Specialist Procurement Capability

Specialist Procurement Capability

• Permanent full time role based in the Perth, Central Park

• Working collaboratively with Atlantic team based in Montreal

• Innovate, design and deliver best practice Procurement learning frameworks

Where we’re all welcome 

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different. 

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. 

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

We are looking for a Specialist Procurement Capability to join our Procurement team to support the learning outcomes, design learning content and be responsible for ensuring our teams deliver “best practice” procurement service to the business.

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 Principal Advisor Learning and Development this is a great opportunity to lean into your strong learning & development background, project management and change management and influence best practice across a large complex organisation. Your remit will include but not be limited to:

• Develop the global procurement Learning & Capability strategy and ensure its implementation is aligned with the overall global Procurement strategy.
• Engaging with the global Procurement community and stakeholders to conduct learning needs and gap analysis to support a learning strategy.
• Based on adult learning principles, design, deliver, and facilitate procurement learning and change programmes in various formats including face-to-face, workshops, webinars, instructor led, virtual, self-paced learning, and online modules.
• Lead cross-functional teams of internal and external stakeholders to design and implement learning & capability development projects.
• Complete current state assessment of all Procurement learning content – Ariba, MyLearning, Rio Tinto College, Element.
• Partner with Rio Tinto provider to build self-service learning modules.
• Design capability and change approach and content for the best fit learning delivery mediums.
• Facilitate and deliver face to face learning to uplift capability in support of Procurement improvement programme and changes to process and technology.
• Identifying opportunities for development and rationalisation of systems and the adoption of a common / consistent approach to learning. 
• Build and maintain training reports using Excel and Power BI.

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role:

• You showcase a minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in designing and delivering learning initiatives within a large multinational organisation.
• You demonstrate a robust track record in the global procurement value chain with a profound understanding of sourcing and contracts within diverse international contexts.
• You are proficient in planning, designing, and delivering learnings in various formats, including virtual, self-paced, face-to-face, and instructor-led, adhering to adult learning principles.
• You exhibit demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing learning content on platforms such as LMS, Rise Articulate, Canva.
• You have a degree in Business, Procurement, HR or related field.
• Be a team-oriented individual who can comfortably work autonomously and with ambiguity.
• Be pro-active and results-driven and use your collaborative approach to influence business outcomes.
• You have previous experience developing learning frameworks with specific experience in Procurement highly regarded.
• Be experience in presenting, facilitating, coaching, and developing to achieve operational capability outcomes where required.

• You have experience in change management and have an adaptable and flexible approach to work to enable you to work across multiple time zones.

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more, read more about the huge range of benefits here: https://bit.ly/43AQLue

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 services for our operations. Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through effective supplier partnerships, innovation, easy and standardised processes, e-technology, corporate social responsibility and increased commercial advantage.

This role is based in in the Central Park building in the Perth CBD

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.

Applications close on 4 March 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).