Job Description

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Job Title: Supervisor Procurement

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Who We Are:

Welcome to Vale. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. Together. We value our workforce and strive to offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale Base Metals is one of the world\'s largest producers of high-quality nickel and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, UK, Indonesia, and Brazil, we are delivering the critical building blocks for a cleaner, greener future.

Applying the latest technologies to sustainably mine the critical minerals that power electric vehicles, build renewable energy solutions, and help develop life-saving medical equipment is at the heart of what we do.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our Team:

Our Sudbury Operations have been in existence for more than 100 years. With five mines, a mill, a smelter, a refinery and nearly 4,000 employees it is also one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world. The Port Colborne Refinery was also commissioned 100 years ago on the shore of Lake Erie. Raw materials and finished products from Vale\xe2\x80\x99s Sudbury and Newfoundland and Labrador operations are transported to Port Colborne for processing.

The Opportunity:

We are currently seeking a Procurement Supervisor to join our Procurement Team in Sudbury for projects with total CAPEX of $1Billion + over five to ten years. This is a permanent position.

The Procurement Supervisor will execute Vale\xe2\x80\x99s procurement for the capital projects team, through the complete understanding of the sourcing process, aligned with the standards and controls of the Vale Procurement team, ensures the accomplishment of the area financial goals and company growth objectives in the region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute Procurement Sourcing in North America for group of categories.
• Work closely with the Vale\xe2\x80\x99s Global, Regional and Local Procurement team(s)
• Responsible for managing the successful execution of the procurement sourcing plan for commodities and services outlined in area of accountability.
• Manage key suppliers in the region and develop the business relationship for specific commodities.
• Facilitate the interfacing of Procurement Analysts with local users, consolidating and understanding their needs and demands.
• Support the Global/Regional/Local Procurement Manager in providing precise demand specifications and negotiating the regional/local clauses of Global purchasing as required to support team.
• Supervise the purchase of Global, Regional and Local categories as assigned to team.
• Supervise or track Procurement bid processes.
• Lead multifunctional teams to ensure users demands are met in terms of quality, budgeting and timing.
• Lead multifunctional teams in order to improve strategic demands specifications, test new products and solutions and monitoring products performance.
• Define and validate procurement strategy recommended by procurement analysts.
• Represent Vale at external meetings with national associations, federations, industry organization, public and private entities.

About You

• Undergraduate degree is required.
• Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP) \xe2\x80\x93 an asset

Experience

• 8-10 years of experience in a similar subject area
• Experience in Capital project is highly required.

Skills

• Proven analytical skills.
• Strong writing and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization including with senior management.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience with Power BI and Power Query
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of financial systems such as SAP
• Knowledge & experience of Quality Management systems like ISO-9001

How can Vale grow your career?

Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

• Competitive salary
• Attractive pension and benefits (company paid core coverage, flex health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurances)
• Leave for all of life\xe2\x80\x99s reasons (vacation, flex, sick, top up for maternity/parental)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth.
• Grow your career in a large and global company, and mining industry leader.
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Online training and career development opportunities
• Opportunities to advise and oversee the design, budget and construction of new mines and expansions.

Include to Transform

At Vale, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. Vale encourages everyone to express their ideas and opinions and values the plurality of individual profiles. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome \xe2\x80\x93 they are critical to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other personal consideration that makes us different.

Vale is an equal opportunity employer seeking to increase diversity across our operations and improve equal opportunity at Vale and in the mining industry.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.

Grade: 15V

Apply by: September 05, 2023

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