference Number: 25 04 24 VG

Job Description:

CA Mining has been retained by Osino Resources to assist with the recruitment of their Project Development Team for the Twin Hills Gold Project. Twin Hills is a sedimentary-hosted, structurally controlled gold deposit that fits the broad orogenic lode gold model and is amenable to conventional open-pit gold mining and carbon-in-leach metallurgical processing.

Osino is seeking a highly skilled Project Procurement, Contracting & Logistics Manager whose purpose of this position is to manage the Owner’s Project Team (OPT) activities of the Project Supply Chain functions during the Project Execution phase with the intent to then be appointed as the Supply Chain, Contracting and Logistics Manager for the project Operation.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with company Health and Safety responsibilities.
• Commercial negotiation, monitoring and financial/commercial management of the Project EPCM contract(s) as well as Contractor contracts.
• Definition of and/or approval of terms and conditions and contractual forms to be used for services contracts, supply, fabrication, and construction contracts, international and local purchases, both for the company Project and for subsequent operational requirements.
• Input to and approval of vendor/contractor/supplier lists, requests for quotation and invitations to tender during the Project.
• Participation in bid clarification correspondence, vendor/contractor negotiations and approval of EPCM Contractor recommendations for award including agreed prices and commercial terms.
• Appointment and management of a specialist company able to manage import duty tariff negotiations, payments and customs clearance of all incoming items.
• Set up of Supply Chain systems for the Project, that will the ultimately also be usable during Operations.
• Establishment of local and international vendor, contractor and reagent supplier relations, potentially including Asian and specifically Chinese suppliers, taking into account the Project and subsequent planned Operations.
• Tactical Procurement – alignment with other company group companies, ordering and inventory planning of commissioning, strategic and other spares, etc.
• Project laydown area and Warehouse management.
• Inbound and outbound logistics management including marine, port, road, rail, air and border logistics.
• Inventory management – equipment and material as well as consumables and reagents.
• Local supplier development support.
• Supplier and Contractor Compliance audits.
• Oversight of supplier performance against schedule and cost, quantity surveying on site, quality assurance during manufacture and on site, comparison of actual progress against invoices.
• Checking and approval of invoices from suppliers before sending them to Accounts for final checking and payment.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• At least 10 (ten) years’ experience at management level, in one or more of the following disciplines: Tactical Procurement, Contracts Management, Materials Management, Logistics, Inventory Management, Project Cost Control and Financial Management.
• Technical, Financial or Commercial Bachelor’s Degree or similar.
• MCIPS preferable.
• Operational and project procurement management experience in the mining or related industries.
• Experience with codification, content management and materials requirement planning in an engineering / mining environment.

Benefits and Contractual information:

•  2-year Fixed Term Contract