Contract Officers
Full Time NEW

AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AGA) is the world’s fourth largest gold producer with operations and projects on four continents. This globally diverse, world-class portfolio is supported by focused exploration in the established and new gold producing regions of the world.  In Australia the company operates the Sunrise Dam (100%) and Tropicana (AGA 70% and manager, Regis Resources 30%) gold mines, which jointly produce approximately 600,000oz per annum. AGA is a values-driven company and offers a working environment that allows every employee to contribute, learn and flourish.

We are now seeking 2 x Contract Officers to join our Supply Chain team in the Perth Corporate Office.

These are newly created permanent roles that are accountable to the Category Specialist and are required to provide efficient and effective support to the Services Contracts team. Key to success in this role is being able to manage and prioritise the workload and to complete tasks accurately and to agreed timelines. The role is required to work autonomously but also as part of a team. The successful person for this role needs to optimise costs incurred by the organisation whilst serving the end-users requirements, through a thorough understanding of the business’ needs and the application of procurement and contract processes to deliver Supply Chain strategies.

The main tasks of the role include but are not limited to:

• Contribute to planning related to contract management, including annual and long-term plans to deliver best outcome for the business including cost savings and risk mitigation.
• Contribute to the identification of opportunities within categories, to inform planning activities.
• Create and execute work plans and deliver to agreed timelines, including competitive sourcing processes (e.g. RFT, RFQ, RFP).
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Supply Chain systems and processes to deliver services to the business in a competitive and cost-effective manner.
• Develop and maintain constructive relationships with colleagues, business partners, regulators, government and other stakeholders, utilising these relationships to successfully communicate any issues or opportunities and to resolve issues if, or when, they arise.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• A minimum of 3 years in a Contracts Officer role or similar.
• Diploma in Contract Management or similar (desirable but not essential).
• Bachelor’s degree in business or similar discipline (desirable but not essential).
• A thorough knowledge of contract lifecycle and category management processes.
• Mining experience (preferred)
• SAP experience and BI reporting will be well regarded.
• Excellent verbal and written communicative skills with the ability to build positive relationships.
• A self-starter with the ability to effectively time manage, work efficiently and autonomously.
• Strong attention to detail, planning and organisational skills
• Strong literacy in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Teams.
• A National Police Clearance
• Permanent work rights in Australia
• You must be able to provide a COVID-19 Digital Certificate or current Immunisation History Statement showing vaccination against COVID-19 or that an exemption to vaccination has been granted and recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register

To be successful in this role you will also need to share AngloGold Ashanti’s values and its commitment to safety, wellbeing, inclusion, and the environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a global mining organisation that values its employees and promotes a diverse and inclusive culture.

As well as offering a highly competitive remuneration package and a recently introduced performance bonus scheme, we offer challenging work and career development prospects and all our permanent employees (and their direct family members) are eligible for fully paid for private health cover, free annual flu vaccinations, professional memberships and paid parental leave.

We also have a number of active committees and programs that support our employees from a diversity and inclusion, health and wellbeing, and career development perspective.

To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our employees AngloGold Ashanti Australia requires all applicants to be fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, or to have obtained an exemption to vaccination which has been recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register.

Proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or proof of an exemption to vaccination granted and recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register will be required for entry to certain AngloGold Ashanti locations from 1 January 2022

AngloGold Ashanti reserves the right to update its vaccination policy/requirements at any time.

Recruitment Agency approaches and referrals will not be accepted for this role, all interested candidates must apply directly to be considered for any role advertised by AngloGold Ashanti Australia.