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SalaryFortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.
Our Opportunity
Work Location: Perth, Fortescue Centre, located on the lands of the Whadjuk People.
Roster: Monday - Friday
As a Senior Category Officer - Rail, you are someone who is passionate, honest, enthusiastic, and willing to step up to the challenge of being part of an innovative and achievement driven organisation.
The purpose of the Senior Category Officer - Rail is to provide commercial support to stakeholders to meet business objectives in Fortescue's rail operations category. The role may be offered at a Senior Officer or Category Officer level depending on the candidate's qualifications, skillset, and experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Working proactively as part of a procurement team focused on providing exceptional customer service to deliver commercial support to Rail operations through an understanding and application of the below core competencies.
- Contract management - developing and applying processes, procedures, systems, and knowledge to ensure optimum commercial benefit and minimal commercial risk.
- Supplier relationship management - deliver value through effective management of strategic supplier relationships.
- Category management - provide support in building appropriate category strategies that are aligned with Fortescue business objectives and manage the end-to-end sourcing process for allocated projects, including data and pricing analysis.
- Strategic sourcing - In consultation with management, recommends appropriate sourcing approaches based on agreed category strategy. Capable of drafting contract award recommendations for a senior audience.
- Negotiation - understanding of and the ability to apply effective process and an understanding of each party's position to engage with suppliers to add value.
- Governance and risk management - ensure business objectives are met through effective governance, compliance management and the identification, assessment, and treatment of risk.
- Analysis & reporting - effective analysis and reporting at all stages of the procurement lifecycle. Actively identifies commercial risks affecting procurement activities in consultation with business stakeholders.
- Business partnering - create and maintain credible and trusting relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure full alignment of procurement effort with business needs and opportunities.
- Have a minimum of 3 years' experience in a fast-paced procurement function.
- Demonstrate an alignment to all of Fortescue's values.
- Effectively self-manage with an ability to efficiently manage priorities.
- Show that you are driven to build a career in Procurement.
- Show a level of resilience to challenging circumstances.
- Work effectively as a member of a results driven team.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, Law or similar is desirable.
Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.
Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.
