Job Vacancy for Senior Warehouse Supervisor at Newmont Mining Corporation

ABOUT THIS ROLE:

• To implement, continuously improve and execute Newmont’s materials management strategy in order to drive the goals and objectives for the warehousing activities.
• Responsible for the safe and efficient operational performance of the warehouse by ensuring the movement of materials and supplies at Site are received, issued, stored and accounted for in a safe, timely and consistent manner that ensures compliance with Newmont Standards and established Regional policies and procedures.
• Actively demonstrate the Newmont values of Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, Inclusion and responsibility at all times.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

Warehouse Operations Management

• Manage all Warehouse operations, including stacking and storage.
• Establish optimal delivery points to end-users through efficient channels of distribution.
• Oversee that receiving functions and discrepancy identification are performed at all warehouse facilities and transactions are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.
• Establish, implement and monitor parts preservation program that suitably protects inventory items from deterioration due to inadequate storage and exposure to the elements of the weather.
• Efficiently manage the receiving, stocking and issuance of stock.
• Develop ideal warehouse layout and item cataloguing.
• Approve write-offs emanating from cycle counts (within his financial limit).

Safety, Health and Environment 

• Ensure all warehouse operations are in compliance with safety requirements promoting the company’s safety culture.
• Ensure a clean and tidy workspace is kept at all times.

Staff Supervision

• Assist in identifying training and knowledge gaps within the Warehouse section and contribute to the development of suitable training interventions.
• Conduct effective performance management for subordinate through managing individual performance contracts and reviews, communicating performance expectations clearly and addressing and resolving performance issues.
• Play an active mentorship and coaching role to the subordinates.
• Develop skills and abilities of direct and indirect reports.

Collaboration 

• Develop and sustain strategic relationship with end users with regards parts supply.
• Facilitate transparent communications between Site(s), Logistics, Inventory Planning and the Sourcing and Procurement group to ensure alignment and understanding of receiving and distribution performance measurements, requirements and outputs.
• Liaise with End user groups in order to provide the right level of service.
• Interface with all departments to ensure proper inventory levels of required material whilst keeping inventory holding to a minimum and report the status of warehousing activities to the management on a regular basis.

Warehouse Facility and Equipments

• Coordinate and oversee all warehouse logistics
• Supervise all forklift operations.
• Ensure proper transport, packaging, and placement of products.
• Abide by and enforce facility rules and state laws and regulations.
• Maintain warehouse and machinery, ensuring equipment is serviced when needed.

Inventory management and Control

• Provide strong tactical Inventory Management oversight for site and the site leads.
• Track and account for all incoming and outgoing products.
• Confirm proper and timely delivery of products.
• Ensure various inventory counts; order supplies and goods as needed.
• Ensure that shipment materials match packing lists before dispatching orders.
• Ensure timely receipts, binning, issuance of spares and Inventory integrity.
• Manage stock counts and resolve any stock discrepancies.

TRAINING,SKILLS & EXPERIENCE CHECKLIST:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or related field equivalent experience.

Additional Knowledge

• Knowledge of System Implementation methodology.
• Knowledge of Maintenance Planning.
• Supply Chain functional knowledge.
• Knowledge of P2P transactional processes.
• ERP/EAP System knowledge.
• Mining business acumen.
• Warehouse Management

Experience

• Minimum of 7 years’ of increasingly responsible purchasing/buyer/material experience in a mining environment.
• Understand warehouse functions and responsibilities and inventory management experience desired.
• Previous working experience in Leading Teams.

Technical Skills:

• Have a working knowledge of contracting practices and documentation.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Must possess and demonstrate high ethical and professional standards in all dealings.
• Have a working knowledge of MS office programs.
• Able to coach, mentor, develop and performance manage direct reports.
• Have a strong ability to plan, prioritize and delegate work to others.
• Completes tasks and takes accountability for own actions.
• Able to promote and enforce established safety policies.
• Service level management-inventory management.
• Promotes Business Process and Continuous Improvement.
• Ensuring distribution planning and commercial demand forecasting.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Leading.
• Networking, Interpersonal, liaison, reporting and presentation skills.
• Risk management skills.
• Supply Chain management.
• System administration.

Behavioural Attributes

• Customer focused.
• Motivated.
• Independent.
• Safety conscious.
• Results driven.
• Pro-active.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• In this position you  may be required to travel and assist other domestic and international sites.