Supervisor, Procurement Jobs

Job Title: Supervisor Procurement (Operations)

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Who We Are:

Welcome to Vale. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. Together. We value our workforce and strive to offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale Base Metals is one of the world's largest producers of high-quality nickel and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, UK, Indonesia, and Brazil, we are delivering the critical building blocks for a cleaner, greener future.

Applying the latest technologies to sustainably mine the critical minerals that power electric vehicles, build renewable energy solutions, and help develop life-saving medical equipment is at the heart of what we do.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our Team:

Our Sudbury Operations have been in existence for more than 100 years. With five mines, a mill, a smelter, a refinery and nearly 4,000 employees it is also one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world.

The Port Colborne Refinery was also commissioned 100 years ago on the shore of Lake Erie. Raw materials and finished products from Vale’s Sudbury and Newfoundland and Labrador operations are transported to Port Colborne for processing.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Procurement Supervisor to join our Procurement Operations Team in Sudbury. This is a permanent position.

The Procurement Supervisor will execute Vale’s procurement for the operations, through the complete understanding of the sourcing process, aligned with the standards and controls of the Vale Procurement team, ensures the accomplishment of the area financial goals and company growth objectives in the region. Your accountabilities will include:

• Recruit and develop a high performing and motivated procurement team.
• Ensure procurement process compliance to company’s norms as well as the required internal and external auditing criteria.
• Lead multifunctional teams in order to improve strategic demands specifications, test new products and solutions and monitoring products performance.
• Supervise the purchase of Global, Regional and Local categories as assigned to team.
• Responsible for managing the successful execution of the procurement sourcing plan for commodities and services outlined in area of accountability.
• Seek input, user feedback to the procurement process, allowing continuous learning and improvement.
• Suggest annual cost saving programs and assist in the implementation of business strategies that directly affect the Company’s financial results and growth plans.
• Execute Procurement Sourcing in North America for group of categories.
• Define and validate procurement strategy recommended by procurement analysts.
• Facilitate the interfacing of Procurement Analysts with local users, consolidating and understanding their needs and demands.
• Represent Vale at external meetings with national associations, federations, industry organization, public and private entities.
• Support the Global/Regional/Local Procurement Manager in providing precise demand specifications and negotiating the regional/local clauses of Global purchasing as required to support team.
• Lead multifunctional teams in order to ensure users demands are met in terms of quality, budgeting and timing.

About You

Education:

• Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP) – an asset.
• Undergraduate degree is required.

Experience:

• 8 -10 years of experience in a similar subject area

Knowledge & Skills:

• Knowledge & experience of Quality Management systems like ISO-9001
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of financial systems such as SAP
• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization including with senior management.
• Proven analytical skills.
• Strong writing and verbal communications skills.

How can Vale grow your career?

The position will allow the right candidate to execute Vale’s procurement for the operations. Additionally, Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including :

Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

• Opportunities to advise and oversee the design, budget and construction of new mines and expansions.
• Competitive salary
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth.
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, flex, sick, top up for maternity/parental)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Attractive pension and benefits (company paid core coverage, flex health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurances)
• Online training and career development opportunities
• Grow your career in a large and global company, and mining industry leader.

Include to Transform

At Vale, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. Vale encourages everyone to express their ideas and opinions and values the plurality of individual profiles. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are critical to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other personal consideration that makes us different.

Vale is an equal opportunity employer seeking to increase diversity across our operations and improve equal opportunity at Vale and in the mining industry.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.

Grade:15V
Apply by: September 6th, 2023