Lead Studies and Market Engagement

**About BHP**

At 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**:

- Be a motivated and supportive people leader.
- Demonstrate a commitment to people development.
- Create and foster positive culture.
- Demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Provide strong commercial expertise to stakeholders, direct reports and other team members (including data insights)
- Drive development of Project Execution and Contracting Strategies to preserve and improve WAAP portfolio value.
- Lead and influence the selection and implementation of a wider range of contract models / pricing models including incentivization and collaborative contracting arrangements and bundling strategies.
- Understand local market conditions to meet individual project portfolio requirements.
- Ensure that market engagement is planned and executed through the procurement lifecycle to meet project schedule, quality and cost objectives.

**Accountabilities**:

- Manage project contracts and procurement activities.
- Some site travel as and when required.
- Manage Contractor and contract performance, monitoring and reporting to support the Projects Community
- Establish and lead relationships with key stakeholders to become a highly valued contract expert.
- Provide leadership that will ensure consistent & high performance.
- Manage Supplier Relationship Management while working collaboratively with projects and cross functional stakeholders.
- Lead the pursuit of projects, operational and commercial excellence through continuous improvement.
- Lead the implementation of appropriate systems, and processes based on project risk and complexity.
- Ensure the integrity and maintenance of contracts in SAP/contract management systems (e.g., GCMS, ProCon) and other contract management systems as required.
- Actively participate and drive BHP Operating Model (BOS) implementation within the team and improvement initiatives.
- Drive ODAP Commercial team performance against the Business Plan and relevant KPI’s.

**About You**:
To be successful in this role you will be a dedicated and passionate commercial professional with 8+ years’ experience in capital projects commercial, contracting strategy development, tendering, contract formation, negotiation and management, claims prevention and claims negotiation. Tertiary qualifications in Management, Economics, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management / Construction Science, Legal (Construction Law) or related discipline is preferred.

Previous leadership experience is a plus.

As people leader you should be able to demonstrate:

- Capability in building and developing high performing teams and talent development.
- Understanding of both study development and project delivery in the resources sector
- Developed understanding of the contract life cycle from strategy identification and development to procurement to contract close out.
- Exhibit strong problem-solving capability, negotiation skills, influencing and relationship management with a passion for mentoring and coaching individuals and teams.
- Pragmatic commercial outlook and judgement (balances business value vs. risk) to deliver best outcomes for Project.
- Collaborative mindset and advanced interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environment.
- Ability to think laterally resolving issues independently, influencing change, working autonomously with attention to detail in an organized and objective manner.
- Good understanding of capital projects and functional governance processes
- A high degree of business acumen with deep understanding of projects execution, risks and strategies; experience in strategic thinking, robust planning and risk management.
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal. Ability to tailor communications and interactions to a wide variety of stakeholder groups.

**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.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

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 a unique BHP employee share