Sourcing Specialist Procurement

Sourcing Specialist Procurement – Rio Tinto Kennecott operations

• Opportunity to influence the strategic sourcing of Kennecott and engage with top suppliers.

• Opportunities to own and manage a category, highlight quality work across leadership structure, and grow in global mining organization with an exceptional safety culture

• Permanent role based in Salt Lake City

About the role

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Sourcing Specialist to develop and implement strategic sourcing strategy and manage local service category to provide procurement support and partnership to Rio Tinto Kennecott (RTK) Operations.

This is a great opportunity for a resourceful, collaborative candidate to be the key contact for designated category, leading a best for business outcome through ensuring services are provided to site in a safe, cost effective, efficient, and timely manner.

Reporting to the Procurement Business Partner, and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment, you will:

• Create and implement strategic sourcing strategy to drive value generation initiatives within defined scope

• Prepare bid packages, evaluate bid proposals, perform commercial analysis, create detailed recommendations to award and maintain category strategy implementation

• Demonstrate outstanding commercial and contract negotiation skills and be able to lead negotiations and build out complex negotiation plans to implement.

• Analyze contracts and identify opportunities to improve/ leverage total cost of ownership.

• Identify and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to measure and manage supplier performance.

• Develop and implement pipeline of value generating projects with creative mindset

• Be managing your own service category and its related stakeholders, and you will be able to visit asset sites and earn high level of trust to bring value add to the operation

• Support other team members with team player mindset

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• College degree or equivalent professional experience (minimum 5 years), with procurement expertise; mining industry experience preferred.

• Demonstrated expertise in procurement and contract negotiations, supported by strong commercial acumen aligned with role requirements.

• Develop and implement category management strategies while overseeing contract performance, leveraging strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experience with MS Office Suite, Ariba, and SAP is considered an asset.

• The ability to drive “zero harm safety” into the contract and procurement processes.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

• Proactive, self-starter with strong multitasking and time management skills; a collaborative team player who demonstrates genuine curiosity and openness to understanding business needs and the impact of solutions.

What we offer

Here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package: 

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees

• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions

• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan

• Wellbeing benefits

• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

• A focus on work life balance such that you are able to enjoy all the wonderful adventures life in Salt Lake City has to offer

Where you’ll be working- Kennecott Sites and Daybreak Office

Rio Tinto Kennecott is a fully integrated mining operation located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, US. Kennecott, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, has been mining and processing minerals from the rich orebody of the Bingham Canyon Mine for more than 120 years. As a strong economic driver, Kennecott strives to be a valuable community partner through strategic partnerships, charitable giving, and sustainable development practices. This role requires weekly on-site presence at the Kennecott location, with the ability to wear necessary safety gear, including a safety suit and hard hat. You must be committed to your team and to maintaining a strong safety culture, prioritizing both your own safety and that of others.

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

Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.

Rio Tinto participates in E- Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.

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