Procurement Specialist - Maintenance Contract Labour
Procurement Specialist: Maintenance Contract Labour
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for a Procurement Specialist (Maintenance Contract Labour) to lead and be the key point of contact to support Rio Tinto Aluminium with respect to the Maintenance Labour category. The role reports to the Procurement Principal Advisor - Fixed Plant Maintenance (based in Perth) and requires a procurement professional with experience in category strategy development/implementation and supplier relationship management. The role interfaces with a broad range of senior stakeholders within Rio Tinto Procurement and Rio Tinto Aluminium and works in collaboration with category team members and other internal stakeholders including operations, asset management, human resources and finance.
The role requires a resilient and self-motivated individual and is a great opportunity for someone who has strategic acumen coupled with strong influencing and communication skills. In this role you will:
What you'll bring
To be successfully considered for this role, you will ideally have:
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.
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.
Applications close on 4 August 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)
- Manage the Maintenance Contract Labour Category for the East Coast region in support of Rio Tinto Aluminium
- Exposure to a range of senior stakeholders working closely to build constructive relationships
- Creating opportunities to drive change and deliver value through security of labour supply, appropriate commercial incentives, improvements in safety and operational performance
- Contribute to and implement the contract labour category strategy and sourcing program
- Permanent | Location: Brisbane
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for a Procurement Specialist (Maintenance Contract Labour) to lead and be the key point of contact to support Rio Tinto Aluminium with respect to the Maintenance Labour category. The role reports to the Procurement Principal Advisor - Fixed Plant Maintenance (based in Perth) and requires a procurement professional with experience in category strategy development/implementation and supplier relationship management. The role interfaces with a broad range of senior stakeholders within Rio Tinto Procurement and Rio Tinto Aluminium and works in collaboration with category team members and other internal stakeholders including operations, asset management, human resources and finance.
The role requires a resilient and self-motivated individual and is a great opportunity for someone who has strategic acumen coupled with strong influencing and communication skills. In this role you will:
- Work collaboratively with the business to develop and implement opportunities and solutions that deliver value to the organisation.
- Proactively seek and analyse information and intelligence from the market in order to develop, recommend and implement strategies that meet the needs of the business through the supply of contract labour.
- Engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment on contract context, key contractual terms and implications of decisions on value extraction.
- Develop and implement supplier performance management plans for the key contract partners.
- Monitor and evaluate contract/supplier performance against expected outcomes and work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve and maintain performance.
- Travel to Rio Tinto Aluminium sites as required to engage with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
What you'll bring
To be successfully considered for this role, you will ideally have:
- A strong commitment to safety
- A background in strategic procurement, contract law, supply chain management, with a business/commercial qualification being highly desirable
- Experience in labour contracts / knowledge of labour supply markets
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills, both written and verbal
- High level of interpersonal and influencing skills with experience in stakeholder management
- High level of commercial acumen with a strategic mindset
- Experience in business process improvement and change management
- Advanced skills with the Windows environment, including use of the MS Office suite of products and ideally SAP or an equivalent ERP
- CIPS Certificate or Diploma in Purchasing or Supply is highly desirable
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
- Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
- 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)
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.
Applications close on 4 August 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)