Category Management Senior Specialist

Fortescue • Perth, WA, AU • 1w ago

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Perth. Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

As Contracts & Procurement Senior Specialist, Decarbonisation, you will be an enthusiastic team player with a passion for driving decarbonisation efforts across our Pilbara operations. In this role, you will directly support the GM Metals Operations in the planning, execution, and monitoring of the contracts and procurement sourcing pipeline to decarbonise operations. You will work closely with category and decarbonisation managers and their teams to prepare, track and evolve decarbonisation strategies and milestones into deliverable sourcing plans. You will thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, contributing to the transformation of our operations for a sustainable future.

Key Responsibilities

Planning: Supporting the development and maintenance of decarbonisation sourcing strategies, plans and schedules.
Critical thinking: You will apply critical thinking to the decarbonisation and sourcing strategies and timelines that you support and influence sourcing and procurement planning to drive project improvement including to time, cost, quality, consistency, efficiency and clarity.
Monitoring Progress: Tracking project milestones, deliverables and reporting on progress to key stakeholders.
Coordination: Facilitating and encouraging communication between team members and stakeholders to ensure progress, alignment and collaboration.
Data & Cost Analysis: Gathering and analysing and presenting to business stakeholders data related to performance, risks, and issues.
Issue Resolution: Helping to identify, escalate and propose ideas and opportunities to resolve project-related issues or risks to the C&P Metals Operations leadership group and other relevant business stakeholders.
Stakeholder Communication: Preparing updates and presentations for stakeholders to keep them informed about project status.
Documentation: Updating department tools, templates, policies, and procedures.

Qualifications and Experience

Passion for decarbonisation and strategic procurement.
Project coordination and ability to create clear and concise documentation with attention to detail.
Confident numerical and analytical skills with experience working in excel and Power BI.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with teams and stakeholders.
Qualification in Supply Chain, Business or Commerce is desirable.
Demonstrated contracts and procurement experience including preparation of category strategies.
Supports the vision of Fortescue and can demonstrate alignment with our Values.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.