Company:
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Address:
One North Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004 USA

Process Leader Site Sourcing

Job ID: 1001672


Description:

• Supervise a team of Buyers responsible for sourcing and procuring all goods required to support maintenance and operations.
• Measures and manages performance to ensure the effectiveness of the team, and resolves issues as needed.
• Supervise staff to meet procurement and sourcing performance objectives and deadlines on a daily basis.
• Implement GSC initiatives and objectives with team, track performance against those objectives and regularly provide feedback to employees, both verbally and in writing, in an effort to meet those objectives.
• Utilize procurement and sourcing tools and techniques with team to ensure customer needs are met at the lowest total cost.
• Research and recommend procurement and sourcing techniques, best practices and strategies.
• Participate in the development, communication, and training of corporate procurement and sourcing processes and strategies.
• Collaborate in or supervises the implementation of new or enhanced procurement and sourcing processes at assigned site.
• Develop external sources of supplier, commodity, and market information which provide profile, financial, and industry information on selected suppliers and industries.
• Identify external price and market indices used to measure and track internal procurement performance, supplier performance, and market trends.
• Assist site management with special analyses of inventory control, turnover, cost of goods sold, back order rates, etc.
• Perform other duties as required.


Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED and seven (7) years experience in Supply Chain or related areas of Business, Accounting or Engineering; alternatively a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or the related fields of Business, Accounting, or Engineering and five (5) years experience in Supply Chain or related areas in Business, Accounting, or Engineering.
• Knowledge of cost/price methodologies including zero-based pricing and life-cycle costing.
• Knowledge of supply chain management strategies and concepts.
• Knowledge of material usage, inventory control techniques and planning systems.
• Knowledge of sourcing policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of the purchase order and accounts payable processes.
• Knowledge of public relations/customer service principles, practices and techniques.
• Proficiency in a variety of computer software, including Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Skill in researching and analyzing information related to vendors, contractors, equipment and supplies.
• Skill in analyzing information of considerable difficulty and drawing valid conclusions.
• Skill in negotiating and administering contracts.
• Skill in using computer databases to research, maintain, update records and files.
• Skill in handling and prioritizing multiple projects.
• Skill in effective communication, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work with general office equipment such as a personal computer and keyboard, facsimile machines and photocopier.
• Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions; skilled in following safety practices and recognizing hazards.


Preferred Qualifications:

• Procurement experience in the mining industry.
• Experience using SAP.


Criteria/Conditions

• Work is performed primarily in an office setting, and occasionally in an outdoor or plant environment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs and ladders, talk, hear and see.
• Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 25 pounds) during the course of the workday.
• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing or plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required.
• Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing.