Skip to main content

This job has expired

Procurement Specialist

Employer
Rio Tinto
Location
Richards Bay, ZA
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Nov 4, 2020

View more

Category
Audit & Legal, Marketing & Commercial
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

Procurement Specialist Richards Bay Minerals, South Africa
  • Exciting positions available at our mineral sands mining and smelter operations
  • Excellent coastal location offering great lifestyle benefits
  • Great exposure to the latest technology in this dynamic environment

About the role

We are looking for a Procurement Specialist based to undertake effective and efficient customer engagement, category strategy development support, value delivery, contract implementation and supplier management to satisfy clients' requirements. The role is RBM site based.

Reporting to the RBM Procurement Business Partner, responsibilities include:
  • At the department level work with the business to identify, build and translate Supply strategies, required to meet their objectives with supporting interventions to sourcing and delivery capability.
  • Constructively challenging and coaching end users on their supply chain effectiveness.
  • Supporting leadership to define, build, and improve Procurement strategy and delivery.
  • Partnering with the business to deliver projects across a broad spectrum including new regional or global strategies, cost initiatives and improvement activities.
  • Collaborating with the Global and Regional Category teams and other internal service providers to deliver on identified RTP needs within the business.
  • Act as the face of Procurement and be the first point of contact for procurement escalations for assigned business areas.
  • Be the conduit for all RTP functions to filter business needs to and from the business.
  • Providing feedback and input into the effectiveness of RTP processes, policies, programmes, and systems.
  • Guide and advice procurement delivery professionals to enact business and category strategies.
  • Ensure effective Contract Implementation through CMX Key Practice methodologies.
  • Provide support on projects which contribute to the creation of significant partnerships and delivery of optimal value to Rio Tinto.
  • Collect and generate domain knowledge and market analysis regarding the sources and drivers of value creation through supplier partnerships.
  • Support the syndication of stakeholders and relationships both internally and externally during the delivery, implementation and on-going management of supplier performance and partnerships.
  • Take ownership of the Supplier Partnership process and contribute to driving adoption by responsible End Users. This includes the management of governance, reporting, tools and systems relevant to assigned contracts / suppliers.
  • Manage and leverage assigned Supplier Partnerships to deliver value to the business
  • Support and track the identification and implementation of Supplier Partnership process improvements. Demonstrate a high level of integrity and understanding of governance related matters within procurement, and more specific Rio Tinto's corporate governance standards.

About you
  • A 3-year Procurement or related tertiary qualifications (degree or diploma) will serve as an advantage
  • 5 years related work experience in a Procurement environment. (Mining, Manufacturing or heavy industry)
  • Experience working in a large, complex organization (i.e., ability to operate independently and under pressure, to perform multiple concurrent tasks and responsibilities, and to deal with changing priorities, while maintaining personal effectiveness)
  • Good communication and people skills daily interaction with Suppliers, clients and procurement team members.
  • Computer literate on MS Word, SAP & Excel
  • Experience in working within a multi-cultural environment

About us

Located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is a mineral sands producer extracting titanium-iron ore ilmenite as well as rutile and zircon. Successfully operating for over thirty years, RBM offers a scenic coastal lifestyle with great career opportunities through development, challenges and advanced technology. With a strong focus on the safety and wellbeing of our employees; this dynamic environment offers a long-lasting career.

As pioneers in mining and metals, we produce materials essential to human progress.

Our long history is filled with firsts. We've developed some of the world's largest and best quality mines and operations, and our people work in around 35 countries across six continents. Aluminium and copper, diamonds, gold and industrial minerals, iron ore, and uranium: our materials make up the world around us. You'll find them in smartphones, planes, cars, hospitals and throughout your home.

Every Voice Matters

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

All progress begins with pioneers at Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

Company

We are curious and creative, ingenious and hard-working. We are pioneers – exploring the boundaries of everything we do. The materials we produce are essential to human progress, and we see that progress driven by our people. Working at Rio Tinto means touching people’s lives: from exploring new materials to finding ways to tackle climate change. 

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. And we want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. 

Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other.

Company info
Website
Mini-site
Rio Tinto
Telephone
+44 20 7781 2000
Location
6 St James's Square
London
London
SW1Y 4AD
Australia

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalized job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert