Specialist Electrical - Strategic Category Management

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa. For more information, please visit www.riotinto.com.

Rio Tinto Procurement is a dynamic and professional procurement organisation, set up to meet the needs of Rio Tinto's business units. We source and enter into contractual relationships over a large range of goods and services, specialising in mining-specific categories. We source electronically as much as possible via auction and RFx, and transact using the Quadrem electronic marketplace.

Specialist Electrical - Strategic Category Management (Capital)
Rio Tinto Montréal

The primary purpose of Capital Category team is to leverage our global position in relevant markets for commercial and strategic advantage to Rio Tinto BU's and projects. Value is transferred through optimised commercial terms, pricing, risk management and supply security as well as through development and replication of supplier strategic initiatives and long term relationships.

This engagement typically commences at the pre-feasibility stage of a project, and continues to the handover of activities to Operations. Category Management plays a pivotal role in providing accurate cost and lead time information along with implementing the required agreements to allow execution of the projects.

Reporting to the Singapore based Category Manager - Power, Electrical & Energy the Category Specialist - Electrical will be accountable for the regional execution of specific strategies and will be responsible for achieving a step change in savings/value (e.g. quality, service, total vendor value) while obtaining ongoing value improvements or creation in defined segments. The role calls for an understanding of the market, capability and supply chain for assigned categories. The accountabilities extend to assisting in fact based development, input to the global category management strategy development, executing sourcing programs, identification of opportunities, supplier development, ongoing commercial contract management, executing sourcing plans, supplier performance management and business reporting.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this role, you will be results orientated with considerable experience in major projects (heavy industry), mining, smelting or mineral processing and have the ability to establish credibility with project representatives. You will have advanced negotiation skills, a solid knowledge of how electrical components, systems and products used in construction, mining and smelting operations, supplier relationship management and commercial experience. Additionally a comprehensive knowledge of how to conduct project sourcing programs is required.

We can offer the right person challenging opportunities to work within a leading global resource organisation with best practice systems in a people orientated, supportive environment. For all of this we will offer you a dynamic, rewarding and global career with a commercial centre of excellence.

The incumbent must have:

Working knowledge of commercial legal contracts in some or all key supplier locations eg. Europe, US and Canada.
Experience in similar size corporate with similar background and experience.
Fluency written and spoken English essential.
Ability in other languages desirable (Spanish, Portuguese, Malay)
***To apply, visit our website: www.riotinto.com, career section, ref.: MON00067 ***

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