Principal Planning

**Date**:27 Sep 2024**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Australia**Job State/Province**:Western Australia**Job Location/Region**:Perth**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 RoleReporting into OS Growth Operations and working closely with senior stakeholders across the wider OS teams, the Principal Business Planning role will utilise;
The role can be Brisbane or Perth based, with some travel between the facilities required.
- Consoldiate, interpret and communicate facility performance to internal and external stakeholders
- Lead and support cross-functional MOP routines, bringing together commercial, material management and planning teams together for improved outcomes.
- Support the Growth roadmap through creation of capital requests and NPV analysis
- Support Site Work Package creation and support the teams with weekly cost review
- Mentor and develop financial understanding within the production teams to improve financial performance
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting routines
- Work with frontline customers to value, verify and report cost savings in WAVE.
- Leading monthly and annual Field Leadership activities, building on the OSRC’s exceptional safety record.
- About You- Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. A Finance Business Partner background would be looked upon favorably.
- Strong SAP knowledge, particularly Cost, Work Management and Capital modules
- Experience with the Capital prioritization process, particularly authoring capital requests and NPV’s
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint essential
- Understanding of Maintenance processes would be desirable but not essential
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with a personality that thrives in a collaborative environment.

**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, 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. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.