Senior Sourcing Specialist (Procurement) Site Based (Gladstone, Queensland)

Senior Sourcing Specialist (Procurement) Site Based (Gladstone, Queensland)

• This is a permanent opportunity based in Gladstone, supporting Rio Tinto Yarwun and Boyne Smelters Limited

• Develop and execute commercial strategies, manage tenders and negotiate contracts to drive value delivery

• Foster strong relationships with a range of site stakeholders across the business 

• Work in a supportive and dynamic environment 

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are seeking a Senior Sourcing Specialist to lead procurement at Rio Tinto Yarwun and deliver commercial strategies and sourcing projects for our Gladstone operations. This role involves close collaboration with key project stakeholders in Gladstone, coordination with our PacOps sites across the east coast of Australia, and engagement with Rio Tinto Procurement and corporate functions. This is an exciting, permanent opportunity within a flexible workplace environment with the option to work a 9-day fortnight.

What the role entails 

This role is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Sourcing Specialist who has effective stakeholder engagement and change management skills, as well as a good commercial awareness with a background in site and/or project procurement.  

As the Senior Sourcing Specialist, you will work collaboratively with the Gladstone team providing support with the contracts, procurement and supply chain processes, through to contract execution, delivery and close out. 

In this role you will: 

• Manage a varied strategic portfolio of contracts supporting Yarwun operations ie. industrial cleaning, major shutdowns.

• Provide leadership and guidance to a team of procurement professionals and drive a high performing and collaborative culture that supports each team member to achieve their full potential. 

• Ensure all activities comply with Contracts & Procurement policies and procedures, maintaining governance.

• Develop and execute commercial strategies, tender packages, and award recommendations.

• Engage stakeholders, both internal and external, to successfully deliver the procurement portfolio.

• Ensure projects are delivered using the Ariba platform, meeting Rio Tinto’s compliance requirements.

• Foster trust through open, transparent relationships and effective supplier management.

• Collaborate with project leads, engineers and other professionals.

• Work with the Contractor Management team to ensure smooth onboarding and supplier compliance.

• Identify and implement continuous improvements in policies, procedures, and best practices.

About you

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

• A degree in Business, Law, Engineering (or related discipline) is preferred, but not essential 

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in contracts negotiation and formation, tender and award phases demonstrated through past experiences in related sourcing roles. 

• Strong influencing, stakeholder engagement and change management capabilities. 

• Demonstrated prior leadership experience will be highly regarded.

• Experience in developing commercial strategies, business recommendations and be able to lead supplier negotiations. 

• Experience in using Ariba S2C module, SAP and MCi Track is preferred (but not essential) 

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

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

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus

• 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, cultural leave)

• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Procurement (RTP) provides supply chain services that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through end to end Category Management (strategy, strategic sourcing, and buying of goods and services and strategic customer, supplier and market management). Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through uniformed processes, e-technology, increased corporate social responsibility and measurable saving for the Group.

This role is based in Gladstone, Queensland (we support both Boyne Smelter and Rio Tinto Yarwun Alumina Refinery) 

Application Deadline: 29th August 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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