Dir., Procurement

Job Description

Our client is a tier 1, globally diversified gold producer with long-life assets across the Americas and West Africa known for disciplined capital allocation, strong operating margins, and a maturing operating model centered on standardization, governance, and value creation. Procurement is a critical enterprise lever supporting production continuity, cost competitiveness, risk management, ESG commitments, and community engagement across operations and capital projects.

What You'll Do:

• Own and execute the corporate procurement and category strategy across operations and projects.
• Lead strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, and contract governance for major spend categories including mobile equipment, consumables, energy, services, and capital project packages.
• Align procurement plans with production requirements, demand forecasts, and functional business plans.
• Deliver measurable cost savings and TCO improvements across all global spend categories.
• Establish and enforce procurement governance frameworks ensuring fairness, transparency, auditability, and ESG compliance.
• Lead negotiations for high-value OEM, contractor, and framework agreements; oversee SLAs and alliance models.
• Manage supplier performance across safety, quality, delivery, and commercial compliance.
• Ensure continuity of supply for critical items and mitigate supply and market risks.
• Partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, Finance, HSE, and Supply Chain/Logistics teams.
• Support procurement for major capital projects (expansions, upgrades, plant builds) as required.

What You'll Bring:

• 15+ years senior procurement experience in mining, metals, heavy industry, or other capital-intensive environments.
• Proven leadership of corporate or global procurement teams in multi-asset, decentralized organizations.
• Deep expertise in strategic sourcing, category mgmt., and complex commercial negotiations.
• Strong working knowledge of mining supply categories including HME, fixed plant, fuel, explosives, engineering services, and site services.
• Demonstrated success delivering enterprise-scale cost savings, contract compliance, and supplier performance improvements.
• Hands-on experience implementing and governing procurement systems (ERP, P2P, contract mgmt.).
• Credibility with senior ops, project, and technical stakeholders from boardroom to site.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and scale geographically dispersed teams.
• Professional procurement certification (CPP/CPSM) advantageous; mining industry credentials a plus.

What's In It For You: 

• Enterprise-level role with direct influence over production continuity, cost, risk, and ESG outcomes.
• Opportunity to shape procurement strategy at a Tier One gold producer with a strong balance sheet and long reserve life.
• Exposure across sustaining capital, major growth projects, and global operations.
• Performance-driven culture that values governance, data, and continuous improvement.
• Competitive executive compensation with long-term value alignment.
• Toronto-based corporate seat with global impact.