Procurement Specialist at Rio Tinto

Reporting to the RBM Procurement Business Partner, you will:

• Work with the business to identify, build and translate Supply strategies, be required to meet their objectives with supporting interventions between RTP functions at the department level.
• Be constructively challenging and coaching end users on their supply chain effectiveness and providing feedback to the RTP functions regarding the effectiveness of RTP processes, policies, programmes, and systems
• Provide partnering with the business to deliver projects across a broad spectrum including new regional or global strategies, cost initiatives and improvement activities and supporting leadership to define, build, and improve Procurement strategy and delivery.
• Collaborate with the Global and Regional Category teams and other internal service providers to deliver on identified RTP needs within the business.
• Act as the face of Procurement and be the first point of contact for procurement escalations for assigned business areas, acting as a conduit for all RTP functions to filter needs to and from the business.
• Collect and generate domain knowledge and market analysis regarding the sources and drivers of value creation through supplier partnerships, leveraging on this to deliver value for the business.
• Support the syndication of stakeholders and relationships both internally and externally during the delivery, contract implementation (CMX Key Practice Methodologies) and on-going management of supplier performance and partnerships.
• Take ownership of the Supplier Partnership process and contribute to driving adoption by responsible End Users. This includes the management of governance, reporting, tools and systems relevant to assigned contracts / suppliers.

What you’ll bring

• A minimum of a Degree in  Procurement/ Finance/ Operations  
• 5 years related work experience in a Procurement environment specifically in the Mining, Manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Experience working in a large, complex organization (i.e., ability to operate independently and under pressure, to perform multiple concurrent tasks and responsibilities, and to deal with changing priorities, while maintaining personal effectiveness)
• Good communication and people skills – daily interaction with Suppliers, clients and procurement team members.
• Computer literate on MS Word, SAP & Excel
• Experience in working within a multi-cultural environment