Procurement Specialist

**Procurement Specialist**
- Take ownership, make decisions and accelerate your development in this challenging and rewarding role
- Add value to critical environmental and sustainability initiatives
- Enjoy the beautiful laid-back lifestyle of Invercargill, New Zealand
- Relocation Assistance Provided

**About the role**

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

We are looking for a **Specialist Sourcing** to provide analytical support on sourcing projects and to conduct and implement contract management (e.g. contract execution, implementation, supplier reviews) for assigned contracts. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working within a small, dynamic site-based team. You will also lead two high-performing direct reports.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Procurement Business Partner and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Business Partner Eastern Australia team, some of the responsibilities will include:

- Development, presentation and implementation of sourcing strategies - including developing & maintaining workable alternatives and contingency plans to effectively mitigate risk for all projects with spend of $1m p.a. or higher;
- Develop & issue tenders to bidders & analyse tender results in order to make recommendations to BU’s for supply contracts;
- Develop and execute appropriate supply Contracts;
- Contract management of goods & service providers as well as maintaining supplier relationships;
- Management of documentation requirements, quality assurance processes, performance results and warranty registers as applicable;
- Implement and drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure sustainable quality, process and cost reduction outputs;
- Collaborate and meet with stakeholders to support relevant BU related continuous improvement initiatives;
- Develop, enhance, maintain and manage & maintain appropriate relationships with key internal and external stakeholders;
- Advise, support and negotiate on behalf of the BU where claims may be submitted for non-conformances.
- Strong lead negotiating skills for above satisfactory outcomes for the Business Unit
- Implement and lead change management

**What you’ll bring**
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- A background in strategic procurement and a forward-thinking approach
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills
- Experience in planning workload and finding best ways of practice
- Advanced skills with the Windows environment including use of the MS Office suite of products and ideally SAP or an equivalent ERP
- Comprehensive knowledge of corporate business practices and commercial regulations.

**What we offer**

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

We offer a flexible work environment, this role has the option to work Monday to Friday or a 9 day fortnight.
- 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 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)
- Relocation assistance where necessary

**About Rio Tinto**

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers - generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium - the world’s first to be certified “responsible” - helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

**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 serv