PMO Specialist (Procurement) – Fixed Term

PMO Specialist (Procurement) – Fixed Term

• Influence leadership level initiatives and deliver wide reaching impactful initiatives

• Work across a large cohort of global and regional strategic procurement teams to deliver value from standardisation and business improvement

• Continue developing your knowledge in procurement and commercial activities

• Based In Perth

• 9 – 12 months fixed term

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Specialist – Program Management Office (PMO) to support regional & global procurement teams’ via co-ordination of procurement activities aimed at delivering value and business improvements.

This role has a part to play in supporting PMO (& when required broader global RTP) activities, influencing the strategic direction of our regional and global procurement teams via the role’s interactions with it’s senior and extended leadership teams.

This is a great opportunity for an adaptable individual to bring their ‘sense of ownership’ mindset and commercial acumen to find the right data insights, work in a structured manner and collaborate with procurement & data specialists to translate it into efficiencies.   The drive to improve coupled with effective stakeholder engagement will be key to working collectively in a large network to deliver this value sustainably.  

 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

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

• Co-ordinate information capture and flow including influencing communications to a wide-ranging audience

• Co-ordinate and prep to ensure effective leadership interactions including driving initiatives and outcomes within the cohorts

• Act as a centralised reference point and key interface 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

• Collaborate with contract owners and Category Managers by providing data-driven support and, more importantly, actionable insights. Lead initiatives that strategically channel procurement spend to align with procurement’s key performance metrics

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

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

• When required:

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

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

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

What you’ll bring

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

• A degree qualification with demonstrable experience in co-ordination or PMO type activities and recent procurement experience

• Postgraduate qualifications or MBA highly desirable in technical or commercial disciplines

• Influencing, strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement and communication capabilities

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

• Strong MS suite skills such as in, Excel, Powerpoint, Forms etc

• Experience developing reporting PowerApps, dashboards using Power BI or similar is desirable but not essential

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

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.

Application Deadline: 6th June 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.

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