Job Description

PROJECT PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

The Company

Cornish Metals is an AIM listed Company working towards re-opening the 100% owned and fully permitted South Crofty underground tin mine in Pool, Cornwall.

In March 2025, we raised 57.4 million, anchored by the UK's National Wealth Fund and Vision Blue Resources to advance South Crofty towards tin production once again. Tin is essential for electronics, renewable energy, and modern technology and demand is projected to increase by 30% in the next decade.

We are committed to ethical, responsible and domestic tin production and are proud to have strong local and national support.

Role purpose

Reporting functionally to the Project Procurement Lead and operationally to the South Crofty Procurement Manager, the Project Procurement Specialist will play a key role in delivering efficient, compliant, and value-driven procurement to support the strategic objectives of the South Crofty Project.

You will be responsible for end-to-end transactional project procurement while also contributing to strategic sourcing and category initiatives. This includes ensuring continuity of supply, cost optimisation, and alignment with business needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape procurement processes in a dynamic mining environment and contribute to long-term value creation for the business.

The position is offered on a fixed-term basis until June 2028, with the possibility of extension depending on production needs

Principle responsibilities/role tasks

Specific duties as part of the role include, but are not limited to, the following:

Procurement Delivery

Lead end-to-end procurement for the defined project packages, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and compliant sourcing. Execute both strategic and transactional procurement activities aligned with project schedules, budgets (WBS/CAPEX), quality standards, and regulatory requirements. Conduct comparative analysis and adjudication of supplier proposals, evaluating total cost of ownership, quality, lead time, compliance, and risk. Expedite orders where necessary to ensure timely delivery and resolve supply delays, escalating issues where appropriate. Develop sourcing strategies and structure deals to meet the project requirements. Lead assigned sourcing initiatives from low- mid-complexity, including full tender management and contract negotiation. Influence and align key internal stakeholders to group objectives while building strong supplier relationships. Provide clear communication of procurement performance, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders. Ensure procurement decisions support the overall business strategy and adapt to market. technology, and business change
Supplier Management

Establish and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and internal stakeholders. Conduct supplier risk assessments and implement corrective actions to minimise supply disruption. Ensure all supply agreements are underpinned by formal legal terms and conditions. Manage the full supplier lifecycle (onboarding. due diligence. qualification. risk scoring. performance review. and offboarding). Drive local supplier development and local economic development through procurement initiatives. Monitor supplier compliance with ESG standards. and financial stability
Process Ownership
The Project Procurement Specialist will fully own and deliver all transactional procurement process flows. while contributing to strategic procurement in close collaboration with the Procurement Manager.

Strategic sourcing and category initiatives will be co-developed, whereas transactional activities will be under the Specialist's sole responsibility.

Transactional Procurement Process Flows (Primary responsibility)

Procure-to-Pay (P2P): From requisition and budget check through to PO creation (in partnership with key stakeholders such as Stores and Finance), goods receipt, three-way matching, invoice approval and payment. Plan-to-Procure: Demand forecasting, inventory triggers and purchase requisition planning. Requisition-to-Order: Managing user requisitions to PO generation and supplier communication. Purchase Order Lifecycle Management: Amendments, change orders, cancellations and PO tracking. Budget-to-Approval: Ensuring purchases are within authorised spend limits and routed to the correct authority. Exception-to-Resolution: Managing mismatches, rejections, urgent orders and policy deviations. Expediting: Monitoring and following up on outstanding orders to ensure timely delivery. Contract-to-Performance: From contract award to ongoing monitoring of SLAs, KPl's, delivery compliance, and renewal tracking. Strategic Procurement Process Flows (Collaborative responsibility)*
Source-to-Contract (S2C): Supplier identification, RFQ/RFP management, evaluation, negotiation and selection through to contract creation and approval.o Category Strategy Development: Spend segmentation, market analysis, sourcing strategy design and category plan execution. Innovation Sourcing/Value Engineering: Facilitating supplier-led innovation to deliver value beyond cost savings.
Cornish Metals is an equal opportunities employer and reasonable adjustments will be provided

Working Environment

This is an on-site role based at South Crofty mine. It will involve regular movement around the site, including underground, for meetings, training and project related activities including frequent interaction with Stores, Finance, Operations and suppliers as well as occasional off-site meetings or supplier visits.

Key Relationships

The role will report to the Project Procurement Manager, but there will be frequent interaction with the General Manager, Project Director, stores team, finance team, operational staff and regular contact with external suppliers and contractors.

Skills and experience

The key skills and experience which are expected for this role are:

Essential

Proven experience, ideally 5+ years in sourcing across both materials and service categories. Proven capability of delivering deals from low- to mid-complexity, including full tender process management. Hands-on approach to contract execution, able to manage multiple sourcing projects end-to-end with minimal oversight. Highly organised and results driven, able to lead cross-functional deal teams. Skilled in negotiations with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to structure deals and develop sourcing strategies. Strong knowledge of end-to-end procurement processes and ERP/e-procurement platforms. Experience in understanding contracts and ability to draft contracts based on standard terms with specialist legal support. Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities under tight deadlines and deliver results. Strong numeracy, financial literacy, and market analysis skills. Professional. collaborative. and highly adaptable.
Current driving license. or alternative ability to efficiently undertake the duties of the role and reliably travel to site.

Desirable

Previous experience of working in a company in the extractive, construction or industrial sectors Familiarity with category management principles. CIPS qualification (or working towards). Awareness of ESG compliance requirements. Experience in using market-leading sourcing tools and systems. Be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel. Outlook, Powerpoint) etc.

Hours of work and work location

Fixed Term, full time 37.5 hours a week. Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 4:00pm. Some event participation may be required outside of these hours. Part time will be considered. minimum of 30 hours.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 30 months

Pay: 45,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person