Procurement Business Partner (BEC & Water)

Procurement Business Partner (BEC & Water)

• Leadership role for Bulk Earthworks & Water teams

• Category leadership

• Working with stakeholders across commercial and assets

• Based in Perth

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

The RTP Sustaining Capital Team is looking for a Procurement Business Partner to join the procurement function supporting the Sustaining Capital portfolio.

The successful candidate will lead the Bulk Earthworks & Water teams, responsible for delivering the end to end procurement accountabilities for the respective categories. 

This is a great opportunity for an effective leader who can thrive in a transitional environment by possessing strong strategic, commercial and influencing skills. The successful candidate needs to demonstrate success in team leadership and a proven ability to deliver value through commercial excellence. Experience in project sourcing and managing large value construction or site services contracts is beneficial to the role.

Reporting to the Senior Business Partner, Sustaining Capital and a member of the Sus Cap Procurement leadership team, you will possess:

• Leadership skills to develop and mentor a team of Contracts Superintendents & Specialists fostering an environment of growth, continuing to embed Rio values of Everyday Respect, Care, Courage and Curiosity,

• Ability to build an integrated team supporting collaboration, seeking opportunities to leverage and align on commercial strategies across RTP

• Excellent stakeholder engagement demonstrating influencing capability to achieve group priorities

• An ongoing improvement mindset to support the Sustaining Capital program implementation

• Well developed negotiation skills with demonstratable strategic thinking to resolve complex negotiations

• A holistic and robust approach to safety, construction contract management, risk, change and project management across your assigned portfolio ensuring that all material risks are identified and managed.

What you will bring

• Exceptional level of stakeholder engagement skills;

• University degree in either a technical or commercial discipline

• Demonstrated success in category management or strategic / project roles

• Ability to create a vision, and present information and analysis to support complex category and sub-category strategies

• Experience managing small teams and a desire to build on relationships to drive performance and creativity

• Understanding of end to end procurement processes including category led buying channels

• Strong negotiation skills and demonstrated experience leading complex contract negotiations

• Effective time management and project management skills to balance multiple and competing priorities

• Proficiency in using Excel, Word, PowerPoint and, ideally, PowerBI

• Ability to work effectively and productively to support a strong team environment with an expected high degree of individual autonomy (and accountability)

• A background in project procurement is desirable

What we offer

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

• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements

• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave

• 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); and

• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

Application Deadline: 31st Jan 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.

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.