Australia Job Openings

BHP

Procurement Specialist

October 10, 2024

Date: 11 Oct 2024

Job Posting End Date:

Job Country:Australia

Job State/Province: South Australia

Job Location/Region: Adelaide

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

A rare opportunity has arisen for a skilled procurement professional to fill the role of Specialist, NPI as part of the Copper SA Procurement team. Reporting to the Lead, NPI, this role is responsible for delivering high-quality, customer-focussed procurement activities, including category management, sourcing, contract management and improvement initiatives.

We welcome diversity of thought. You will be empowered to leverage the full range of your relevant skills to make a real difference to our business. This is an excellent opportunity to join a diverse and high-performing team within one of the world’s top producers of commodities.

The primary responsibility of this role is to deliver high-quality, customer-focussed procurement activities through:

Developing and executing sustainable category management, sourcing and contract management strategies based on global best practice and local insights, that target the realisation of best value
Building and managing strong, collaborative relationships with internal customers, suppliers and other key stakeholders
Being an expert commercial advisor to internal customers
Identifying and leading improvement opportunities to maximise value and optimise risk management across the supply chain
Striving to achieve 100% safety and 0% waste
Identifying and leading local and indigenous sourcing opportunities
Analysing, interpreting and reporting on large sets of financial data, performance metrics, market intelligence and other relevant information to make sound commercial recommendations and decisions
Developing and evaluating complex total-cost-of-ownership and pricing models
Supporting procurement activities led by others as required
Taking personal accountability for their performance, working hard to deliver against individual, team and global KPIs, and stretch targets
Identifying and proactively finding solutions to the root causes of problems hindering or preventing success
Experimenting with better ways of doing things, and learning from mistakes
Supporting team performance and capability development through peer support, collaboration, sharing of lessons learned and providing on-time feedback
Engaging the capabilities of the entire organisation

About You

At least two, but ideally five or more years’ experience in high value/risk procurement roles within medium to large organisations
Mining or related industry experience is desirable, but not essential
A qualification in Procurement, Law, Commerce or related field is desirable, but not essential
Expert knowledge of procurement best practice

Applications close 27th October

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com .

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