Vice President, Strategy & Planning - External Affairs
BHP
About BHP
At BHP, we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. Our purpose is to bring people and resources together to build a better world. With a global portfolio of operations and future facing commodities, we offer a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to create a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and vision, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
We invest in people and capability to deliver high performance and our aspiration for a gender-balanced, inclusive, and diverse workforce. We drive continuous improvement through respect for people’s differences, self-accountability, a hunger to learn and a commercial mindset. We know we are successful when we have stable and predictable operations with 70,000+ problem solvers across BHP improving the work they do and making better decisions every day. Come be a part of this success through this leadership role!
About the Role - Job Description
The External Affairs Strategy & Planning team works to establish, embed and continuously improve the long-term integrated strategy of the External Affairs function, as well as associated programs of work. Members of our team have a unique and unparalleled opportunity to work globally across all External Affairs sub-functions (Legal, Global Corporate Affairs, Group Governance, Compliance, Ethics & Investigations, Corporate Communications and Sustainability & Climate Change).
Reporting to the Chief Legal, Governance & External Affairs Officer, the Vice President Strategy & Planning will drive function-wide strategy and innovation, as well as undertaking global programs that enhance the culture, capability, effectiveness and efficiency of External Affairs. A key member of the External Affairs Leadership Team, they will lead a geographically dispersed team with diverse functional experience, skillsets and journeys.
This is a global search; with the role to be based in Melbourne, Australia.
About You - Skills and Qualifications
To be successful in this role you will have significant experience within or adjacent to the External Affairs space, preferably in a large multi-national corporate environment. . You will be a self-starter with strong communication skills and a track record of providing quality information and advice to senior stakeholders. You will have an ability to convey business information in a comprehensive and succinct fashion in a dynamic environment.
A commercially orientated professional with significant experience across global markets, will be complemented by excellent people skills, engagement and communication, high energy levels, and an action oriented attitude tempered by simplicity. An overriding commitment to health, safety, environment and sustainable development is key to strategic alignment and success at BHP.
We value diversity in thinking and your career to date will testify to your ability to demonstrate strong critical reasoning skills, quickly grasp technical concepts and apply theories. You will be able to demonstrate strong business acumen, have an understanding of the key drivers of shareholder value. Energetic and driven, you work well under pressure bringing attention to detail and an ability to meet multiple and competing deadlines. You are able to establish credibility through your strong fiscal analysis, and excellent communication skills. You relate well with people with an engaging style allowing you to communicate confidently and build strong working relationships.
Requirements
Minimum requirements that this candidate will bring are:
- Tertiary qualification (Bachelor’s degree) in Business or Science related field is required; advanced degree preferred
- Extensive experience working in a large multi-national organisation or management consulting firm across cultures and regions of the world
- Experience in planning and managing programs and projects, with a mastery in engaging and influencing at the most senior levels of the business and with external stakeholder to drive and lead change; proven track record of providing quality information and advice to senior management
- Demonstrated experience in developing strategies and driving organisational innovation and embedding new ways of working. Experience in Lean / continuous improvement coaching will be beneficial
- An aptitude for analysing and synthesising complex information to derive quality insights, and communicating these insights in a compelling manner
- Demonstrated success operating in multidisciplinary global teams.
- Demonstrated confidence in Safety Leadership and holding yourself and others accountable
- A track record of building an inclusive, high-performing culture across multiple locations and disciplines to deliver creative outcomes; including third-party vendors
Accountabilities
Your accountabilities will include, and not be limited to:
- Lead the design and embedment of an integrated External Affairs strategy; and manage function-wide performance reporting to articulate and quantify the value proposition of External Affairs
- Work with EA Asset based leadership to understand sub-function priorities and delivers an integrated assessment for input into the EA Wide Strategy & 5 Year Plan
- Undertake research to identify best practice and innovation trends for External Affairs globally and lead the the implementation of innovative best practices across External Affairs
- Lead the embedment of new ways of working (e.g. BOS/ Agile) across External Affairs, including the provision of tools, coaching and capability uplift to align with future trends and strategic goals, with an acute focus on continuous improvement
- Undertake the design and delivery of function-wide programs and initiatives that deliver improvements to the culture, capability, effectiveness and efficiency of External Affairs (including the effective change management of these); driving integration across the sub-functions globally to fully realise the synergies and value proposition of External Affairs
- Set and drive governance and control frameworks to ensure the integrity of the EA mandate processes and systems and support in the Three Lines Model as part of the Risk Framework.
- Maintain a strong financial discipline across External Affairs, through robust analysis, monitoring and capability uplift, including EA’s interface with technology, overseeing all technology requests for change across EA
- Cultivate a wide network of impact (internal & external stakeholders) integrating functions, operations and regions to solve complex challenges to drive strong functional/asset integration
About our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicant’s suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
BHP also requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people (from the 31st of January 2022 or earlier depending on relevant state health directives). If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this new requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce. For further information please see our website (LINK)
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to provide a work environment where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance based bonuses and unique BHP employee share program.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.
BHP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability.