Specialist – Strategic Procurement – Program Management Office (PMO) – Fixed Term

Specialist – Strategic Procurement – Program Management Office (PMO) – Fixed Term

• Influence leadership level initiatives and deliver wide reaching impactful initiatives

• Co-ordinate a large cohort of global and regional strategic procurement teams, providing PMO support and leadership to deliver value and business improvement

• Well suited to those with depth of analytical skills and or from consultancy backgrounds

• Continue developing your knowledge in procurement and commercial activities

• Ongoing training and development provided

• Flexible work environment, Perth CBD location

• 12 months fixed term

About the role

We are looking for a Specialist – Strategic Procurement (Program Management Office) (PMO) to provide a balance of analytical skills, commercial acumen and the ability to provide a well thought out management framework to support & lead our procurement teams to deliver work initiatives resulting in savings and fundamental procurement value.

To succeed in this role, you will bring your critical thinking skills, the ability to facilitate cadences, deliver to a timeline and preferably a background in consultancy.

Note, whilst this role does not involve procurement sourcing nor does it require a purist Project Manager or Data Engineer, an understanding or some experience in any or combination of the following areas: procurement, project management practices and/or technical data skills are desirable.

With regards to non-technical skills, this role has a key part to play in influencing the strategic direction of our regional and global procurement teams via interactions with both its senior leaders as well as vertically throughout the cohort.  As such, it requires an individual capable of building trust, with a high sense of ownership and who is comfortable leading from the front to foster collaborative work between the procurement teams.

 Reporting to the Principal Advisor – Procurement, you will: 

• Work in a dynamic environment to build a high level of trust through open and transparent relationships

• Coach & work with a small team of analysts to improve how we apply our procurement analytics to deliver insights

• Collaborate with contract owners and Category Managers providing support by providing data and importantly insights.  Then leading initiatives aimed at channelling procurement spend to automated and contracted buying channels

• Co-ordinate and conduct training for stakeholders to upskill the capability and consistently in work practices across the procurement cohort

• Work with stakeholders to define and document reporting requirements and assist in co-ordinating the process of development to delivery of the final deliverable fulfilling the role of a ‘trusted advisor’

• Identify, assess and implement opportunities to standardise and find new simplified but effective ways of working and process improvements

• Act as a centralised reference point and key interface point in relation to the regional and global category teams.  These teams deliver end to end procurement services to Rio Tinto Iron Ore and the multiple product groups operating Rio Tinto’s assets globally

• Supporting senior leadership in influencing and embedding initiatives aimed at steering the cultural journey of a large and globally spread procurement cohort

• Liaising with functional stakeholders across Finance, Business Transformation, Product Groups and global procurement network to align methodologies for our annual targets and procurement priorities

• Provide support to deliver ad-hoc procurement related projects or initiatives

• Provide additional support to the Principal Advisor RTP PMO in facilitating leadership workshops and presentations

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A degree qualification with recent experience as an Analyst or Reporting Specialist, postgraduate qualifications or MBA highly desirable in technical or commercial disciplines

• A balanced view, strong proficiency and an aptitude which will see you enjoy presenting both your exceptional work and the work of the PMO team to stakeholders at all levels

• Strong influencing, strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement and communication capabilities

• High proficiency using Excel, Powerpoint & other MS applications

• Skills or experience in the following disciplines / areas which are desirable but not essential:

  • developing reporting dashboards using Power BI or similar

  • data engineering

  • project management or business improvement

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 competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus

• 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, cultural leave)

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Procurement provides supply chain services that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through the strategic sourcing of goods and services for all operations and businesses. Value is enabled through close collaboration with business unit stakeholders to gain a deep understanding of requirements, and then delivered through uniformed processes, e-technology, increased corporate social responsibility and measurable value delivery for the Rio Tinto Group.

Application Deadline: 18th Nov 2025

(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

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.

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