- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Contract
- Sectors: Mining Procurement
- Reference: 180572
Vacancy Details
Employer: Ivanhoe Mines
KAMOA COPPER SA is looking for a Material Specialist
The Kamoa Copper Mine is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines 39.6%) Zijin Mining Group (39.6%Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%)and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo 20%.It's a very large, near-surface, flat-lying, stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas within the Central African Copperbelt, at approximately 25 kilometres west of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometres west of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi.
Play your part in our team succeeding……
To ensure accurate and clean materials records by resolving duplications and other materials issues in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. The incumbent analyses and maintains material records and proposes new reorder points (ROP) and quantities (ROQ) while maintaining data accuracy and standards
You will have the following:
- Must have a Certificate in Supply chain or Materials management or equivalent
- A Diploma in Supply chain or Materials management or equivalent is preferred
- Must have at least 8 years technical experience in a Supply chain department in the mining sector
- Must have at least 3 years of analysis and reporting in the Mining industry.
- Proficiency in business English is mandatory. Knowledge of French, Swahili, and Mandarin will be considered highly advantageous.
Role Specific Knowledge
- Understand Supply chain process flows
- ERP systems experience
- Understanding the mining environment
- Commercial acumen
- Supply chain data analysis and interpretation
Technical Skills – Ability to apply Knowledge
- MSOffice (Excel)
- SQL programming
- Analysis of data and information
- Report writing skills
Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:
- Ensure accurate and clean materials record
- Ensure and maintain data cleanliness of stock categories, and catalogue codes
- Validate ROPs and ROQ by analysing stock data
- Maintain the ERP system data
- Coordinate the initial counts for stock takes
- Skills Transfer and Transformation- Support the organisational Skills Transfer agenda
- People- Manage self and show up as a good team player
- Finance - Monitor costs or expenses to achieve cost efficiencies and reduce waste
- HSEQ : Integrate HSEQ into all work processes
- Stakeholder management - Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
- When applying, please submit a PDF version of your CV together with certified copies (certification within a 3-month period) of your ID/passport, drivers' license and qualifications.
Should you not hear from us within 30 days of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful
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About Ivanhoe Mines
Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future.
Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa.
The development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa, the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo and exploration on the Western Foreland, near Kamoa-Kakula
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