Principal Advisor, Global Workplace

Principal Advisor, Global Workplace

• Use your corporate property experience to deliver exceptional business outcomes
• Broad responsibility across a range of locations
• 12 month contract opportunity based in Perth or Brisbane

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Principal Advisor, Global Workplace to partner across a large and dynamic portfolio connecting with key stakeholders to deliver future capability and skills.

This role is a rare opportunity for an experienced, strategic thinking Property and Workplace expert who is motivated by transformation & change. Reporting to the Senior Manager for Global Workplace & Facilities Management you will:

• Oversee the end-to-end management of a diverse property portfolio and maximising the safety and overall performance of the assets and contractors.
• Have a deep knowledge and experience of all aspects of the property and real estate industry
• Demonstrated success in delivering workplace projects, transactional work and curating modern workplaces that enable our people to work at their best.
• Accurately interpreting the business needs for assigned areas and play a key role in the delivery of the strategy for the region. execute/manage contracts that are fully aligned with both site objectives and agreed Category Management strategies
• Ensure consistent high performance of our service partners to deliver world class working environments
• Maintain and manage operating budgets and contribute to the Capital planning for the regions
• Regular reporting on operational & capital performance as well as workplace and other relevant metrics
• Prepare and manage the operational plans in line with strategic direction.
• Embed a safety and risk culture through effective change management

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification of a commercial nature preferred i.e. Business/ Property/ Commerce/ Facilities Management
• Experience in leading a large and diverse property portfolio
• Ability to develop and deliver strategies that are aligned to the business objectives and priorities
• Practical experience of procurement practices
• A very thorough understanding of customer and supplier relationship management and Commercial or Strategy Procurement in a large complex organization;
• Demonstrated track record of embedding a safety culture across multiple locations
• Strong written and oral communication skills along with excellent stakeholder management
• A ‘can do’ attitude and a team player

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to safety of yourself and your team.
• Strong experience from a comparable portfolio
• Stakeholder and relationship management expertise, as well as negotiation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence.
• Experience with solution/ opportunity scoping, pricing estimations, as well as complex RFQ development.

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins witha 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.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Procurement provides procurement and supply chain services that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through the global category management and strategic sourcing of goods and services for all operations and businesses. Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through uniformed processes, e-technology, increased corporate social responsibility and measurable savings for the Group.

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.

Applications close on Friday 14 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.