Specialist Procurement Rail

Specialist Procurement - Rail

• RTIO Rail Division runs the most utilised heavy haul railway in the world.
• Join a high performing, collaborative, and fun team that achieves results and drive to make a difference in the communities we operate in.
• Fixed term 12-month contract | Perth based Monday to Friday
• Ad-hoc site travel

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are currently looking for a Specialist Procurement – Rail to work closely with our internal and external stakeholders across our Rail category, supporting Rolling Stock Maintenance strategy and operations.

Contributing to the achievement of Rio Tinto’s business priorities, duties include supporting management of flagship Rail contracts, support creation of category strategies, execution of end-to-end sourcing processes, and fostering relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

This role is a great opportunity for someone with a partnership mindset and an appetite to add value by collaborating closely with stakeholders to optimise the path forward in terms of achieving Rio Tinto’s rolling stock strategic objectives.

You will join a team of procurement professionals that drive strong engagement between their specific sites, Procurement lead teams and Procurement strategy owners. The role involves engaging site leadership regularly, facilitating key supplier relationship activities & delivering site specific rail procurement initiatives.

Reporting to the Senior Specialist Rail you will:

• Drive ‘safety’ into the contract and procurement processes
• Work collaboratively with the business and with stakeholders to identify opportunities and to develop and implement strategies that support the business
• Establish strong supplier relationships that are aligned with the business goals and deliver on its priorities
• Manage and influence supplier performance and work with both suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to deliver value to the business
• Support the Asset and category teams to deliver maximum value to the Asset
• Manage key suppliers’ performance and reinforce KPI’s as necessary
• Identify and monitor procurement initiatives and support the mitigation of any impact to the relevant rail strategies
• Manage procurement supply chains and support systems including outline agreements
• Solve for site specific requirements while balancing the contribution to broader strategies and leverage opportunities; and
• Drive stakeholder compliance in the procurement process
• Travel to Rio Tinto Iron Ore sites as required to engage with internal stakeholders and suppliers

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree/post graduate qualification in Commerce, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain or equivalent
• Demonstrated procurement/sourcing/contract management experience
• Partnering mindset and a passion to engage multiple stakeholders, internally and externally
• Excellent communication skills to influence, engage and build strong rapport with key stakeholders
• Effective time management skills, the ability to balance multiple and competing priorities
• Creative problem solving skills with strong strategic outlook and analytical capabilities; and,
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to influence and collaborate cross functionally

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
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 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 14 May 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)