Senior Manager, Procurement Experience & Capability

Senior Manager, Procurement Experience & Capability

• Opportunity to work with the business to make a significant positive impact
• Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives and build knowledge and connections
• Flexible work environment, permanent opportunity
• Role can be based in Perth or Brisbane

About the role

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

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Procurement Experience & Capability to join our Strategy & Governance team to drive process improvement and to elevate capability within the Rio Tinto Procurement function. This role requires a transformational mindset to review, refine and practically apply current processes, policies, procedures and standards to support the business objectives and growth agenda of the Rio Tinto Procurement function.

This role is a great opportunity for a passionate leader who can bring people together to effectively implement, lead and govern best practices and efficiencies within Procurement.

Reporting to the General Manager, Strategy & Governance you will:

• Take ownership and manage continuous improvement of policies, processes, tools, techniques, master data governance and operating methodology aligned to business goals and growth objectives
• Manage multiple streams of work across the Procurement function
• Apply an agile and transformational mindset that adapts and adjusts to meet the demands and requirements of an evolving business
• Shape and evolve improvement architecture as the Strategy to Pay Global Process Owner, gathering external thought leadership

• Respectfully challenge the status quo to drive innovation and deep thought in the Procurement Experience and Capability knowledge area

• Implement standardised methodologies across the Procurement function ensuring that current and new employees are abreast of policies, processes and procedures and are consistently applying them
• Partner with the Procurement community to define and implement the training and capability framework and curriculum, ensuring measurement and benchmarking to drive effectiveness and functional performance
• Support and partner with Purchase to Pay teams and other internal stakeholders to implement continuous improvement initiatives based on the needs of the Procurement function
• Lead and continuously develop a high performing team, including six-eight direct reports

About you

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

• Strong commercial awareness, structured presentation and interpersonal skills as well as drive, determination and belief
• Sound understanding and deep experience in working end to end business process design and improvement
• Extensive knowledge and experience in improvement approaches such as end user experience, Agile, Lean, Continuous Improvement or Six Sigma
• Demonstrable experience in project, stakeholder and change management methodologies to successfully deliver sustainable improvement outcomes
• Experience in facilitating workshops to engage teams to understand business objectives and apply changes to current ways of working as required
• Strong partnership mindset and experience in engaging with and coaching key stakeholders up to senior leader level in the delivery of improvement projects and continuous improvement
• A natural leader with a high level of initiative, integrity, motivation and drive to succeed
• Demonstrated ability to live Rio Tinto’s values that relate to everyday respect for our teams and stakeholders

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Background in Procurement, specifically in Strategy to Pay (S2P)

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
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees & immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan

Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options

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 will 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, sustainable supply chain solutions.

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 9 September 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.