Senior Specialist Logistics

Senior Specialist Logistics

Why Explore

• Focus on APAC business region
• Significant and meaningful role in contributing to our commercial delivery and success
• Real meaningful and impactful work in a mining giant
• Based in Perth, WA

About the role

We are recruiting for a Senior Specialist – Logistics to monitor Rio Tinto APAC business & environment for requirements within warehousing, off-site receipting and logistics markets, interpret possible impact of requirement change and develop/propose counteracting contracting responses to mitigate impacts to ongoing transport, warehousing and off-site receipting activities.

Reporting to the Manager Logistics Strategy & Sourcing, you will be entrusted with the following:

• Contract logistics services, manage commercial and operational relationships with service providers handling/transporting Rio Tinto products to assure continuity of business operations and associated risks are identified and mitigated
• Contribute to the development of the APAC contracting prioritisation inline with Logistics functional strategy
• Ensures execution of improvement initiatives to reach and exceed business plans
• Monitors internal business environment, logistics and warehousing markets, interprets possible impact of change on the business and develop/propose response strategies.
• Champions Commercial Logistics HSEC, Standards and commercial contracting management activities across the region and engages proactively with peers in other regions for Global Alignment where necessary
• Prepare supporting strategy business cases to obtain internal stakeholder approval to confirm alignment and support for the prioritisation and  execution of logistics contracts

What you will need for the role

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, Business or related field
• Technical and analytical exposure related to logistics and supply chain activities at a Regional level of accountability
• Demonstrated ability to perform high level analytical complexity and distil insight to senior stakeholders
• Leading, developing and engaging a team of diverse and global professionals across multiple regions
• Collaborating and influencing large groups of cross-functional stakeholders

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment 
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
• Career development and education assistance to further your ambitions 
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs  
• Excellent retirement plan 
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays) 
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter 
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program 

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Commercial puts the company’s value over volume approach into practice, with the goal of maximizing the value of our physical flows to improve both our business and that of our customers.  Headquartered in Singapore, and integrated with Rio Tinto’s assets, hubs, and offices globally, our Commercial group works hand-in-hand with our product groups to ensure both the amount and types of products we produce meet our customer’s needs, and manage the trade-off between volumes, quality, cost and capital expenditure. 

Creating an inclusive and diverse workforce

We are a diverse team of talented, enthusiastic individuals who foster a culture of inclusion. No matter how they may differ, our people share one thing in common. It’s a belief that work is more rewarding when we are accepted and valued for our differences, not judged by them. We all have something to contribute, and it’s this contribution that makes for a great organization and fulfilling career.

Application Deadline: 16^th March 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

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

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