Procurement Specialist: Maintenance Supply Chain Optimisation (MSCO)

• Lead supplier engagement activities for the MSCO program for key suppliers.
• Exposure to supply chain transformation and redesign of the inbound supply chain.
• Exposure to a range of stakeholders working closely to build constructive relationships, creating opportunities to drive change, delivering value through improvement of safety and operational performance.
• Contribute to the program strategy and outcomes.
• 12 Months Fixed Term | Location: Perth

About the role

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

We are looking for a Procurement Specialist (Maintenance Supply Chain Optimisation) to lead and be the key point of contact for an allocated portfolio of suppliers. This role requires someone who is an experienced Procurement professional with experience in negotiating Incoterms, commercial change management and supplier relationship management. This role works in collaboration with procurement and other internal stakeholders including operations, asset management, warehousing, inventory, logistics and finance.

This role requires a proactive, resilient and self-motivated individual and is a great opportunity for someone who has strategic acumen coupled with strong influencing and communication skills. This role interfaces with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, displaying credibility and building trust is important.

Built around a dedicated hub in Singapore and regional offices in Chicago and Frankfurt, our commercial teams are entrepreneurial, fast-paced and highly specialised part of our business. Our team has a deliberately open and entrepreneurial culture where we reward the creation of value through innovation and risk taking. You get to work alongside inspiring and creative colleagues and learn and grow every single day.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Supplier Engagement and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the procurement team, you will:

• Identify and develop plans for execution of opportunities to redirect goods to alternative inbound supply chain networks;
• Prepare, conduct and conclude negotiation of Incoterms;
• Extract and analyse elements of the total logistics and supply chain cost to understand shipping costs and maximise savings opportunities;
• Lead Supplier engagements for all matters related to the amendment of the inbound supply chain;
• Partner with Procurement Category, Program Leads and SME's to deliver program objectives
• Partner with Business Unit stakeholders and end users to ensure their needs and requirements are identified, assessed and validated (e.g. demand and forecasts, maintenance schedules, operational requirements etc); and
• Review, draft and execution of contractual documents to formalise negotiated amendments to any related Incoterms and inbound supply chain.

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Strong commercial and strategic acumen;
• Relationship management internal and external stakeholders;
• An expert problem solver, level headed individual and solid analytical skills;
• Advanced negotiation skills;
• Comprehensive knowledge of goods supply chains (both Global and Domestic); and
• Ability to communicate succinctly both verbally and written form

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium the world's first to be certified "responsible" helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you'll be working

Rio Tinto Global Procurement ensures resilient supply chains that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through the strategic sourcing and buying of goods and services for our operations. Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through effective supplier partnerships, innovation, easy and standardised processes, e-technology, corporate social responsibility and increased commercial advantage.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

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.