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Job Description
Position Description
The Barrick Africa Middle East Team is seeking to recruit a Commercial / Contract Specialist to join and grow our team.
Join our exceptional team and embody Barrick's core values as you work with us. We are in search of individuals who can champion Barrick's DNA by:
- Communicating Honestly, Transparently, and Acting with Integrity.
- Exhibiting a Results-Driven approach.
- Delivering solutions that are Fit for Purpose.
- Dedicating themselves to Building a Sustainable Legacy.
- Taking Responsibility and being Accountable.
- Committing to Zero Harm.
- Cultivating strong and meaningful Partnerships.
If you're ready to contribute to our world-class team while embracing these values, we encourage you to apply and become a valued member of our diverse workforce.
Responsibilities
- Tenders: Plan upcoming needs with HODs, agree the scope of work and KPIs, and issue tender packages on the approved templates.
- Evaluation and adjudication: Run bid evaluations and adjudication with the Tender Evaluation Committee, prepare sole source justifications where needed, lead negotiations, and prepare the award pack for approval.
- Contracts: Draft contracts on the approved Legal templates, get the contract signed together with the award, and make sure POs are raised only against a signed contract.
- Mining Commission and local content: Prepare and track Mining Commission submissions at each required stage, before any award letter is issued, and apply the Mining (Local Content) Regulations.
- Contract system and tracking: Load every contract in SAP Ariba with its rates, expiry date and documents, keep the site tender register and contract tracker current, and track contractor compliance in the contractor management system.
- Contract management: Run kick-off meetings, process variations with every price change backed by its cost drivers, check invoices against contract rates, review contractor performance, and close out contracts.
- Contract coverage: Keep every contractor on a valid, current contract, and start renewals or retenders 6 months before expiry.
- Reporting and dashboards: Build and maintain the trackers and dashboards for tenders, contracts, expiries and contractor spend, and use them to report to site management and the regional team.
- Regional team: Follow the approved process and templates, report status on the weekly Barrick International Commercial site call, raise issues early, and keep every file audit-ready.
- Stakeholders: Be the site’s first point of contact on tenders and contracts, coach end users on the process, and follow up until actions close.
- Safety: Follow site HSE rules and lead by example.
Qualification requirements
- Degree or diploma in Commerce, Finance, Procurement and Supply, Law, Engineering or a related field.
- Professional registration (PSPTB, CIPS, CPA(T) or ACCA) or a legal qualification is preferred.
Experience and competencies needed.
- At least 3 years in contracts, tenders, procurement, supply chain or commercial roles.
- Finance, audit, cost control and quantity surveying backgrounds will also be considered, where the candidate has worked closely with contracts, tenders or procurement.
- Hands-on involvement in tenders, adjudications, drafting, negotiating or managing contracts.
- Has managed suppliers or contractors on large operations or projects.
- Experience with SAP, SAP Ariba or a contract management system is preferred.
- Mining experience is preferred. Oil and gas, construction, engineering, energy or other large industrial operations will also be considered.
- Knowledge of the Mining (Local Content) Regulations and Mining Commission processes is preferred.
- Fluent in English and Kiswahili.
- Able to live and work on site on a rotational roster
- Tender management, bid evaluation and adjudication.
- Contract drafting, negotiation and administration.
- Strong with numbers: rates, price changes and contractor costs.
- Strong Excel, with experience building trackers and dashboards, and comfortable using AI tools in daily work.
- Good written and verbal communication, including clear reports for senior management
What We Can Offer You
- A comprehensive compensation package including bonuses and site-specific benefits.
- The ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
- Opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless.
- Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.
About Us
Our mission is to be the world’s most valued gold and copper mining business. We are committed to partnering with our host countries and communities to transform their natural resources into tangible benefits and mutual prosperity.
Barrick is a leading global mining, exploration and development company. With one of the largest portfolios of world-class and life-long gold and copper assets in the industry - including six of the world's Tier One gold mines - Barrick's operations an projects span 18 countries and five continents. Barrick is also the largest gold producer in the United States. We create real, long-term value for all stakeholders through responsible mining, strong partnerships, and a disciplined approach to growth. Barrick shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "B" and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "ABX".
The North Mara gold mine is located in north-west Tanzania in the Tarime district of the Mara region. It is around 100 kilometres east of Lake Victoria and 20 kilometres south of the Kenyan border.
North Mara started commercial production in 2002. The mine is a combined open pit and underground operation from two deposits, Gokona (underground) and Nyabirama (open pit). The process plant has the capacity to process an average of 8,000 tonnes of ore per day.
