Advisor, Material Management
Newmont · Kenyasi
Workplace Type: Onsite
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Ahafo South is Ghana’s largest gold mine and Newmont’s flagship operation in Africa. Commercial production began in 2006, and the site has produced more than 10 million ounces of gold. Located in Ghana’s Ahafo Region, Ahafo South operates both open-pit and underground mines and continues to grow, with new projects planned to extend production well beyond 2050. The mine plays an important role in the region as a major employer and a long-standing partner to its host communities. With a large and diverse workforce, many of whom come from neighbouring communities, Ahafo South has built a strong Always Safe culture supported by continuous learning, development and operational excellence. Joining Ahafo South offers the opportunity to build a rewarding long-term career at the forefront of Ghana’s mining industry while contributing to an operation that creates lasting value for host communities and showcases Newmont’s commitment to responsible mining on a global stage.
Your Impact:
- To provide supply and logistics support and performance analysis for project teams and to provide procurement support when required. You will help ensure timely delivery and optimal inventory levels, coordinate warehouse operations, strengthen safety and compliance, assess capital needs, improve operating models, and support working-capital and materials-management improvements aligned with the Center-Led Operating Model.
As Part of Our Team You Will:
Warehouse Operations, Safety and Infrastructure
- Execute and maintain a satellite warehouse in Apensu including assessing and supporting capital requirements for warehouse improvements.
- Monitor warehouse safety protocols and compliance requirements to support a safe working environment.
- Assess and improve warehouse operating models, working with site warehouse partners to enable seamless project execution.
Inventory Planning and Optimisation
- Analyse and maintain inventory levels using demand-management tools, address inventory issues, and coordinate accurate stock counts.
- Use forecasting models and historical data to predict materials demand and support proactive planning and resource allocation.
- Optimise inventory to reduce outages, meet order-fill objectives, and improve inventory-turn performance.
- Provide inventory-control reports, support working-capital management, analyse critical material requirements, monitor stock ageing, and maintain the enterprise inventory-planning system.
Materials Management Improvement and Collaboration
- Ensure proper reconciliation of materials supplied by the main contractor for the execution of the project.
- Support and analyse the end-to-end materials management process, provide best-practice insights, and identify opportunities for improvement and compliance with Newmont standards.
- Work with site teams to ensure materials meet required standards and support the quality and reliability of end products.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and maintenance planners to improve inventory processes, visibility, controls, and performance.
- Ensure material and parts readiness prior to transition to operations.
Your Training, Skills and Experience Checklist:
Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Analysis, Supply Chain Management or Logistics, and/or a degree in Building Technology, including Quantity
- Surveying and Building Economics or Construction Management.
Additional Knowledge:
- Deep knowledge of materials planning, materials management, inventory optimisation and disposal, warehouse management, procurement processes, safety protocols, compliance, and operational optimisation.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3–5 years and/or relevant experience in project commercial, supply chain, warehousing, materials management,transportation and logistics in a demand-management or inventory-control capacity in mining, construction, manufacturing or a related industry.
- Experience using analytical tools, process analysis and materials-management systems in mining, construction, manufacturing or a related industry.
- Ability to provide contracting and procurement services.
Technical Skills:
- Expert capability in SAP, SAP Ariba and Oniqua, or comparable materials management, transportation and logistics, project management, and commercial technology solutions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Foundation-level capability in warehouse management, safety compliance, operational inventory optimisation, and capital planning and coordination.
- Practical knowledge of warehouse structures, safety protocols and operating models.
- Knowledge of country or site culture and warehouse best practices, with the ability to advise teams and analyse materials-management processes and systems.
- Ability to communicate effectively across all levels.
- Strong stakeholder-management and interpersonal skills.
Problem Solving Ability:
- Complete concrete procedural tasks and follow established steps to deliver work.
- Use practical judgement to address problems or request assistance when needed.
- Improve working methods using day-to-day experience, procedures, observed patterns and practical learning.
Social Process Skills:
Self-awareness:
- Understand your own behaviour and its impact on others, acting with integrity, confidentiality and adapting where necessary to support productive outcomes for the wider team.
Team process:
- Contribute as an effective team member by listening, clarifying tasks, and receiving and providing feedback.
Collaboration:
- Build positive working relationships with a diverse range of people across disciplines.
Working Conditions:
- The position is located at the Ahafo South site for Apensu Underground Project.
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