Category Specialist - Facilities Management (Procurement)

RioTinto; Saint John; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global mining and materials company is seeking a Category Specialist in Facilities Management. The role involves leading procurement activities, managing data analytics, and developing category strategies. Candidates should have extensive procurement experience and strong analytical and negotiation skills. The company offers a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working from home arrangements

18 weeks of paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical benefits

Attractive share ownership plan

Career development assistance

Exclusive employee discounts

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in Procurement.
• Ability to partner with key external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong customer and stakeholder relationships.
• Drive local procurement outcomes and sourcing for operations.
• Support Momentum Opportunity Tracking.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Negotiation Skills

Presentation Skills

Education

Tertiary Degree in Business, Commerce or Law

CIPS Certificate or Diploma in Purchasing or Supply

Job description

Category Specialist - Facilities Management (Procurement)

• Join our global company today

• Support / Drive our facilities category

• Based in Brisbane

About the role
We are seeking an experienced Specialist to lead a variety of key procurement activities including managing data and market analytics for the Facilities category, category strategy development and execution, commercial strategy development & execution, source to contract activities and supplier relationship management.

Reporting to the Business Partner – Facilities, your remit will include but is not limited to:

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong customer and stakeholder relationships with various Rio Tinto business units, in particular operations in Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia, to ensure all consumer/stakeholder needs and requirements are met

• Ensure execution of improvement initiatives to reach and exceed business plans

• Identify and develop category management opportunities within Australia.

• Strong analytical skills

• Working across the end-to-end procurement process, driving local procurement outcomes and sourcing for operations and capital projects

• Support Momentum Opportunity Tracking including finalisation of actuals against planned opportunities.

What you’ll bring
To be successful in this role you will demonstrate the following:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Extensive hands-on experience in Procurement

• Proficient and skilled in framing opportunities and analysis to refine presentations and projects for development and execution.

• Strong presentation skills with the ability to summarise key information to deliver clear key messages to diverse audiences.

• Strong negotiation skills to develop agreements for facilities operations with commercial terms that maximise value and minimise risk exposure for Rio Tinto.

• Contribute to an integrated team to deliver joint deliverables with input from diverse internal stakeholders.

• Ability to Partner with key external suppliers and stakeholders to co-develop projects and supply opportunities centred on achieving Rio Tinto’s strategic objectives.

• Tertiary Degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline including business, commerce or Law. A CIPS Certificate or Diploma in Purchasing or Supply is desirable

About Us
Join our Supply Chain & Procurement team, where we are dedicated to integrating strategy, category management, and emerging enablers to optimise procurement activities. At Rio Tinto, we are committed to delivering excellence in all aspects of our operations and creating safe and engaging workplaces where our people can thrive.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements

• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

• 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)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more); and

• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

Application Deadline: 27th May 2025

(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.

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 situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters

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 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.