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Principal Partnership | Procurement | Australia / Chile / Canada Date: 30 Jul 2025 Job Posting End Date: 13-Aug-2025;15:59:59 GMTJob Country: Australia Job State/Province: Job Location/Region: About BHPAt BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential.
With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities.
Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role As part of the new Partnership and Strategy team, you will play a key role in implementing a new way of engaging our most critical relationships whilst better connecting and collaborating with our partners to strengthen and deliver tangible results.
In this role, you will support the delivery of strategic business objectives by leveraging technology, emerging markets and optimising costs.
This role will be a key pillar within the Partnerships and Strategy team, focused on delivering strategic and meaningful partnerships as part of the Global Procurement team mandate.
You'll partner closely with category teams, strategy teams, emerging markets and decarbonisation teams to support in influencing our major global relationships and report directly to the Manager of Partnerships.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced commercial professional looking to expand their business impact and join a diverse and high performing team.
Key Responsibilities: Development of strategic partnerships in accordance with the partnership framework across key material categories Delivery of SRM outcomes to support the business imperatives Identify and drive high-value commercial opportunities Collaborate with Procurement and SMEs to define key strategic objectives and market insights Deliver tangible savings through innovative commercial strategies Navigate ambiguity and engage across functions to drive coordinated outcomes This role can be based in any one of the following BHP offices: Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Santiago or Saskatoon About You: Strong commercial acumen and familiarity with alternative commercial models Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment Skilled collaborator who builds alignment across teams and functions Strong written and verbal communication skills Highly capable at influencing senior stakeholders Experienced with managing global agreements and SRM frameworks preferred 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 applicants' 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.
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Supporting a Diverse Workforce The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program.
We 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.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day.
We are focused on creating a workforce that's more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live.
We provide a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognize that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all.
If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation.
If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com
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