Principal Advisor: Indigenous, Local & Sustainable Procurement, Western Australia

Principal Advisor: Indigenous, Local & Sustainable Procurement, Western Australia

• Engage with the business to influence change and increase local, Indigenous and sustainable procurement spend across Rio Tinto Australia
• Provide a transformational leadership style that inspires and motivates stakeholders to innovate and create change
• Permanent role based in Perth with occasional travel to sites in WA

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Advisor: Indigenous, Local & Sustainable Procurement, to drive the vision and change in Indigenous, local and sustainable procurement supporting Western Australia.

This role is a great opportunity for a person with a strong commercial acumen, sound strategic thinking capability and exceptional stakeholder engagement skills to drive change across procurement and the business.

Reporting to the Local & Sustainable Procurement Manager you will:

• Create a framework to ensure consistent approach to Indigenous, local and sustainable procurement spend across Rio Tinto Australia
• Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to establish the commercial and projects execution strategies
• Manage a pipeline of opportunities to create visibility and transparency with internal and external stakeholders, and ultimately increase the prominence of all levers of value in our souring decisions.
• Drive programs to support the economic development of Indigenous, local and sustainable businesses

About you

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

• Strong influencing, stakeholder engagement and change management capability
• Proven ability to build a network and lead a team of passionate professionals
• Degree qualified with strong commercial acumen
• Procurement background with a passion for sustainable, environmental and social improvement across our supply chain
• Preference will be given to candidates possessing a sound understanding of the local and Indigenous supplier footprint and related local and global best practice

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Global Procurement ensures resilient supply chains that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through the strategic sourcing and buying of goods and services for our operations. Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through effective supplier partnerships, innovation, easy and standardised processes, e-technology, corporate social responsibility and increased commercial advantage.

What we offer

With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting. We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution.

Be recognised 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
• 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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. 

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 Friday 24 November 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.