Procurement Analyst – Rail

Procurement Analyst – Rail

• Join our procurement team in our exciting rail portfolio

• Support analysis and influence commercial decision making

• Based in Perth CBD with ad-hoc site travel required.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

With an asset base of 220 locomotives, 14,000 ore cars and 1,900km’s of track, RTIO’s rail network is one of the largest privately owned and most productive heavy haul rail networks in the world.

As Rio Tinto continues to strengthen cost discipline and manage increasing scale and complexity, there is a growing demand for focused spend optimisation, advanced analytics, AI, and digital enablement to optimise rail spend and support cost leadership on a day to day basis.

The Procurement Analyst – Rail provides direct spend optimisation, analytical and digital support to enable effective cost leadership across RTIO Rail.

The role focuses on short term spend optimisation, improving the visibility, discipline and efficiency of rail spend through data driven analysis, AI enabled tools and continuous process improvement. Supporting RTP Rail and working closely with multiple other Procurement teams, rail operations and functional groups, the role supports sustained spend management beyond individual sourcing events.

This is an execution focused role, playing a critical part in embedding repeatable spend management practices, analytical rigour, and digital efficiency across the rail portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Business Partner – Rail, the role will:

• Support procurement spend optimisation initiatives, identifying cost discipline opportunities, eliminate inefficiencies and improve spend control.

• Provide analytical insight of spend data to identify patterns, drivers, anomalies and improvement opportunities across the rail category and its suppliers.

• Support spend governance optimisation projects and purchasing controls to improve purchasing discipline.

• Develop and maintain spend reports and analytics to improve RTP Rail contract visibility and decision making.

• Apply AI, automation, and digital tools to reduce manual effort, improve data quality and accelerate spend analysis.

• Develop and continuously improve time‑saving digital solutions (e.g. automated reporting, optimisation trackers, and analytics models) to enhance spend management efficiency and insight.

• Partner with Procurement, Finance and Operations teams to support cost optimisation priorities.

What you will bring

To be successfully considered for this role;

You are a motivated, analytical professional with a strong commercial mindset and a passion for using data and digital tools to drive better outcomes. You bring a practical, detail‑oriented approach and enjoy working collaboratively to turn insight into action. You will demonstrate:

• Strong experience in commercial or financial analysis, spend management, or cost optimisation.

• Advanced data analysis capability, including working with large, complex datasets and translating insights into clear, actionable outcomes.

• Practical experience using digital tools, automation, or AI‑enabled solutions to improve efficiency and decision‑making.

• High attention to detail, with the ability to convert analysis into pragmatic recommendations.

• Strong collaboration skills, working effectively across multiple departments.

• A continuous improvement mindset, with a strong interest in analytics and digital innovation.

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);

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: 7th April 2026

(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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