Specialist - Contracts and Procurement

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.

Working in our Sydney Office, you have a front row seat to our vision and are a part of the bold, inspired teams who are engineering its success. We’re an agile, entrepreneurial company and we value smart people and creative thinking. When you work with us, you’ll always have the opportunity to progress from where you started. Our people work with teams located across Australia and Canada which makes for interesting work and countless ways to learn and grow.

Your Benefits 

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation support assistance, novated car leasing, life insurance and income protection, short-term incentives, an employee share scheme, referral bonuses, a recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance and wellness days. 

This role would be a 5/2 roster

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.

About the Role

The Contracts and Procurement Specialist provides expertise and guidance to EVN stakeholders for the procurement of goods and services into the EVN business. The role considers the full procure to pay cycle, supply chain, vendor relationship management, contracts management and governance and administration that is required to ensure a successful procurement outcome.

In particular, the role is responsible for ensuring that the values of safety, excellence, accountability and respect are applied throughout the planning, procurement, implementation, management and review of various sourcing initiatives and arrangements to achieve value-for-money, sustainable outcomes that optimise safety performance, enable timely delivery of operational objectives and deliver socially acceptable and commercially robust outcomes in the way that we do business.

• Build relationships and engage with stakeholders to determine business needs, requirements, changes, risks and expectations to enable fully informed procurement planning, scoping and sourcing decisions.
• Prepare category spend data, profiling and compile sourcing documents for market testing.
• Conduct and lead end to end sourcing activities in accordance with established policies and procedures and participate in negotiations to establish and review supply arrangements and assist in implementation of outcome.
• Provide governance, assistance and guidance on procurement related matters to EVN stakeholders and support good practice in procurement.

About You

To be successful in this role you will demonstrates strong teamwork and collaboration, valuing feedback and accountability in achieving business outcomes. You are driven to optimize results, with a keen attention to detail in writing and calculations. Your commercial acumen and relationship-building abilities complement your strong analytical and report-writing skills. You will also possess good communication skills, both written and verbal, and be capable of discussing difficult decisions and negotiating outcomes for the business. Additionally, you will manage time and priorities effectively.

• Degree qualification in business or mining industry technical background would be beneficial although not essential.
• Professional qualifications in procurement or supply beneficial although not essential
• Competent in the use of ERP systems.
• Effective project management.
• Computer literate (MS Office) with intermediate Excel skills.
• Experience in strategic sourcing activities for engineering, manufacturing or civil focused procurement requirements.
• Experience in commercial activities associated with the resources or construction industry and contracts management of sophisticated procurement activities.
• Proven ability to prepare, analyse, profile and present data, in a structured and logical format.

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate. We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Join our bold team to start your next exciting chapter. 

To find out more about us, click here https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/. We thank you for taking the time to submit your application.