Specialist Procurement

Specialist Procurement – Underground Mining Operations

• Opportunity to influence the strategic sourcing behaviors and engage with top suppliers.
• Opportunities to own underground mining scopes, highlight quality work across leadership structure, and grow in global mining organization with an exceptional safety culture
• The success of this project will influence future Underground mining projects at Rio Tinto Kennecott based in Salt Lake City, Utah

About the role

We are looking for a Sourcing Specialist to lead procurement strategy and contract requirements for RTK Operations to ensure the success of the Underground mine operations.

This role will be the key contact for designated work, leading a best for business outcome through ensuring goods and services are provided to site in a cost effective, efficient, and timely manner. Working and reporting to the Procurement Business Partner- Minerals, you will:

• Create and implement strategic sourcing strategy to drive value generation initiatives within defined scope.
• Prepare bid packages, evaluate bid proposals, perform commercial analysis, create detailed recommendations to award and maintain category strategy implementation
• Demonstrate outstanding negotiation skills and be able to lead negotiations and build out complex negotiation plans for approval.
• Identify and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to measure and manage supplier performance.
• Analyze contracts and identify opportunities to improve/ leverage total cost of ownership.
• Engage, coordinate and challenge a variety of stakeholders to assess business requirements and develop pipeline of value generating projects.
• Be able to develop relationships with stakeholders by making clear expectation and delivering on commitments to meet shared goal and earn a high level of trust to facilitate working in a matrix organisation.
• Support other team members with their roles and responsibilities.

About you

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

• Bachelors in related field preferred or 5-10 years procurement experience.
• Strong and proven procurement negotiation abilities.
• Commercial acumen commensurate with role requirements
• Develop and execute category management strategies and plans.
• Contract performance management, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, Ariba and SAP experience.
• The ability to drive “zero harm safety” into the contract and procurement processes.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Multitasking with effective time management, self-starter and team player with a positive attitude.
• Demonstrate an open-minded genuine curiosity towards understanding the needs of business and the impact of applied solutions

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Experience in the underground mining industry

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, you’re thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

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 and meet opportunities .

Where you’ll be working

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903 and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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