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At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
The Think & Act Differently (TAD) Team is pursuing an operating model designed to increase the scale and speed while improving effectiveness across BHP's innovation efforts to Think & Act Differently. The Think & Act Differently Team has been configured to focus on the innovation value chain, with groups of team members focused on:
- Ecosystem: The external ecosystem and our engagement with it to identify new partners for us to work with and new ideas to test.
- Product: Product development to rapidly test and mature a portfolio of ideas into robust and scalable solutions that could make a big difference to our current business and tomorrow's resources.
- Delivery: Innovation delivery, to deeply connect our innovation efforts with the needs of our customers in each operating Region, accelerating the deployment of successful new solutions.
We are looking for a Principal Innovation Operations with expertise in managing processes, systems, and governance to construct and amplify a diverse portfolio of innovation initiatives across several Programs. We seek a proactive, enthusiastic individual who can enhance our systematic approach to monitor portfolio performance and manage initiatives for the Product Development Team.
Reporting to the Manager Innovation Execution, your key responsibilities will include augmenting our innovation systems, processes, and governance to manage a comprehensive portfolio of innovation opportunities across the Product Development team. This ensures a balance in technology maturity, value chain areas and domains while aligning with BHP's strategic goals.
About You
As Principal Innovation Operations, you will provide strategic and operational support to the Think & Act Differently Team. The ideal candidate should be:
- A self-starter adaptable to rapidly changing circumstances.
- Highly energetic with strong motivation.
- Proactive and resourceful, always seeking opportunities for improvement.
- Experienced in managing technology portfolios.
- Experience in developing and standardising processes.
- Detail-oriented with a strong focus on process optimisation.
- Possessing a continuous improvement mindset, looking for ways to improve our systems and processes.
- Able to take initiative and work independently, maintaining high levels of productivity.
- Experience in technology development, particularly across the mining value chain is preferred.
You play a crucial role in operationalising the team through robust processes, systems, implementation, and facilitation of strategic decisions through comprehensive data analysis and performance monitoring. Your insights and project management support are key to driving successful outcomes across Think & Act Differently, supporting the Ecosystem, Product and Delivery Teams.
Requirements:
Demonstrated experience using PowerBI, MS Office (Excel), SAP, workflow automation, and portfolio management systems.
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that's more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.
