About us

K92 Mining Limited are the owners the high-grade Kainantu Gold Mine in Eastern Highlands Province. Since commencing operations in 2016, we have delivered consistent production growth. More importantly, we have contributed significantly to the economy of Papua New Guinea, more than 90% of our employees and contractors are from PNG and our local education and skills development initiatives which include scholarships, traineeships and adult literacy programs continue to bring significant benefit the communities in which we operate. 

We are now transforming the operation with a new 1.2 mtpa process plant as well as extensive construction and expansion across site that will see us triple the output from our mine by 2027. In addition to our ongoing production success, we have an extensive exploration programme across our highly prospective tenement, making K92 a great place to build a long-term career.

About the role

Joining our supply team, you will manage supplier performance and provide the timely expediting of purchasing and procurement of goods ensuring delivered on time according to specified quantity, quality and cost requirements and within the supply policy guidelines

Key Accountabilities

Key accountabilities of this position include.

• Expediting on the purchases and ensure that the quality of goods and materials purchased is to K92 Mining standards and specifications.
• Ensure purchasing at the optimal price in relation to quality, quantity and delivery method.
• Issue recommendation for Purchase Requisition that follow K92 Mining policies and standards have been met.
• Ensure appropriate documentation is completed and filed for all transactions.
• Manage the supplier base ensuring high level supplier performance and cost management through regular contact with suppliers.
• Review performance of key suppliers across KPIs including lead time compliance, delivery completeness & number of discrepancies
• Investigate discrepancies and identify opportunities in the procure to pay process.
• Investigate invoice discrepancies to ensure suppliers are paid in a timely manner.
• Investigate PO and goods receipt discrepancies to ensure that goods are available on site to meet requirements
• Recommend P2P process improvements in conjunction with systems enhancements
• Ensure the timely completion of all expediting purchase requests.
• Regular communication with internal customers to understand expectations and required timeframes when issuing purchase orders.
• Follow up with suppliers to understand delays in quoting and seek alternative quotes as required
• Ensure purchase requests are converted to purchase orders and issued to suppliers in a timely manner.
• Manage out of hours purchase needs.
• Monitor the delivery of goods and materials ensuring conformation that deliveries are completed to the K92 Mining schedules and plans.
• Communicate with suppliers to ensure that specified delivery timeframes are met.
• Seek alternative suppliers, or substitute products where emergency requirements or supplier failure may lead to goods not being available on site on the date required
• Ensure Safety, Health and Environmental legislation is recognised in all purchasing activities.

About You

To be considered for this role, it is essential that you have all or the following

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in industry with relevant experience in transactional expediting purchasing
• Understanding of ERP systems (Pronto) to support purchasing and expediting processes.
• Negotiation skills and understanding of negotiation techniques.
• Commercial analysis and evaluation.
• Problem solving and decision-making capability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience communicating with vendors in PNG and Internationally to expediting according to T&C’s for supply to K92
• Ability to communicate clearly with people at all levels of the organisation and engage all relevant stakeholders.

Life at K92 

K92 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, our commitment is to respect the rights of every individual to work to their highest potential, free from discrimination.  Our values of Collaboration, Accountability, Respect for others, Excellence and Safety are at the core of everything we do, and they are the foundation upon which our success has been built.

Our camp is well managed and provides residents with good, healthy meals made from locally sourced fresh produce as well as internet, cable tv and a gymnasium.

At K92, we want all employees to share in our success, so as well as a competitive salary, employees also participate in our long- and short-term incentive plans, we also provide employees with access to savings incentive programs, medical assistance and the option to salary sacrifice for certain expenses.

In addition to all of this, employees can also access our Wellbeing and employee assistance programs whilst working a friendly roster. 

THIS POSITION IS OPEN ONLY TO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE & WORK IN PNG WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP