NGM - Regional Demand Planning Specialist

Position Description:

Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!

Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Regional Demand Planning Specialist.  The Regional Demand Planning specialist will be the technical and strategic point of accountability for materials demand planning in the North America (NA) region, being a strategic partner for internal stakeholders as Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Asset Management, Finance areas and with strategic suppliers, to drive operational improvements in integrated demand planning, forecasting, inventory optimization, and internal services withing the Supply chain departments in the region. 

The role will promote necessary changes across the region, adding value and driving best practices by providing support to achieve the operational targets, equipment availability and to increase reliability of the fleets in the region, leading the process of materials demand planning, participate in the design of strategies to optimize inventory, and ensure the supply of parts.

At Nevada Gold Mines, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. 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. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead the definition and execution of the demand planning strategy for critical consumables and materials in NA region.
• Identify current gaps in integrated demand planning between Barrick stakeholders (Maintenance, Operations and Supply Chain departments) and key suppliers and contractors
• Evaluate current forecasting processes and implement improvements to increase accuracy and reliability
• Drive collaboration between the operational areas and Supply Chain as well as to ensure alignment between the inventory plans and Maintenance plans (corrective, preventive, strategic) in matter of materials demand planning.
• Drive improvements that will be measurable and reflected in critical KPI’s, amongst them: work order fill rate, fleet availability, forecast accuracy, on-hand inventory optimization, inventory health, lead time reduction, supplier fill rate, stock-outs, cost savings.   
• Collaborate with Asset Management areas to ensure asset and material criticality, maintenance strategies and asset replacement, are correctly identified and considered in the Supply Chain plans.
• Support Inventory and procurement areas in the Identification and mitigation plans for supply risks associated to critical materials and operational supplies.
• Drive improvement in demand planning processes, stocking and logistics strategies of critical materials and operational supplies with the Inventory and procurement areas from the sites. 
• Work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to reduce lead times, reduce variability of supply and demand and improve service levels.
• Drive the implementation of best practices on inventory optimization and demand planning across the region in collaboration with Supply Change management and excellence role.
• Take part in supplier relationship management, including but not limited to, tracking supplier performance metrics, supplier safety reporting, stakeholder satisfaction metrics, etc.
• Ensure alignment and adherence with Barrick’s Inventory management, supply chain and accounting standards and internal procedures, and developing KPIs and/or reports to ensure compliance.
• Demonstrate awareness, commitment and compliance with Barrick Safety policies and Social Responsibility policies.
• The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

Qualifications:

• Professional in Industrial engineering, Business Administration, Logistics or related required
• Supply Chain Management diploma or certification: APICS (CSCP, CPIM) preferred
• Knowledge of Asset management or equipm