{"id":3767481,"url":"https://alion.io/job/barrick-ngm-bulk-contracts-specialist","title":"NGM - Bulk Contracts Specialist","company":{"id":670402,"name":"Barrick","domain":"barrick.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/barrick","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":81,"open_postings":90,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.778,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":45,"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"}},"role":"Legal","role_family":"Legal","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Elko, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":true},{"name":"Outlook","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-04T14:46:04Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-04","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T00:35:39Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"Position Description:\nWould you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!\nOur people division is growing, and we are looking for a Bulk Contract Specialist to join our Supply Chain Management team. The successful candidate will work as part of a team, with indirect supervision, in the tendering, awarding, and management of contracts for commodities, bulk materials, and transportation from a supplier for near-mine or in-mine facilities following established policies, procedures, and standards. Performs acquisition of services and administration of contracts tasks including but not limited to construction, engineering, maintenance, environmental operational, bulk supply and transportation services. Ensures compliance with Contractor Management Standard, Procurement Standard, Bulk SOP, and all relevant regulatory, health, safety, environmental, and commodity-specific requirements. Supports forecasting of commodity requirements and market trends to enable strategic procurement, pricing, and operational planning.\nAt Nevada Gold Mines, our vision is to be the world’s most values gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities.\nResponsibilities:\nIdentify and evaluate suppliers for commodities, bulk materials, services, and transportation based on quality, cost, reliability, sustainability, and operational requirements.\n\nConduct market research and analysis to identify trends, pricing dynamics, supply risks, and supplier capabilities.\n\nCollaborate with operational teams to develop accurate consumption and forecasts for bulk commodities, reagents, and service needs; maintain forecast data in alignment with scope of work, agreements, and operations plans\n\nAnalyze market forecasts, commodity trends, and pricing indices to guide strategic procurement decisions\n\nUse forecast data and market intelligence to support supplier engagement, contract planning, pricing negotiations, and risk mitigation\n\nResponsible for delivering contracts that cover the requirements of the user areas in response to urgent and ongoing operational needs; identify and develop suppliers in the market to support commercial and operational needs\n\nManage tender process, facilitate the selection of service providers, development of RFQs/RFPs, evaluation of proposals, supplier selection, and contract award.\n\nDevelop, negotiate, and manage contracts and agreements, including service, transportation, and bulk commodity agreements. Ensure compliance with procurement standards and legal requirements, support ongoing contract management, and develop evaluation of proposals.\n\nReview contractor prequalification forms, safety performance records, certifications, regulatory compliance, insurance coverage, and Safe Work Plans (SWP) to ensure compliance with safety, environmental and operational standards.\n\nSupport Technical Representatives in reviewing contractor risk assessments (FRA/FLRA) and emergency response plans prior to contract award.\n\nPrepare letters, memoranda, documents, or reports that support contractual actions, recommendations, and compliance oversight.\n\nEnsure all agreements comply with regulatory, safety, environmental, forecasting and contractual standards\n\nDevelop and maintain contracts register for end-user group and maintain currency\n\nPrepare reports and presentations to communicate sourcing activities, supplier performance, costs, risks, and supply chain metrics to management and stakeholders.\n\nSupport the continuous improvement and execution of Nevada Gold Mines’ sourcing strategy, policies and guidelines for service categories, bulk supply, and contracts; participate in the development of value-added service for SCM customers, cost savings, and other performance metrics\n\nEnsure timely and professional service to user departments in the preparation and evaluations of bids, negotiation with suppliers, and recommendation to management for approvals, preparation and negotiation of contract documentation, issuance of award of contracts and regret letters, and management and close out of contracts\n\nPerform analysis of responses to solicitations, including price reasonableness, adequacy of competition, compliance with solicitation, and probability of meeting requirements\n\nServe as a central point of contact on assigned procurements\n\nManage or help manage contractor, supplier, and transportation provider relationships, including performance tracking, KPIs, and compliance with contractual obligations\n\nMonitor and control contractors, supplier, and transportation compliance regarding contractual obligations, reporting of progressive cost and schedule, and adherence to health, safety, and environmental standards.\n\nAcquire services, bulk commodities, and transportation according to the operations requirements, obtaining the best total cost of ownership, term of execution and quality condition\n\nSupport program integration, governance, formats, plan optimization, project controls best practices, and forecasting bulk commodity usage and service requirements. Resolve queries from operations, or others as applicable by providing information on work product and the related policies, referring to others where necessary for interpretation of policy\n\nFollow organizations sourcing and procurement standards, including contractor management, procurement standard and Bulk SOPs, and utilize operating systems approved for contract execution and management\n\nDeliver project workstreams, carrying out specified project activities within defined time and quality parameters and ensuring adherence to the prescribed project management permitting, safety, forecasting and market intelligence methodology\n\nFollow the organization's HS&E policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the wellbeing of oneself and others in the workplace. Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant market trends, technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media\n\nMust be available for after-hours emergency procurement activities\n\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Accounting or related field or equivalent experience required\n\nMinimum 5 years of directly related contracting and procurement experience, including bulk supply, agreement negotiations, or equivalent combination of training and experience required\n\nExperience in the development of RFQ’s, RFP’s, and bid evaluations preferred\n\nExperience in negotiations related to contractual conflict resolution preferred\n\nExperience managing bulk commodity agreements, service agreements, transportation agreements, and associated forecasting preferred\n\nExperience analyzing market forecast and commodity trends to inform strategic sourcing and pricing decisions preferred\n\nExperience managing supplier relationships, monitoring supplier performance metrics (KPIs), and implementing corrective actions to ensure compliance with contractual, quality, and operational standards preferred\n\nProven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams including operations, finance, technical representatives, and EH&S personnel, prepare clear, data-driven presentations and reports for management to support decision-making and align procurement strategy with business objectives preferred\n\nExperience with Ariba sourcing and contract management or similar systems preferred\n\nExperience with SAP (S4/HANA), e-Tank, Xeras, and OneStream is highly desirable preferred\n\nUnderstanding of regulatory, environmental, health, safety, forecasting, and market requirements for bulk and operational requirements preferred\n\nProficient in Microsoft Office Suite of software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook) preferred\n\nWhat We Can Offer You\nA comprehensive compensation package including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plan with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution AND employer match, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, company match share purchase program, and much more!\n\nWork in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.\n\nEndless opportunities to grow and learn with industry colleagues.\n\nAccess to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.\n\nNevada Gold Mines is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.\n\nAbout Nevada Gold Mines\nNevada Gold Mines (NGM) is a joint venture between Barrick (61.5%) and Newmont (38.5%) that combined our significant assets across Nevada in 2019 to create the single largest gold-producing complex in the world. NGM produces approximately 3.5 million ounces of gold a year. The massive mining operation comprises eight mines along with their associated infrastructure and processing facilities and hosts three of Barrick’s Tier One assets: Carlin, Cortez, and Turquoise Ridge. At NGM, our mission is to be the world’s most valued gold and copper mining business by finding, developing, and owning the best assets, with the best people, to deliver sustainable returns for our owners and partners.\nThank you for your application; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9772,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Insurance coverage","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Precious Metals","Mining","Non-ferrous Metals"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-04T20:31:34Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":60,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.602,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":45,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/barrick-ngm-bulk-contracts-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/barrick-ngm-bulk-contracts-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T05:09:22Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11287,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":670402},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=670402"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbarrick-ngm-bulk-contracts-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbarrick-ngm-bulk-contracts-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbarrick-ngm-bulk-contracts-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/barrick-ngm-bulk-contracts-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbarrick-ngm-bulk-contracts-specialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3767481}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"barrick.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3767481},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}