Procurement Category Specialist | Fixed Equipment

Procurement Category Specialist | Fixed Equipment

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Interact with senior leaders, and assist in managing key relationships
• Perth based fulltime opportunity

About the roleFinding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

The Global Fixed Equipment (FE) Capital Optimisation team are currently recruiting for a permanent Category Specialist based in the Perth CBD. 

This role is a significant opportunity for an individual with relevant commercial and global market intelligence experience, to become a part of a successful global team that manages spend in excess of $1B per annum. This role forms part of a high preforming team that are embedded on Major Projects across the globe to provide strategic commercial support to drive global leverage across spend, contractual & equipment standardising, supplier development and total asset lifecycle cost. This demanding role will require a commercially astute individual who appreciates the application of total cost of ownership and possesses strong interpersonal and communication skills. The application must have a a genuine desire to succeed, deliver results and become a key FE team member and contributor.

Reporting to the Capital Procurement Manager Fixed Equipment, the key accountabilities for the role includes the following:

• Collating and analysing detailed global market trends and supplier intelligence.
• Delivering rigorous ‘fact base’ analysis that considers external & internal dynamics which will form the basis of category strategies and sourcing programs (together with the support of our category analysts).
• Building and maintaining robust and productive global relationships with key internal stakeholders including D&T Contracts & Procurement and Execution teams, as well as senior management across all global product groups.
• Working with D&T to ensuring that category strategies and all value levers are maximised and aligned to RT priorities.
• Leading and supporting advanced supplier negotiations by leveraging Rio Tinto’s global demand to secure robust value for the business including CAPEX reductions, lifecycle and win-win focused contract arrangements, schedule guarantees and cost & long lead time reductions due to economies of scale. 

What you’ll bring

To be successful in this role you will

• Extremely strong communication skills (written and verbal); be professional, succinct and clear.
• Highly effective interpersonal skills and the ability to influence leadership and potential conflict in a constructive and effective manner.
• Proven track record of achieving outcomes through negotiation, influencing and collaboration.
• Strong track record of building robust and productive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong commercial acumen and significant negotiation experience.
• An appreciation of end-to-end category management frameworks.
• Factual, data-driven decision making skills.
• Proactive skills to challenge the status-quo and possess strong commercial intuition.
• Strong project management, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Effective time management skills; the ability to balance multiple and competing priorities.
• A positive disposition that reflects a strong drive and ambition to succeed.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave
• 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); and
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll 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.

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.

Applications close on 17 July 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)