Procurement Senior Category Specialist - Energy

Senior Procurement Category Specialist – Energy

• Exciting opportunity with our Hydrocarbons & Explosives team

• Key specialist role in our energy category

• Based in Perth

The Global Energy procurement team have an exciting opportunity for a senior category specialist to join the team. In this role, you will be contributing to the development and execution of category and sourcing strategies within the portfolio (Explosives, Future Fuels, Hydrocarbons and Biofuels categories).

This role is based the Perth CBD in the Central Park offices, with flexible working arrangements available. Occasional travel may be necessary to meet stakeholders and suppliers.

Reporting to the Principal Advisor, you will:

• Maintain the highest standard of health and safety performance by implementing a personal safety plan, exhibiting behaviours consistent with zero harm

• Develop and execute category and sourcing strategies in collaboration with key stakeholders

• Develop and maintain supplier relationships at global and regional levels

• Develop and support key stakeholder relationships with various Rio Tinto business units globally

• Ensure supply chains are managed effectively for commercial and HSEC risks

• Support category value creation initiatives and contribute your ideas and energy to innovate and build capability and knowledge within the portfolio

What you’ll bring

• Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience in strategic procurement, end-to-end category management and supplier relationship management

• High level of commercial acumen with a strategic mindset and a proven track record of delivering commercial innovation and value

• Excellent negotiation and communication skills, both written and verbal

• An understanding of business process improvement and change management

• Project management, problem solving and analytical skills

• Tertiary qualifications in business or a related discipline desirable

• Experience in energy procurement for the mining industry desirable

• A deep understanding of energy and related raw material markets desirable

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

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.

Applications close Wednesday 30th April 2025

(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt 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.