Principal Advisor, Global Procurement - Technology

Principal Advisor – Global Procurement - Technology

• Key role to lead the Technology Infrastructure Products and Services Portfolio
• Join our Global Procurement team
• Role based in Brisbane CBD

About your role

This is a key leadership role in the Global Procurement Technology team. As a Principal Advisor Global Procurement Technology, you will be responsible for partnering with Rio Tinto’s Information Services and Technology (IS&T) team, product groups and business areas to plan, develop and successfully execute global Technology category management strategies for Infrastructure Products and Services (Infrastructure). 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and strategic procurement professional with a strong background in Global Technology Category Management for Infrastructure including cloud, network, telecommunications, asset management and storage solutions. You are a natural leader with experience leading a global team. You have a passion for end-to-end category management; commercial excellence; process improvement and supplier partnering as enablers to IS&T’s priorities, transformation and digital strategy success.

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Global Technology Procurement you will:

• Develop, implement, monitor and refresh sustainable category strategies for Technology Infrastructure.
• Take responsibility for the end-to-end procurement activity for the Technology Infrastructure category.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to build strong relationships and establish alignment on category opportunities, risks and priorities using various tools including data analysis and insights.
• Drive growth in the category through effective partnerships and strategic supplier relationship management
• Provide leadership and direction to a global team involved in implementing the category strategies.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have extensive experience in Technology category management for Infrastructure as well as a proven record of leading to drive successful commercial outcomes. Your ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal & external stakeholders to drive a culture of collaboration, participation and improvement is essential. You will have experience working in a large, complex global organisation.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.

Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

You are part of a Global Procurement team

Rio Tinto Procurement (RTP) provides supply chain services that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through end-to-end Category Management (strategy, strategic sourcing, and buying of goods and services and strategic customer, supplier and market management). Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through uniformed processes, e-technology, increased corporate social responsibility and measurable saving for the Group.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work; knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Applications close on Friday 28 October 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.