Specialist Procurement Paraburdoo

1 week ago

Perth, Western Australia Rio Tinto Full time

Procurement Specialist | Paraburdoo

  • Act as commercial conduit between the Assets and the Global and Regional Procurement Category teams
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14-month Fixed Term contract or Secondment | Perth based Monday to Friday

  • Regular site travel required (fortnightly, 3 days) | Supporting Paraburdoo Operations

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.


We currently seeking an experienced Procurement Specialists to work closely with our Paraburdoo Operation to determine goods/services requirements, then collaborate with the Global and Regional categories team to ensure alignment of category strategies and business priorities.

The Procurement Specialist will have a business partnering responsibility whereby they will be the first point of contact for the operation and facilitate control point interactions with the wider procurement team.

It is estimated that you will be required to travel to site once a month for a short number of days.

This is a
14-month fixed term contract/secondment covering maternity leave.


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 supply for our Assets.

Reporting to the Procurement Business Partner - West Pilbara, you will:

  • Act as Asset's key Procurement contact
  • Proactively engage operational personnel, educate on procurement processes, and facilitate problem solving
  • Align the Asset priorities with the Procurement Global and Regional category sourcing and product group contractor management strategies
  • Drive commercial mindset and HSEC priorities into the contract and procurement processes
  • Facilitate stakeholder commercial partnership in the procurement process
  • Monitor site's and key suppliers' performance and reinforce KPI's as necessary
  • Identify and implement procurement initiatives and support the mitigation of any impact to the Asset
  • Contribute to the commercial strategies by considering site requirements, local procurement and emerging market opportunities, total cost of ownership, P2P integration and security of medium to long term supply

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
  • 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 problemsolving skills with strong strategic outlook and analytical capabilities; and,
  • Strong commercial acumen coupled with the ability to formulate and present contracts and category strategies
  • Operational experience in mining is a plus

What we offer

  • A work environment where safety and wellbeing is always the number one priority
  • Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
  • 18 weeks of genderneutral 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 familyfriendly 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

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