Principal Business Improvement

Fortescue has an exciting future ahead. As well as producing over 180 million tonnes of iron ore per year, we’re diversifying our business to become an integrated global green energy and resources company.

Business Improvement Principal / Commercial Analyst

Work Location: Perth with Required Site Travel to Chichester Hub Operations.

Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, we have an opportunity for an experienced Business Improvement Professional / Commercial Analyst to drive business improvement across the Chichester Hub operations, delivering ambitious cost savings and volume targets.  This includes supporting, coaching, building excitement and driving discipline for improvement efforts across the Site. It will also include interpreting trends and preparing commercial analysis to identify and support business improvement opportunities and initiative prioritisation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assisting in the identification of opportunities to reduce expenditure, increase production, improve safety and culture
• Driving delivery of ambitious improvement targets across all areas of operations
• Creating and maintaining excitement and energy around improvement efforts, including recognition
• Establishing routines and metrics and to drive improvement discipline and delivery
• Interpreting costs and production drivers to inform strategic thinking and the prioritisation of initiatives
• Generation of Business Case and Project Charters, including ad hoc commercial analysis & KPI/Trend analysis
• Effectively present findings and updates to Management in a clear and concise manner

Qualifications and Experience:

• A tertiary qualification in Commerce, Engineering or Mining related discipline
• Experience leading and facilitating business improvement practices within the Mining industry
• Knowledge of change management methodologies
• Strong analytical skillset – Excel, Power BI, Tableau
• Strong communication / interpersonal / facilitation skills
• Ability to work cohesively with and influence others, across a diverse stakeholder group
• 3+ years of operational experience in a similar role within the Mining or Manufacturing industry

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified

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