Category Management Specialist

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Work Location: Perth Office 

Roster: Monday to Friday

12-month secondment

As a Specialist Category Management, you are someone who is passionate, honest, enthusiastic, and willing to step up to the challenge of being part of an innovative and achievement driven organisation.

The purpose of the Specialist Category Management is to provide specialist procurement advice with a focus on material supply, and to assist stakeholders to plan, develop, source and manage procurement arrangements to effectively meet organisational and business objectives.

• Working proactively as part of a procurement team focused on providing exceptional customer service to provide commercial support to the business by confidently applying your skills and experience to deliver business outcomes
• Sourcing and Tendering – draft, manage, negotiate and award sourcing and tendering opportunities
• Contract management - developing and applying processes, procedures, systems, and knowledge to ensure optimum commercial benefit and minimal commercial risk
• Supplier relationship management - deliver value through effective management of strategic supplier relationships
• Category management and strategic sourcing - build appropriate term category strategies that are aligned with Fortescue business objectives and manage the end-to-end sourcing process for allocated projects
• Negotiating – applying an effective process and an understanding of each party's position to engage with suppliers on high risk and/or high value contracts
• Governance and risk management - ensure business objectives are met through effective governance, compliance management and the identification, assessment, and treatment of risk
• Analysis & reporting - effective analysis and reporting of relevant data at all stages of the procurement lifecycle
• Business partnering and commercial acumen - create and maintain credible and trusting relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure full alignment of procurement effort with business needs and opportunities.

• 5+ years experience in a material supply procurement role would be advantageous
• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Commerce, Law or similar is desirable
• Effectively self-manage with an ability to efficiently manage priorities
• Be solutions focused, agile and adaptable to change, and drive continuous improvement and innovation
• Show a level of resilience to challenging circumstances
• Demonstrate how your experience to date will positively contribute to you being successful in this role and an understanding of procurement practices, governance, and processes
• Ability to build and foster positive relationships both internally and externally.

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.