Senior Specialist – Utilities and Asset Management (Procurement)

Senior Specialist – Utilities and Asset Management (Procurement)

• Exciting opportunity to play a key role in the Utilities and Asset Management team

• Full-time role (flexible working options)

• Based in Perth CBD

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Specialist to join the Utilities and Asset Management Business Partner team within Procurement. This is an exciting opportunity for an excellent communicator who excels across both category management and business partnering to join a culture-focused team.

You will be a key leader within the team, responsible for managing a complex category and a variety of strategic stakeholders for the Utilities and Asset Management portfolio. In this role you will demonstrate your strategic commercial approach across the end-to-end procurement process, driving local procurement and sustainability opportunities. 

Reporting to the BP – Utilities and Asset Management you will: 

• Develop category and sourcing strategies and opportunities in collaboration with key stakeholders

• Work across the full procurement lifecycle, driving local procurement outcomes and sourcing for operations projects

• Gather market intelligence and undertake data analysis to help inform sourcing and category strategies

• Develop and implement strategic sourcing and category strategies to help achieve business objectives

• Contribute to category value creation initiatives, bringing innovative ideas and energy

• Developing and maintaining relationships with key external and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities and initiatives to enhance value and performance across the supply chain

What you’ll bring 

To be successful in this role you will ideally have: 

• A positive approach towards your work, with a focus on team culture and a willingness to support our cultural journey

• A minimum of 4 years’ direct Procurement experience, including supply chain and commercial analysis, strategy development, negotiation, stakeholder management and contract execution/review

• Strong negotiation skills to develop agreements, with commercial terms that maximise value and minimise risk exposure for Rio Tinto

• Proficient and skilled in framing opportunities and analysis to refine presentations and projects for development and execution

• Strong presentation skills with the ability to summarise key information to deliver clear key messages to diverse audiences

• Ability to partner with key external suppliers and stakeholders to co-develop projects and identify opportunities centred on achieving Rio Tinto’s strategic objectives

• Tertiary Degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline including business, commerce or law

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

• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

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: 19th May 2025 COD

(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 TintoRio 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 MattersAt 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.