Senior Manager, Contracts & Procurement

Senior Manager Contracts & Procurement

• Great opportunity to work for a global mining company that works to leave a lasting, positive legacy
• Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives and build knowledge and connections
• Permanent Role based in Perth

About the role

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

We are looking for a Senior Manager Contracts & Procurement to lead the contracts and procurement team supporting Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore projects portfolio.The Rio Tinto Projects division operates within Rio Tinto’s Development & Technology group to support the entire life cycle of Rio Tinto’s mines and assets, creating value through exploration, project development and technical excellence. Working in close partnership with all product groups, it focuses on finding safer, smarter and more efficient ways to manage resources and operations.This role is a great opportunity to provide strategic direction by leading the commercial function for a portfolio of projects at various stages and to engage with the stakeholders at General Manager, Managing Director and Executive level. Reporting to the General Manager Project Services APAC, you will be:

• Leading a large and experienced team of procurement and contracts practitioners supporting a portfolio of mine and infrastructure projects across Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore projects portfolio
• Providing strategic advice to project delivery leaders and generate meaningful insights about project execution from a wide range of data sources
• Managing the interface between the project teams and various functions within Rio Tinto including Legal, Finance, Business Analysis, Project Controls, Engineering, Project and Construction Management and Rio Tinto’s central Procurement function.
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with key EPCM, works contractor and supplier stakeholders
• Managing the process for resolving escalated contractor claims and disputes (working with Rio Tinto Legal)
• Ensuring systems, procedures and model documents for a project or project portfolio meet both owner’s team and corporate requirements
• Ensuring best practice and sharing of knowledge by communicating and collaborating with the broader contracts and project services team

What you’ll bringTo succeed in this role, you will have:

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Legal or Business/Commerce together with enriched years of Procurement and Contracts experience attained within a project environment
• Demonstrated previous success in a senior contracts/commercial leadership role on mega projects or a large capital projects portfolio
• Thorough understanding of Procurement and Contracts concepts
• Experience working across all phases of projects, from studies to execution
• Ability to provide strategic direction from inception to implementation
• Experience and an understanding of the Australian contractor market and global supplier market with experience in Western Australian Construction industry preferred

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 competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Domestic re-location if required

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 want you to be you. We want everyone, everywhere, to feel their voice is heard and respected and we’re committed to fostering a culture where individual differences—whatever they may be—are appreciated and valued. It’s what makes us safer, more productive, improves our decision-making, and helps us to create better relationships with our communities. 

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. 

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we support you to drive positive change.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for a role you must complete all pre-screening questions and medicals.

Applications close on Friday 2 December 2022. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.