Specialist, Procurement – Fixed Equipment

 Specialist Procurement - Fixed Equipment

• Influence Leadership level initiatives and deliver wide reaching impactful initiatives
• 12 month fixed term opportunities
• Flexible work environment and CBD location - Perth

About the roles

We have an excellent opportunity for a highly self-motivated Specialist to join our Procurement, Fixed Equipment team in Perth. This role is a 12-month fixed term contract with potential for permanency.

We are looking for a commercially astute individual who possesses strong analytical and contract administration skills. The role is pivotal in supporting the development, implementation, and management of category strategies. With that, a genuine desire to succeed, deliver results and become a valued team member and contributor are key attributes required. This is a great opportunity join a successful global team managing spend in excess of $1b per annum.

Reporting to the Principal – Procurement, Fixed Equipment you will:

• Contribute to fact base development based on external/internal dynamics that will be the basis of the category strategy and sourcing programs.
• Support Senior Specialists with sourcing activities including Request for Proposals, clarifications, evaluations, data analytics, commercial model development, rise and fall assessments, risk reviews, negotiation plans and contract drafting.
• Support contract management activities including price adjustments, contract variations, Supplier Relationship Management meetings, KPI adherence, document management, etc.
• Undertake regular reporting on cost savings, spend forecasts, supplier spend, business unit spend, bespoke analysis and other performance indicators as requested.
• Collaborate with Market Analysis team to interpret external market dynamics for multiple categories, for example, supplier capability assessments, global supply footprint, supply chains, cost drivers, commodity analysis/tracking, F/X, price points, industry trends, etc
• Be effective at stakeholder engagement to ensure business needs and requirements are fully understood.

About you

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Contract drafting experience (for high value/complex contracts).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; pivot tables, V-look up, cost model building, formulas etc.
• Intermediate/Advanced PowerPoint skills to enable clear and impactful presentation of the data to support effective decision making
• Ability to communicate professionally and succinctly (verbally and written)
• Experience in SAP and Ariba
• Effective time management skills, the ability to balance multiple and competing priorities.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Procurement provides supply chain services that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through the strategic sourcing and buying of goods and services for all operations and businesses. Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through uniformed processes, e-technology, increased corporate social responsibility and measurable savings for the Group.

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 culture to support flexible working options
• 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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 for this role will close on September 19th 2022 however we do reserve the right to close the role earlier. Applicants must be located in Western Australia or be prepared to relocated to Western Australia for these opportunities.