Specialist – APAC (Light Mobile Equipment)

Specialist – APAC (Light Mobile Equipment)

• Join our Global Procurement team

• Drive our LME category, with future focus on electrification

• Permanent full-time opportunity

• Perth CBD based

About the role

We are looking for a Specialist, APAC Light Mobile Equipment within the Global Equipment and Diesel Transition Program team in procurement.

In this pivotal role, you will lead the APAC Light Mobile Equipment (LME) procurement category. You will be entrusted with leading a multifaceted category covering A$120M+ across 20+ key suppliers spanning Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore, Dampier Salt, and Aluminum business units. Furthermore, this high-profile role will be instrumental in leading the commercial deployment of our Right Size Automated Truck Electric (RSATe) program and global LME electrification strategy to advance Rio Tinto’s decarbonization aspirations.

Reporting to the Global Category Manager for Mobile Equipment, your main duties are:

• Lead and implement APAC LME Category, RSATe and LME electrification strategies, aligning with Rio Tinto's decarbonization goals.

• Drive APAC LME sourcing strategies and processes, including negotiation and agreements.

• Manage supplier relationships regionally within the LME category.

• Offer timely advice to RTIO stakeholders on LME commercials, contracts and strategies.

• Gather data for LME forecasting, supply chain optimization, risk assessment, and supplier evaluation.

• Support procurement teams in greenfield operations across Africa, Serbia, and Argentina.

What you’ll bring 

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

• 5+ years background in strategic procurement, end-to-end procurement process, contracting and complex commercial evaluations.

• Strong engagement and collaboration skills in managing stakeholder relationships. 

• Excellent negotiation, problem-solving, and stakeholder management capability.

• A demonstrated ability to foster a positive team culture in a diverse environment.

• Experience in LME, innovation implementation and equipment electrification is desirable.

• Advanced skills with the Windows environment, including use of the MS Office suite of products and ideally SAP or an equivalent ERP. 

• Tertiary qualifications in business, finance, engineering, or a related discipline would be advantageous.

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

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: 5th 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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