Senior Procurement Specialist Power Generation & Electrical | Perth

Senior Procurement Specialist, Power Generation and Electrical | Perth

• Make a positive impact towards shaping the Power Generation & Electrical category at Rio Tinto.
• Strong interaction and engagement with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Permanent Full-time role | Perth based

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

The Global Fixed Equipment, Power Generation and Electrical (PG&E) team is excited to announce an opportunity for a Senior Category Specialist to join our team in Perth.

In alignment with Rio Tinto’s commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, this role plays a pivotal part in supporting the procurement of renewable power generation and electrical equipment. This role requires a commercially savvy professional, adept in total cost of ownership principles and equipped with excellent communication skills.

As a part of our high-performing team, you will offer strategic commercial support to enhance global leverage across spend, develop/maintain supplier relationships, and optimize total asset lifecycle cost.

Reporting to the PG&E Manager, Fixed Equipment you will be:

• Contributing to rigorous ‘fact base’ development, based on external/internal dynamics that will inform the basis of the category strategy and sourcing programs.
• Undertaking complex sourcing activities including ownership of detailed supplier and stakeholder negotiations and the subsequent business implementation.
• Developing and maintaining robust and productive relationships with key internal stakeholders and managing cross-functional working groups to ensure that needs and requirements are fully understood.
• Extracting value from new and existing contractual/supplier relationships, acting as a positive change advocate and challenging the status-quo to enable superior business outcomes.
• Undertaking supplier relationship management activities to ensure; contractual requirements are being met, promote innovation, deliver sustainable Total Cost of Ownership & ESG benefits.

What you’ll bring

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate the following:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your peers
• Strong commercial acumen and genuine category management experience.
• Significant tender process, negotiation and contract execution experience (for high value/complex contracts).
• Experience working with EPC/EPCMs
• Highly effective communication skills (written, verbal) and the ability to confidently conduct presentations to senior management.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and manage potential conflict in a constructive and effective manner.
• Strong project management, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Effective time management skills, the ability to balance multiple and competing priorities.
• Flexibility to work outside of traditional working hours - due to the global nature of the position.
• Previous experience in a renewable or electrical category would be advantageous but not essential.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 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

About Rio Tinto

Rio 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 almost 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 and meet opportunities.

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

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.

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.

Applications close on 28 July 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)