Cortez - Buyer

Position Description JOB DESCRIPTION

Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Buyer at our Cortez operation. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing commercial aspects of direct charge and/or warehouse stock supply activities while ensuring a high level of support service to user departments for sourcing, negotiating, preparation and applying ethical, efficient, risk managed, consistent and cost effective approach for each stage of the process.

- Implement and support the continuous improvement and execution of NGM’s purchasing policy, procedures, and systems

- Ensure successful procurement of goods through effective supply agreements in terms of costs, quality, quantity, warranty, and consistency in availability.

- Support the material contracting needs with the user areas as well as identify and develop suppliers in the market to support commercial and operational needs.

- Acquire materials according to the operations requirements, obtaining the best total cost of ownership, term of execution and quality conditions.

- Interact with operating divisions (internal customers) on regular basis to absolutely understand procurement requirements

- Manage all supply contract administrative matters, relating to claims, disputes, invoicing/payments, discrepancies, expediting orders, correspondence, back charges, taxes.

- Manage supply process and expediting in conjunction with Inventory Control.

- Ensure timely and professional service in the execution of purchase orders.

- Assist in development and implementation of effective procurement plan and strategy based on user department warehouse stock requirements and providing regular progress status reports of all supply activities.

- Ensure continuity and correctness of supply to support the operations requirements for all supply Agreements.

- Research products and/or suppliers that offer alternate methods which will improve the operation or reduce the cost of mining, maintenance, or operations.

- Be able to coordinate and set priorities, prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and deal with distractions.

- Ensure supplier compliance with supply, delivery, e-Business and invoicing procedural requirements.

- Maintain and update vendor information.

- Perform excellent customer service.

The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Accounting, or related field preferred

- One (1) to two (2) years of directly related procurement experience or equivalent combination of training and experience required

- Strong computer skills using office software such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio required

- Knowledge of Oracle, SAP or equivalent enterprise level software packages preferred

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required

- Make arithmetical computations rapidly and accurately required

- Communicate clearly and concisely required

- Follow oral and written instructions required

Thank you for your application, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.