Principal Business Planning

**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**:
The purpose of the role is to provide thought leadership and technical mastery in the development, evaluation, recommendation and delivery of Asset level strategy and medium to long-term plans of the Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) business. To monitor Asset level plan integration and delivery to identify emerging risks or gaps in major programs of work, which could impact plan outcomes or have a material impact on strategic direction.

In this Principal Business Planning Perth based role, you will be dedicated to supporting the world class WAIO Asset. You will support us to develop and maintain best practice business planning processes, with a thirst for continuous improvement. You will work within a function that spans the whole of WAIO, which makes this a unique and exciting opportunity. Some of the tasks will include (but are not limited to):

- Maintain a wide network of impact, integrate functions, operations and regions to drive strong functional/operational integration across the Asset.
- Identify, assess and trade-off business opportunities to improve value.
- Support holistic plan optimisation and integration across all the strategic pillars.
- Pro-active identification of plan or strategy delivery risks.
- Undertake structured opportunity framing and problem solving engagements to lead teams through complex business opportunities or challenges with multiple variables or scenarios, and a high level of ambiguity.

**Location**:
You will be based in Perth, Western Australia, in the multi award winning office tower - 'City Square'. You will have stunning river views from your modern open plan office, state of the art facilities including virtual whiteboards and video conferencing facilities, 550 bicycle racks with ample lockers, showers and change room amenities and a large outdoor terrace with barbecues.

**About You**:
To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in Commerce, Engineering or similar, and relevant Post-Graduate studies are beneficial.

With significant strategic planning experience or a passion to develop in this arena, you will demonstrate:

- An overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development;
- A deep passion for upholding and living the BHP Charter values;
- Emotional intelligence, with the ability to demonstrate a high level of autonomy in complex decision making and responsiveness;
- Proven ability to persuade and influence leaders through informal methods;
- Ability to cope with multiple priorities in a rapidly changing environment;
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to translate data to a broad stakeholder group;
- Ability to coordinate and manage data from multiple sources;
- Proven ability to build, grow and manage relationships with a variety of stakeholders; and
- Your diversity of thought and practical experience will be embraced and you will be empowered to make a real difference to our business.

**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 program.**: