Advisor – Operational Excellence

Why explore

• An opportunity to drive improvements

• Exposure to global operations, processes and stakeholders

• Work in a collaborative and fast paced environment

• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

We are looking for an Advisor – Operational Excellence to join Commercial Services in Singapore. This role is a pivotal opportunity to contribute to the organization’s transformation agenda by driving transformation initiatives and overseeing data governance, reporting, and BI dashboards.

Reporting to the Manager Transformation, you will:

Business Improvement & Transformation

• Develop strategies to optimize processes and systems aligned with organizational goals.

• Identify, assess, and prioritize improvement opportunities through data-driven analysis and stakeholder feedback.

• Build business cases for improvement initiatives and manage implementation to ensure benefits realization.

• Conduct root cause analysis and apply problem-solving methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma) to eliminate inefficiencies and waste.

• Lead the implementation of identified initiatives to ensure stakeholder needs are met, business benefits are realized and ensure initiatives are coordinated by working across processes, business as well as tech team in designing the future processes.

• Leverage emerging technologies and AI to drive automation and efficiency

• Familiarity with BI tools and platforms preferred.

Data Governance & Reporting

• Establish and maintain data governance frameworks to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance across systems.

• Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of BI dashboards and performance reports to enable informed decision-making.

• Oversee data analysis and interpretation to generate actionable insights.

• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress and effectiveness of initiatives.

• Collaborate with IT and business teams to ensure data models and reporting tools align with business needs.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including process owners, commercial teams, and senior leadership.

• Champions change management and communicate progress effectively.

• Lead cross-functional projects and ensure alignment between business and technology teams.

About you

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

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Business, Data Analytics, or related field.

• 5 to 8 years in business process improvement, data governance, and analytics/reporting roles.

• Core Skills:

  • Data Analytics: Strong ability to analyse large datasets, interpret trends, and generate actionable insights using analytical techniques.

  • Project Management: Proven experience in managing cross-functional projects, including planning, execution, and stakeholder coordination.

  • Problem-Solving: Expertise in root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methodologies to address complex business challenges.

  • Business Improvement: Ability to identify inefficiencies, design optimized processes and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Having Lean/Six Sigma Certification, Black Belt, Master Black Belt certification will be a bonus.

What we offer

Be recognized 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 competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees

• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions

• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan

• Wellbeing benefits

• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

Where you will be working

Our Commercial function at Rio Tinto connects our product groups, customers and suppliers from mine to market. We bring together Sales & Marketing and Trading (Sell), Global Procurement (Buy), and Marine & Logistics (Move) to buy, sell and move the materials the world needs, by partnering across the value chain to optimise outcomes for our customers and the Group. Headquartered in our global Commercial hub in Singapore, and with a strong presence in Chicago, Frankfurt, Antwerp and across Asia in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, we work as one team to deliver customer centric value, safely and sustainably.

Work at the heart of our global Commercial hub in Singapore, partnering cross‑functionally across Buy, Sell and Move to shape strategy and deliver mine‑to‑market value around the world.

Application Deadline: 13 May 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing 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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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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