Manager-Strategic Supply Chain Initiatives

Job title: Manager-Strategic Supply Chain Initiatives

Company: Kinross Gold Corporation

Job description: The Kinross Corporate Head Office is located in downtown Toronto and supports Kinross’ operations and projects worldwide. Corporate functions include Finance, Procurement, Health & Safety, Human Resources, IT, Investor Relations, Exploration, Geology and Mine Planning, among others.

Job Description

Kinross Gold Corp is seeking candidates for the position of Manager, Strategic Supply Chain Initiatives. This role will be accountable to create a strategy and actionable roadmap designed to build “Best in Class” supply chain practices aligned with Kinross goals and priorities.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to the success of the supply chain function by supporting a culture of change and developing effective and efficient supply chain operations.
• Lead supply chain strategic initiatives and business process optimization projects.
• Manage stakeholder engagement and alignment with initiatives across Kinross operations.
• Develop, implement, and action Supply Chain performance metrics with appropriate cadence.
• Act as functional lead and SME for supply chain business processes and improvement projects.
• Collaborate with business units to build consensus on strategic initiatives identifying interdependencies, risks, resourcing, and timing requirements.
• Lead rollout of Enterprise Source to Contract, Inventory and Warehouse solutions.
• Ensure project delivery meets objectives for scope, budget, timeline and quality by establishing project KPIs and clarity of all deliverables.
• Develop and execute cross-functional plans including establishing and supporting governance reporting, communication and change management for strategic initiatives.
• Monitor and report on project progress to stakeholders.

Education and Experience

• Successful candidate will be adaptable to a range of challenging projects with strong background in Supply Chain and Operations.
• Sound data analytics abilities and problem solving skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, change management and ability to encourage collaboration to achieve goals.
• Ten (10) + years Supply Chain operations experience including Sourcing, Procurement, Inventory Management, Warehousing and Logistics processes.
• Demonstrated success delivering best practice and process improvement projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management and/or equivalent experience combined with Professional designation (SCMP, PMAC, Lean Six Sigma)

Kinross is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in Canada, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Russia, Ghana and Mauritania, employing approximately 9,300 people worldwide. Our core purpose is to lead the world in generating value through responsible mining.

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sat, 29 May 2021 05:11:30 GMT