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INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Are you looking for a Supply Chain Manager position and want to join an innovative and stimulating environment within the Supply Chain department?

Come and define your future as part of an innovative mining company. As one of our employees at Lithium du Mali SA, you are not only someone who works for us... you are one of the people who contribute to our success.

We offer an inspiring environment where our passionate, dynamic and ambitious employees can develop their full potential. We are looking for motivated people who want to seize every opportunity to achieve professional fulfillment through Learning and Development.

If you are passionate about joining us, check out the announcement below:

Job Title: Job Supply Chain Manager

Direct supervisor: Project Manager

OBJECTIVE:

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for providing cost efficient, timely and effective system, processes and contractual   services to enable world class supply chain and logistics functions in the African mining environment.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

KEY RESULT AREAS

STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

HEALTH & SAFETY

·      Provide leadership to demonstrate commitment to health and safety

·      Promote safety awareness amongst team members

·      Personally adhere to all health and safety standards

·       Coaching and mentoring leaders and employees through visible HSE leadership.

SUPPLY & LOGISTICS

·      Ensure proactive management of the logistics transport routes to ensure cost effective and timely receipt of materials.

·      Develop and implement procurement strategies.

·      Responsible for procurement cost savings.

·      Optimal material requirement planning (MRP) ensuring adequate inventory at the required times.

·      Strategic procurement of CAPEX items.

·      Management of operational suppliers - Identify key product and service components, provide supplier teams with guidelines for customizing the product and service offering, etc.

·      Liaise with supply chain planners to forecast demand and / or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.

·      Monitor forecasts and quotes identifying changes and determining their effect on supply chain activities.

·      Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.

·      Increase inventory turns, reduce waste and optimize customer service by analyzing inventory.

·      Improving supply chain processes by implementing new systems.

·      Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements, planning, and inventory control, warehousing and receiving.

·      Procurement data for analysis, using quantitative methods to derive actionable insights and outcomes.

·      Responsible for export department and the exporting of finished goods.

·      Manage all in-bound logistics and resolve any customs queries.

·      Ensure trucks from various countries are tracked and traced until arrival.

·      Ensure efficient and effective offloading of all trucks and optimal truck turnaround cycles.

·      On site logistics for all stock issues including bulk re-agents.

·      Ensure warehouses receiving and issuing functions are run optimally.

·      Ensure binning and warehouse utilization is optimized.

·      Ensure stock is stacked in a safe and correct manner.

·       Ensure warehouse runs according to very strict HSSE requirements.

LEADERSHIP

·      Monitor and manage all team members’ performance.

·      Communicate on a regular basis and feedback to team members on their performance and identify areas where they can improve and where they are performing well.

·      Identify high performers and identify developmental and career opportunities for them.

·       Develop a succession plan and ensure that there are successors in place for higher level roles in the team.

PROCUREMENT

·      Ensure effective management of the contracting process for Site Works and Services. Collaborate with Firefinch to tender existing and new contracts and vary existing contracts.

·      Monitor and control various contracts and contracting activities.

·      Oversee purchasing specialist to ensure key contracts for supply of materials and services are executed.

·      Conducted GAP analysis to identify opportunism for improvement in current systems.

·      Oversee the procurement and contract execution of high value commodities.

·       Review and approval of contracts.

MATERIAL CONTROL

·      Ensure the effective management of the inventory process including stock classification, level setting and redundancies.

·      Ensure the effective management of the Warehousing process including receipt, safekeeping, audit and issue.

·      Ensure supply chain is set up for the movement off re-agents and mining chemicals critical for the daily operations.

·      Maintaining stable inventory levels of re-agents and critical project materials.

·      Accurately forecasting consumption levels of re-agents.

·      Maintaining stock levels of bulk chemicals on site.

·      Procurement of re-agents based on plant consumption, forecasted inventory movements and production increases.

·      • Managed logistics and freight forwarding of re-agents and bulk chemicals to the mining site from various global suppliers.

·      • Procurement & logistics planning and operations of project materials to meet project deadlines.

·      • Assisted with project buying during the project phase of the plant development.

·      • Optimized data and report processing time through implementation of reporting procedures that tracked trends and improved overall productivity.

·      • Reviewed vendor pricing on a regular basis to ensure the company is getting the best price from numerous sources and maintained a competitive and multi-source environment.

·       • Developed multiple project material databases to maintain inventory accuracy, resulting in program standards for project situational awareness and accountability.

KEY OUTCOMES OF THIS POSITION

HEALTH & SAFETY

·      Health and safety behaviours are well understood and demonstrated in the workplace by team members.

·      Ensure the team works in accordance with all GLP safety standards, and industry best practice standards.

·       Ensure active risk identification and management.

LEADERSHIP

·      Good leadership is displayed and reflects the Company’s values.

·      Team members are provided with mentoring and coaching on a regular basis.

·       Team members are offered developmental opportunities and afforded training as and when required.

PROCUREMENT

·      Contracts are managed and administered with the least commercial and legal risk to Goulamina

·      Head office and projects are supported in an appropriate and timely manner.

·      Operational suppliers are managed well, and key products and service components have been identified within the framework of established guidelines set for supplier teams, for customizing product and service offering.

·      Costs have been managed well and all purchasing activities have been done with effective cost control in mind.

·      Sound and robust procurement strategies have been developed and are continuously reviewed.

·      Continuous improvement and regular reviews of supply chain are conducted.

·       All transactions are in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures.

MATERIAL CONTROL

·      Inventory and stock levels are managed well and optimized for reduced waste.

·       All warehouses run in accordance with HSSE requirements and there are no/low level of incidents in the warehouse in relation to safety and health.

SUPPLY & LOGISTICS

·      All areas of logistics are managed appropriately and compliant with any relevant codes and legislation.

·      Proactive and strong relationships with suppliers have been established.

·      Supplier performance is regularly reviewed, and feedback is regularly communicated to suppliers in order to ensure performance is at an optimal level.

·       Supply chain improvement program has been established and managed well.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Job Classification: According to the Collective Agreement of Companies and Enterprises

Geological and Hydrogeological Mining in the Republic of Mali in force

Duty Station: Bamako at the beginning, then at Goulamina Mining Site down the road.

Date of entry into service: As soon as possible following the end of the publication of this vacancy announcement

Nature of the contract: Open Ended Contract

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Have at least a Master I degree in Supply Chain or equivalent.

Have a professional experience of at least ten (10) years in Supply Chain, especially in the mining sector.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

Bilingual French and English (oral and written).

Good knowledge of current Malian legislation.

Mastery of documentation processes.

Proficiency in MS Office applications.

Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal).

Strong active listening skills, questioning and interpersonal skills for relationship building, as well as note taking.

Strong planning, analysis, reporting and organisational skills.

Courageous, dynamic, anticipate, identify and communicate on potential issues and problems.

Act with integrity and show care for the people you work with.

Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality.

SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION

In addition to the requirements mentioned above, you have a strong taste for teamwork; your curiosity and open-mindedness will make the difference!

Live the Lithium experience of Mali, join us!

Candidates wishing to apply must send their complete application files (read below) in PDF format to the following address: recruitment@goulamina-jv.com no later than August 30th.

:

Curriculum Vitae (CV);

Letter of Motivation, including your current net salary and your net salary expectation;

Copies of diplomas and Certificates of Work;

Copy of the valid identity card or the Nina Card.

Take care to indicate in the title of the email: your full name as well as the title of the position for which you are applying.

Take note:

Under no circumstances are the Lithium du Mali offices in Bamako nor Goulamina entitled to take paper applications. You must necessarily apply via email. recruitment@goulamina-jv.com

Under no circumstances should anyone ask you for money as part of the recruitment process nor to obtain a position.  You must never agree to pay part of your salary to any person.

ABOUT THE MALI LITHIUM PROJECT

Leo Lithium develops the world-class Lithium project du Mali SA, in Goulamina, Mali. It will be the largest producer of spodumene (important lithium ore) in West Africa and will be put into operation in 2024 to supply the booming lithium battery industry.

To learn more about Leo Lithium and its project in Mali, visit the following webpage: https://leolithium.com/