Procurement Officer

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced purchasing professional to join our Perth based Commercial Services / Procurement Department. Drawing on your strong Procure to Pay and SAP knowledge, you will manage the day-to-day purchasing activities of goods and services for Sino Iron, Australia's largest magnetite operation, supported by a large, experienced Commercial team with mature systems and established processes.

This is a full-time position, Monday to Friday, based at St Georges Terrace in the Perth CBD, reporting to the Procurement Lead. You will be an experienced purchasing professional who takes pride in service, accuracy and follow-through, and who shares a commitment to safe and responsible work environment.

In this role you’ll be responsible for but not limited too;

• Provide a dedicated, responsive purchasing service to internal stakeholders across operational and project requirements, keeping them informed from order to delivery.
• Utilise SAP to engage and commit suppliers to meet stakeholder deliverables, securing the best outcome across price, quality and delivery.
• Build productive and communicative supplier relationships that support both daily and planned deliverables, keeping goods and services arriving on time, on spec.
• Stay ahead of delivery schedules, expediting orders and resolving discrepancies to support stakeholder timelines.
• Issue and maintain accurate purchasing data in SAP through purchase order creation, supporting clean reporting and a reliable Procure to Pay process.
• Champion CPM's Commercial and Procure to Pay processes, helping stakeholders get it right first time.

To be successful in the role you will have the following skills and experience;

• Demonstrated experience in a high-volume purchasing role, ideally within mining, resources or heavy vehicle/plant industries.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP transactional purchasing functions and end-to-end Procure to Pay processes.
• Proven supplier engagement skills, including quoting, expediting and discrepancy resolution, with the commercial curiosity to challenge price, lead time and terms.
• Well organised and able to manage a busy portfolio of competing priorities without letting accuracy slip.
• Clear, professional communication and the ability to build trust with stakeholders at all levels, working collaboratively within a large team.
• Sound commercial judgement in balancing price, quality and delivery under time pressure.

  The following will be highly regarded:

  • A certificate, diploma or tertiary qualification in procurement, supply chain, business, finance or a related discipline.
  • A mechanical background or experience with component repair and maintenance programs.
  • Exposure to the Asia Pacific supply market.
  • Fluency in Mandarin.

Benefits

As an employee of CPM, we offer a range of benefits including leave benefits, personal and family benefits, education and training, salary sacrifice options, and lifestyle benefits through preferred suppliers.

• Competitive remuneration package with 12% Superannuation
• Life and salary continuance insurance
• Salary packaging options

To Apply

• Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We reserve the right to close the position earlier than stated
• Please note: it is a requirement that all internal applicants advise their immediate line manager of their application.                       
• Candidates represented by agencies will not be considered for this position. 

As an employee of CPM, you will be part of a culturally and gender diverse organisation, committed to providing equal opportunities for all staff. Internal applicants please note it is a requirement that you advise your immediate line manager of the application.

About CITIC Pacific Mining

CPM is the company behind Sino Iron, already Australia’s largest magnetite operation, located on Western Australia’s Pilbara coast. We are spearheading a new iron ore value-adding industry for the nation, transforming magnetite ore into a high-grade, premium export product.

Sino Iron is a fully integrated operation – featuring a mine serviced by the biggest haul trucks in the world, a six-line concentrator and port terminal facilities at nearby Cape Preston. Our state-of-the-art power station and desalination plant are among the largest in the State.

Our operations provide career opportunities on a global scale. Being an employee at CITIC Pacific Mining (CPM) will enable you to take advantage of the multiple divisions of the group. CITIC Group, a majority shareholder of CPM, has more than 170,000 employees worldwide and is always looking for talented and exceptional people.   

Within CPM, everyone can develop their skills and knowledge, progress in the business and be recognised and rewarded for their contribution. We encourage our people to take the opportunities that are provided to reach their full potential - so they can achieve the best results for themselves, each other, and for CPM.

To learn more about Sino Iron, please visit www.citicpacificmining.com