Procurement Specialist– Local Services

• Opportunity to work for a global company
• Competitive benefits and compensation package
• Permanent role based in Salt Lake City, Utah

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

We are looking for a Procurement Specialist – Local Services to support the Rio Tinto Kennecott operation in Salt Lake City. You will be working directly with a mining and processing team and recommending strategies and creative supply chain solutions.

Rio Tinto Procurement provides supply chain services that deliver value to the Rio Tinto Group through the strategic sourcing and buying of goods and services for all operations and businesses. Playing a fundamental role, value is achieved through uniformed processes, e-technology, increased corporate social responsibility, and measurable saving for the Group. 

This role is a great opportunity for an energetic and enthusiastic individual to work for a global company. Working Monday-Friday reporting to Procurement Business Partner, you will:

• Act as procurement leader for site specific contracts
• Create and maintain Category Strategy for relevant categories for specific partners
• Ensure qualification of suppliers and compliance with Rio Tinto Procurement Policy.
• Preparation and management of Request for Information and Request for Proposal
• Lead business-critical negotiations and effectively secure outcomes that align to strategic procurement priorities and provide leadership skills to support teams to develop negotiation skills.
• Draft and execute required contracts and master service agreements and incorporated critical KPI metrics
• Generating creative supply chain solutions that balance people, goals, methods, policies, and procedures that integrate with requirements.
• Generating new ideas to improve procurement outcomes and guide others in resolving complex issues based on existing solutions and procedures.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, data analytics, or communications is desirable
• A combination of related supply chain training including purchasing practices, contract management, or considerable work experience may be considered an equivalent
• Energy and curiosity to challenge the specifications prepared by the technical teams
• Procurement knowledge or significant Procurement background
• Excellent communication skills to engage with a wide range of internal and external partners; including presentation skills
• Advanced negotiation and persuasion skills
• Critical and analytical thinking including operations analysis
• Health and safety consciousness, adhere to a strict code of ethical conduct, empower employees to work independently and make decisions

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide: 

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment 
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program 
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares. 
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up) 
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing 
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

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 

Where you will be working

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903, and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V 

Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information. 

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.

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