Job Description

Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Africa & Middle East (AME)

The Barrick Africa & Middle East Team are seeking to recruit a Strategic Sourcing Specialist - AME. This role reports to the Sourcing Manager Central AME.

This role is responsible to lead complex, high-value sourcing initiatives and category strategy development running formal tender processes, managing strategic supplier relationships, and delivering measurable savings and value improvements throughout Africa and Middle East.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead formal sourcing events for high-value and strategic categories managing the full process from market engagement through evaluation, negotiation and award.
• Develop category strategies for assigned spend categories - market analysis, spend baseline, supplier landscape mapping and sourcing strategy recommendation.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships at category level conducting formal performance reviews and driving continuous improvement.
• Identify, develop and validate savings initiatives, working with the Data Commercial Analyst on spend analytics and the Contracts Manager on documentation.
• Support the sourcing standardisation programme by aligning category strategy with standardised specifications and consolidated buys.
• Manage escalated or complex procurement requirements from sites that cannot be resolved at transactional level.
• Prepare evaluations for review by the AME Sourcing and Procurement Manager considering freight, duties and taxes to get to a landed cost DDP price to be benchmarked against local pricing.
• Prepare upload files from evaluations done and approved to be uploaded in the system.
• Manage the expiry dates in the system on Outline Agreements to ensure sourcing activities are started well in advance to avoid pricing expiring without new agreements in place.
• Report any contract spend deviations where the teams’ source outside of the contracts in the system.
• Have monthly contract performance meetings in conjunction with local supply partners for local FPA suppliers and Chinese hub colleagues for Chinese vendors to address any performance concerns.
• Prepare monthly reports on the progress made on FPA coverage as well as actual contract savings.
• Achieve an 85% FPA coverage on all fast-moving consumables and spare parts, track the efficiency of the Outline agreements by tracking the actual contract spend that should align with the contract spend.

Qualification Requirements

• Degree or National Diploma in Supply Chain, Commerce, or related field.
• CIPS or equivalent preferred.

Experience and Skills Requirements

• 5+ years in strategic procurement or sourcing, with demonstrated experience running formal tender processes.
• Category management and strategic sourcing methodology knowledge.
• Strong negotiation and commercial skills.
• SAP Ariba and spend analytics proficiency.
• Ability to manage strategic supplier performance through reviews, issue resolution, improvement plans and stakeholder engagement across regional and site teams.
• Strong analytical skills to assess landed cost, total cost of ownership, DDP pricing, contract savings, spend compliance and value improvement opportunities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with site procurement teams, commercial analysts, contracts managers, supply partners and regional leadership.
• Ability to prepare monthly reports on FPA coverage, contract savings, supplier performance and sourcing pipeline progress.
• Ability to resolve complex procurement requirements and support sites with strategic or non-standard sourcing challenges.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present sourcing recommendations, evaluation outcomes and performance updates clearly to management.

What We Can Offer You

• A comprehensive compensation package including bonuses and site-specific benefits
• The ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless
• Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization
  

We are committed to a safe work environment, sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities.

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

Our mission is to be the world’s most valued gold and copper mining business. We are committed to partnering with our host countries and communities to transform their natural resources into tangible benefits and mutual prosperity.

Barrick is a leading global mining, exploration and development company. With one of the largest portfolios of world-class and life-long gold and copper assets in the industry - including six of the world's Tier One gold mines - Barrick's operations an projects span 18 countries and five continents. Barrick is also the largest gold producer in the United States. We create real, long-term value for all stakeholders through responsible mining, strong partnerships, and a disciplined approach to growth. Barrick shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "B" and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "ABX".