quarta-feira, 26 de janeiro de 2011

Superintendent —Transportation-Chemical & Inbound

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 organization; 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, specializing in mining-specific categories. We source electronically as much as possible via auction and RFx, and transact using the Quadrem electronic marketplace.

Context

Rio Tinto Procurement's primary purpose is to deliver value by providing safe, efficient and effective procurement and in-bound supply chain services to the Rio Tinto Group businesses and functional operations. Value is achieved through the establishment or improvement of competitive supply markets for the purchase of goods and services. Value is enabled by highly capable people applying uniform processes and e-technologies resulting in continuous supply chain improvement, enhanced corporate social responsibility and measurable savings for Rio Tinto.
The Primary Purpose of Operations is to focus on end to end supply chain improvements and process co-ordination between three core areas that make up Operations:
Source: RTP develops and executes sourcing strategies for goods and services and manages supplier relationships on behalf
of, and in consultation with, business unit customers.
Buy: RTP maintains vendor and materials data, creates purchase orders for goods, services and repairable items, expedites
deliveries where required and seeks to achieve high levels of automation through this process.
Deliver: RTP manages the inbound freight, warehousing and inventory management processes on behalf of Rio Tinto business units and optimises the associated logistics processes.
Overlaid on RTP's service lines is its Service Delivery model, which serves to provide the necessary cohesion to effectively and efficiently deliver RTP's full range of inbound supply chain services in line with Business Unit client needs and expectations.

Primary Purpose

This role is responsible for the analysis, negotiation and control of the inland freight cost, public warehousing and coordination of land transportation of all inbound and outbound chemicals, carbon products and rod aluminum and the freight payment process.

Accountabilities
Responsible for the management and leadership of employees which includes the performance assessment, development, succession planning, motivating, coaching and training of these employees.
Responsible for providing a positive, safe and ethical working environment and learning culture for employees.
Ensure all Rio Tinto Procurement, Rio Tinto Group and applicable site policies are followed.
Establish positive working relationships and proactively ensure the effective delivery of all agreed to services to internal and external customers.
Establish good working relationships with transportation carriers such as railway, trucking firms, warehouses, transportation departments and industry related associations.
Provide expertise in matters of rail and highway pricing, service and reporting of loss or damage by business units. Develop and implement methods to minimize transportation costs while securing service levels that meet customer expectations.
Ensure that suppliers are in compliance with U.S. and Canadian government regulations and Rio Tinto standards.
Secure and manage fleets of railway assigned specialized cars to ensure timely movement of supplies and products.
Develop and maintain transportation cost reporting system for increased management control and provides data to key stakeholders as needed.
Promote and keep abreast of regulatory transportation reform and changes in technology to protect company interests.
Problem Solving
Proactively works on problems of a complex scope where evaluation of contributing factors requires the analysis of situations or data and an in-depth knowledge and evaluation of various known and unknown factors
Seeks out all resources when selecting methods and techniques for obtaining problem resolutions.
Acts independently and proactively to determine and administer methods and procedures for problem resolution
Internal / External Impacts

This position has a direct impact to RTP and to the external business unit and products groups they support through the quality and accuracy of the work performed. This role has the authority to negotiate general modal transportation requirement contracts up to $60 million, specific routing requirement contracts up to $5 million and an individual approval level of $50,000.
Education & Qualifications

Education/Experience:
High School Diploma or equivalent education/experience required
10 years experience in various supply chain, transportation and/or logistics positions
Bachelors Degree or equivalent education/experience in logistics, supply chain or related discipline is highly preferred
Canadian Institute of Traffic and Transportation certification (CITT) highly preferred
Experience in mining, aluminum smelting, oil and gas, or heavy industry preferred

Knowledge:
Knowledge and understanding of procurement and supply chain best practices required
Knowledge of contract law preferred

Skills/Abilities/Technical Competencies:
Fluency in English is required depending on assigned business unit(s) and/or base work location
Fluency in Spanish, French, and/or Portuguese is preferred depending on assigned business unit(s) and/or base work location
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Computer literate and proficiency with common word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database software
Ability to proactively engage, communicate with and influence internal (at all levels within the organization) and external stakeholders
Ability to influence others through negotiation
Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a potentially high stress environment
Ability to exemplify and promote a culture of ethics, safety and compliance
Ability to work effectively and productively in a matrix organization with minimal supervision

Relevant experience

The following leadership competencies are applicable at this role level:

External Engagement - basic application of understanding and building relationships with external parties that strengthen and sustain Rio Tinto's competitive advantage such as building a positive reputation through dealing openly fairly and consistently with external parties.
Managing Change - basic application of initiating and implementing change with commitment and drive such as constructively challenging the status quo to improve performance or maintaining focus and seeing change through to completion.
Commercial Focus - basic application of applying commercial rigor and discipline to all business decisions and customer relationships such as understanding the core value of the business and the key influences that drive value improvement.
Business Focused Collaboration - basic application of leveraging the broader organization for value creation through sharing knowledge, experience, resources and skills such as sharing and seeking out knowledge, best practice and resources across the Group and the Business Unit.
Operational Delivery - comprehensive application by consistently taking actions that optimize short and long term operational performance such as focusing on operational efficiency and effectiveness to optimize performance.
Leading People - comprehensive application by consistently motivating and developing people to deliver superior results such as creating a climate in which individuals and teams develop their potential and contribute their best and managing accountabilities and providing timely and constructive performance feedback to all direct reports.
Leading Self - comprehensive application by consistently taking responsibility and accountability for own behavior, performance and development such as taking ownership for own performance and decisions and their impact on the business.
Living the Values - comprehensive application by consistently aligning behaviors, decisions and action s with the values and principles in "The Way We Work" and related Group guidelines and standards such as ensuring compliance with all applicable policies, regulations, standards and governance requirements.
Please refer to the Rio Tinto Leadership Competencies for a complete list of competencies and supporting behaviors.

To apply: https://riotinto.taleo.net/careersection/4/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=391801&src=JB-12482

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