Procurement Specialist Rail

Procurement Specialist - Rail

• RTIO Rail Division runs the most utilised heavy haul railway in the world. A significant capital investment is required for Rail to make its contribution to Rio Tinto’s 2030 and 2050 emission reduction targets. A transition to a decarbonised network will commence with a battery electric locomotive trial and this role will play a key role in delivering a commercial strategy to support the proof of concept and broader strategic objections.
• Fixed term 12 month contract | Perth based Monday to Friday
• Ad-hoc site travel

About the role

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

We are currently looking for a Specialist – Rail to join our Procurement team and work closely with our internal and external stakeholders across our Rail category to deliver a new fleet strategy that supports Rio Tinto’s decarbonisation strategy. The commercial strategy will support investment decisions across existing and emerging technology options that will result in the elimination of 230 million litres of diesel from our operations every year.

This role is a great opportunity for someone with an innovative mindset and strong stakeholder management skills to add meaningful value to our business and our broader ESG goals.

You will join a team of procurement professionals that drive strong engagement between their specific sites, Procurement lead teams and Procurement strategy owners. The role involves engaging site leadership regularly, facilitating key supplier relationship activities & delivering site specific rail procurement initiatives.

Reporting to RTP’s Supply Chain & Services Strategy Lead, you will:

• Work collaboratively with the business and with stakeholders to identify opportunities and to develop and implement a new fleet strategy for our Rail division;
• Establish strong supplier relationships that are aligned with the business goals and deliver on its priorities
• Manage and influence supplier performance and work with both suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to deliver value to the business
• Support the Asset and category teams to deliver maximum value to the Asset
• Manage key suppliers’ performance and reinforce KPI’s as necessary
• Identify and monitor procurement initiatives and support the mitigation of any impact to the relevant rail strategies
• Solve for site specific requirements while balancing the contribution to broader strategies and leverage opportunities; and
• Drive stakeholder compliance in the procurement process
• Travel to Rio Tinto Iron Ore sites as required to engage with internal stakeholders and suppliers

What you’ll bring

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

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree/post graduate qualification in Commerce, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain or equivalent
• Demonstrated procurement/sourcing/contract management experience
• Partnering mindset and a passion to engage multiple stakeholders, internally and externally
• Excellent communication skills to influence, engage and build strong rapport with key stakeholders
• Effective time management skills, the ability to balance multiple and competing priorities
• Creative problem solving skills with strong strategic outlook and analytical capabilities; and,
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to influence and collaborate cross functionally

What we offer

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
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 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)
• Relocation packages where suitable

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. 

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

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 Tuesday 21^st September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)