Senior Specialist - Decarbonisation

Fortescue has an exciting future ahead. As well as producing over 180 million tonnes of iron ore per year, we’re diversifying our business to become an integrated global green energy and resources company.

Senior Specialist – Decarbonisation

Work Location: Perth. Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

Role overview:

Fortescue takes an industry leading position on reducing emissions by decarbonising our operations and working to deliver low carbon solutions and green energy products to the world. Fortescue’s decarbonisation strategy seeks to achieve the following targets:

• Carbon neutrality across our operations by 2030
• Net zero Scope 3 emissions across our value chain by 2040

As the Decarbonisation Senior Specialist, you are passionate, curious, enthusiastic, and willing to step-up to the challenge of being part of an innovative and achievement-driven organisation.

The Senior Specialist is a key contributor in cross-functional expertise, direction to meet business needs, sets the Company’s Procurement Decarbonisation strategy, and accustomed to adapting to ambiguity and uncertainty.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the development and implementation of the long-term strategy for Procurement Decarbonization and coordinate execution across all Company’s categories of products and services.
• Represent the Procurement function in strategic internal and external meetings, provide advice to executives and key stakeholders on all aspects of the Procurement Decarbonization scope, encourage innovative practices and support delivery of business and policy guidelines.
• Develop solid relationships with senior leadership from critical suppliers and influence internal stakeholders to maximize business and decarbonisation outcomes
• Identify and manage commercial, contractual, operational, financial, reputational, ESG and supply chain risks to minimise negative impacts on category objectives while encouraging opportunity and innovation
• Lead negotiations on high impact, complex supply arrangements and contract issues to deliver  towards Fortescue’s decarbonisation targets
• Contribute and provide external benchmark perspectives against Procurement decarbonisation activities

Qualifications and Experience:

• At least 10 years' experience in Procurement and Contract Management roles within Mining or similar industries with solid exposure and a qualification in Supply Chain, Business or Commerce is desirable
• to decarbonisation and project management, problem solving and customer/supplier relationship management skills
• Ability to think strategically and support multi-functional change management processes and a strong mix commercial acumen with proven category, problem solving and a can-do attitude
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively verbally, and in written form (powerpoint) with both internal and external stakeholders
• Prioritise activities across concurrent initiatives, monitor progress to milestones and deliverables and seek support as required to ensure strategic opportunities are maximised
• Flexibility and creativity - ability to adopt new methods to deliver outcomes and challenge existing paradigm

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified