Procurement | Specialist Underground

Procurement Professional– Specialist Underground 

• Key role in a diverse, fast paced, global procurement organisation
• Exciting, newly created Category and a chance to make your mark
• Role based in Perth, Australia

About the role 

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

We are looking for applicants to join our Global Procurement Heavy Mining Equipment (HME) Team in a Specialist Underground role to be based in our Perth office. 

The role will be responsible for supporting the Global Category team in the development, implementation, and governance of the Underground HME category strategy. The role will have a heavy reliance on developing and maintaining strong relationships with the Business Units and Suppliers. Further, the role will oversee the supply chain performance and contract management of Rio Tinto’s global and regional contracts for Underground equipment to ensure supply security, contract compliance and continuous improvement.

This role includes some work travel to support our operations globally and participation in regular business calls outside of traditional office hours.

Reporting to the Principal Advisor, HME Global Commercial Strategy, some of the duties you will perform are:

• Maintaining the highest standard of health and safety performance by implementing a personal safety plan, exhibiting positive safety behaviors, leading by example with colleagues and acting in accordance with Rio Tinto Health, Safety and Environmental policies
• Developing and maintaining strong, robust and productive relationships with key internal stakeholders and managing cross-functional working groups to ensure that needs and requirements are fully understood and adopted as part of the category strategies
• Developing strong working relationships with suppliers to leverage suppliers’ strengths in the value chain and realise the full contractual value for both parties
• Understanding of the market which includes market supply/demand analysis, key market drivers, internal forecasts, future trend analysis and changes to technology or underground regulatory environments
• Following the Rio Tinto Procurement category management cycle with specific emphasis on contract implementation and contract management
• Supporting teams conducting supplier relationship management (SRM) activities with preferred suppliers in order to ensure; contractual requirements are being met, promote innovation, deliver sustainable TCO reductions, KPI performance review, maintain alignment with business requirements, leading supplier review meetings etc.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce or a relevant mining related degree, with experience in mining and/or heavy mining equipment and/or technical expertise in the category
• Professional, succinct, strong and clear verbal and written communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and manage potential conflict in a constructive and effective manner with proactive skills to challenge the status-quo and possess strong commercial intuition
• Proven track record of achieving outcomes through high value / complex negotiation, influencing and collaboration through a strong ability to build robust and productive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Strong ability to project and time manage, problem solve, critically analyse and balance multiple and competing priorities.

Where you will be working 

Rio Tinto Procurement provides procurement and supply chain services that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through the global category management and strategic sourcing of goods and services for all operations and businesses. Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through uniformed processes, technology, increased corporate social responsibility and measurable savings for the Group. This role is Perth based. Some travel may be required.

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
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for you and your family
• 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.

This advert closes August 8th however Rio Tinto reservices the right to close the advert sooner.