What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Decarbonisation | Global Procurement | 12-month Fixed-Term position at BHP?
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
We are seeking a strategic and commercially focused Principal – Decarbonisation to join the Portfolio Sourcing, Infrastructure & Decarbonisation (PSID) team within Global Procurement.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across all Assets and Functions, as well as external partners and innovators, to help shape BHP’s decarbonisation strategy and pathway toward achieving net zero targets. This position reports directly to the Manager, Decarbonisation.
This role will play a key part in supporting the commercial rail and mines decarbonisation workstream – a critical and strategically important scope across the BHP decarbonisation landscape. The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with the Procurement Decarbonisation team, key internal stakeholders in Operational Decarbonisation, and the broader Procurement and Asset teams to deliver impactful outcomes that advance our pathway to net zero.
Accountabilities
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.
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
We are seeking a strategic and commercially focused Principal – Decarbonisation to join the Portfolio Sourcing, Infrastructure & Decarbonisation (PSID) team within Global Procurement.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across all Assets and Functions, as well as external partners and innovators, to help shape BHP’s decarbonisation strategy and pathway toward achieving net zero targets. This position reports directly to the Manager, Decarbonisation.
This role will play a key part in supporting the commercial rail and mines decarbonisation workstream – a critical and strategically important scope across the BHP decarbonisation landscape. The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with the Procurement Decarbonisation team, key internal stakeholders in Operational Decarbonisation, and the broader Procurement and Asset teams to deliver impactful outcomes that advance our pathway to net zero.
Accountabilities
- Collaborate across teams to support category and sourcing strategies that considers all requirements for decarbonisation.
- Support engagement with third party OEMs and internal stakeholders in the acceleration of decarbonisation solutions and opportunities.
- Support the delivery of commercial strategies which enable our teams to meet their strategic priorities.
- Support Procurement teams in development and review of sourcing strategies, tender evaluations and emissions reduction initiatives.
- Tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Business, Accounting, Economics, Legal, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or related discipline
- A high degree of business acumen with deep understanding of commercial procurement, risks and strategies; experience in strategic thinking, robust planning and risk management
- Ability to think laterally and resolve issues independently, influencing change, working autonomously with attention to detail in an organized and objective manner
- Proven ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environments
- Ability to develop and execute negotiation strategies and plans
- Ability to build partnerships and collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
- Exhibit strong facilitation, problem-solving capability, influencing and relationship management skills
- Strong communication skills: ability to tailor communications and interactions to a wide variety of stakeholder groups, including senior level executives
- Experience with negotiating mutually beneficial outcomes with commercial partners and/or industry peers.
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.