This is a great opportunity to leverage from your extensive operational experience in project and operational support service delivery, to lead an experienced and highly skilled team in delivery of improvement initiatives that improve safety and maximize value for the business, whilst ensuring critical non-process infrastructure is maintained and operated efficiently and effectively to support Didipio operations.

• Provide leadership and guidance to a specialist team of professionals engaged with non-process infrastructure projects and operational support service delivery functions including:
  • Delivery of site-based infrastructure and civil projects.
  • Delivery of community infrastructure projects
  • Execution of tailings facility lifts
  • Camp management including catering and camp maintenance service contractors,
  • Travel and Logistics for rostered staff and visitors.
  • Maintenance of buildings, infrastructure and grounds within the Didipio footprint
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the Business Services team, including achieving performance outcomes, workflow management, reviewing and overseeing tasks, staff administration and professional development, consistent with technical principles and in an environment that is focused on integration, performance, and continuous improvement.
• Actively work with the management team and contribute to overall organizational development and implementation of strategies, priorities and schedules.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting to the General Manager - Operations Philippines and other internal and external parties.

OceanaGold are seeking a suitably qualified, experienced, and reliable Senior Business Partner – Contracts to manage and oversee tender and contract management, ensure that all commercial contracts/tender processes, terms, and conditions are well prepared/negotiated, followed, implemented, coordinated with internal/external customers, and completed. Responsible for implementing strategic sourcing in the procurement of goods and services to be under contract and warrant that goods and services of high value/risk are covered under contracts. The role will be reporting to the Superintendent – Procurement.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• Maintains and updates contracts registry for the company and physical and digital records in coordination with the Legal Department
• Responsible for the preparation, revision, review, update, and completion of contracts for goods and services including preparation of contract plans and strategies
• Negotiate contract terms with external and internal customers and get the best value
• Ensure understanding and compliance by the internal customers/contract owners of the contract terms
• Collaborate with contract owners for the proper implementation of contract terms
• Attend contract meetings including performance evaluation meetings for suppliers/service provider as maybe required and ensure to report matters discussed in the meeting
• Implement contract management in accordance with applicable company standards/policies
• Identify goods and services for tender in coordination with relevant internal customers
• Prepare a tender plan including strategies to maximize the value of the tender process
• Timely completion of tenders
• Implement the procurement of goods and services guidelines as may be amended from time to time
• Ensure that high-risk/expenditure goods and services are under contract