Specialist, Contract Performance

Specialist, Contract Performance

·         Newly created division to drive a step change in how Rio Tinto manages contractor safety and engagement

·         Partner with our suppliers and operations across our iron ore business to ensure our contractor workforce is working seamlessly on our sites and going home healthy every day

·         Perth based permanent position working Monday to Friday with ad-hoc site travel

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Contractors make up 50% of our workforce. The newly expanded Contractor Management division has been designed to improve how our operations work with this critical element of our labour team, ensuring they are ready to work on site and go home safely at the end of every shift.

Rio Tinto’s Contract Implementation and Assurance Perth based team is looking to recruit a Specialist, Contract Performance.   This position will be responsible for delivering change management for contract implementation and tracking and actioning performance in contracted spend. 

Reporting to the Superintendent, other key responsibilities will be to:

·         Audit contracts to ensure scopes are adequately reflected in contracts

·         Support ‘walk the contract’ activities

·         Support contractor management partners and procurement leads in implementation of new contracts and sourcing strategies

·         Validate spend being made with preferred suppliers and aligned with sourcing strategies

·         Investigate and provide recommendations in areas where contracted spend is not aligned with sourcing strategies

·         Verify invoices are accurate and leakage is minimised using multiple systems

·         Partner with operational contract owners and make intervention to improve invoice accuracy

·         Identify areas of opportunity where contracts are unclear or ambiguous in terms and drive improvement with procurement leads

·         Support contractor management partners with broader insights and provide key recommendations for future high value work pipeline

·         Provide procurement lead insights and recommendations where supplier billing behaviour is not aligned to contract

About you To be considered suitable, you will be able to able to understand the process of contracts and purchase to pay process, quickly comprehend complex issues, evaluate options, and be able to identify the best path forward.  You will have exceptional communication skills and professional presentation, including demonstrated ability to engage with stakeholders.

You will have at least 3 to 5 years demonstrated contract management experience, procurement/commercial experience and ideally an understanding of contractor management and contractor engagement systems. 

This permanent Monday to Friday Perth based position will suit someone who is willing to embrace the opportunity of regular, ad hoc travel to our sites in the Pilbara. 

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto’s Perth office is located in the Central Park building in the Perth CBD. 

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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 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 and 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)

Every Voice Matters

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.

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.

Applications close on 10 February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).