Specialist Procurement

About BHP Welcome to BHP Here, we empower the professional development of all our teams to reach their full potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with exceptional job opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values charter, and where their skills are the key to our success. Why not you? Why not BHP? If you are thinking about applying for a role with us, we encourage you to watch this video to prepare you for our process. To learn more about BHP, tips and advice on the selection process, and stories from our teams, subscribe to our Talents from the Future Newsletter here. About The Role Drives performance and excellence through the Procurement team, deliver the best alternatives market for BHP Operations. Main Accountabilities • An overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development. • Control of monthly category expenses. • Develop effective relationships with internal business leaders to understand business requirements, to forecast demand, and verify established contracts are effective. • Identify opportunities and controls associated with the category. • Develops collaborative relationships with suppliers to ensure optimum delivery quality and sustained performance in line with business objectives. • Executes against the control framework for master data management; maintain quality and accuracy of information. • Generates action plans along with the operation to achieve Budgeted expenses • Identifies and implements improvement initiatives in Processing Infrastructure Category. • Work collaboratively across Supply (Region, Global and across sub-functions) and operational stakeholders to develop and execute category strategies, opportunities to reduce external spend through demand, price and productivity levers. • Collects requirements and analyses key data inputs from multiple sources (internal and external) to build robust category and sourcing strategies. • Develops sourcing and negotiation strategies using market intelligence and best practice tools such as clean sheeting, e-Auctions, TCO analysis, others. • Ensures integration of the category strategy across the function (Purchasing, warehouse, inventory, logistic, COMEX, Payments, A&I, Marketing) to ensure lowest inbound supply chain cost. • Coordinates the technical and any other non-commercial evaluation of tenders prior to negotiation. • Creates, manages and monitors contracts. Performs contract variations in line with business requirements. • Executes supplier performance reviews to track performance with contract and business requirements. • Applies an understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain to enhance efficiency, drive optimization, and maximize value. About You To be a top performer you will need: • A bachelor degree relevant to the role. • 5+ years of relevant industry experience with a focus on supply chain management or production areas related to Processing Infrastructure. • Proven ability to influence and engage across functions and mine operations site. • Ability to analyses complex business processes, risk factors and control systems. • Proven competences in financial evaluations and commercial project models. • Knowledge on services management, operational and maintenance process. • Risk management skills. • Advance Spanish and English speaker and writer. • Experience on SAP System, Office and Contract Management (Desirable). • Job location is Antofagasta or Santiago to work in from our corporate office. About Our Process At BHP, we are committed to hiring individuals who align with our values charter. As part of the selection process, subject to local regulations, there are a number of checks that may be conducted to demonstrate the candidate's suitability for the role, depending on the role being applied for. If you are already part of BHP, please register using your BHP email or apply through our internal job portal. We Support a Diverse Workforce At BHP, we adhere to Law 21,015 on Inclusion. We know that diversity strengthens us. That is why we are focused on creating a more diverse workforce that represents the communities we operate and live in, ensuring a work environment where every person is included and treated with respect. In this sense, we are committed to conducting a fair, equitable, and accessible selection process for all. If you have any disability, please email inclusion@bhp.com to adjust our selection process and provide the necessary support.