Principal Supply Chain

Fortescue 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.

Work Location: Perth. Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Remote working from another location in Australia may be considered for the right candidate.

Roster: Monday to Friday

This role will be responsible for leading and delivering Fortescue's approach to sustainable materials, specifically circular economy, and Scope 3 emissions reductions.

Reporting to the Principal Sustainable Supply Chain, this role will actively contribute to Contracts and Procurement's global integration strategy and implementation of sustainability best practice in Fortescue's upstream Supply Chain.

• Design and lead C&P sustainable materials strategy for circularity, identify and prioritise opportunities throughout the global category portfolio, including own product Supply Chains.
• Develop strategy and implement plan to commence pathway to delivering Fortescue's 2030 and 2040 Scope 3 targets in C&P.
• Collaborate with internal climate change, systems, and data analytics teams to determine framework for collecting and analysing Scope 3 emissions in Fortescue's Supply Chain.
• Responsible for driving effective training program for capability building for circularity, scope 3 and evaluating sustainable materials.
• Determine and develop governance requirements to integrate circularity principles and scope 3 requirements throughout source to contract, including supplier development materials, tender schedules, and contract requirements.
• Make recommendations on innovations, technologies, material recovery pathways and systems for driving circularity principles whilst achieving practical, commercial outcomes.
• Work closely with key categories and Sustainability to capture relevant information to support life cycle assessments for product green certification workstreams.
• Knowledge of current and emerging international standards, legislation and best practices pertaining to circularity, sustainable materials and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Support delivery of Sustainable Supply Chain Global C&P Strategy, including supporting C&P teams develop category, supplier and contracting approaches.
• Collaborate with Sustainability teams and contribute to annual reporting and take a leading role for Sustainable Supply Chains at relevant internal working groups.
• Establish professional network and engage with external industry groups for Supply Chain emissions reductions and circularity initiatives.

• Strong background in global Supply Chain, procurement and/or commercial contracting, with prior experience in resources or renewable technology industries is considered an advantage.
• Ability to develop long term strategies and apply required change management to execute a global sustainable material program.
• Understanding of circularity principles and practical application to Supply Chains, any additional experience working with Life Cycle Assessments would be beneficial.
• Proven track record for delivering effective training programs for internal and external to work towards collaborative, best practice outcomes.
• Knowledge of existing relevant certifications and international best practice including but not limited to UN Sustainable Development Goals, OECD Guidelines, EU Plastics Regulations, GH2 Standard, and EU Circular Economy Action Plan.
• Tertiary qualifications in sustainability, circular economy, materials management, or related fields are highly valued, but not essential.

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.