Principal Inbound Maritime (Minerals Australia) | Perth / Brisbane / Adelaide
Australia
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
Thinking about your next career move? Then think big! BHP is looking for a talented Principal Inbound Maritime to help with building and executing BHPs Project Logistics portfolio.
The purpose of the Maritime sub-function is to bring people and resources together through an optimized maritime supply chain that is world class, measured by the safest coverage at the lowest cost. This role is responsible for ensuring that optimal maritime solutions are delivered to the business in line with our commercial strategy. Reporting to the Lead Inbound Maritime (Minerals Australia), this role will be responsible for building and managing the logistics demand in Minerals Australia.
Reporting to the Lead Inbound Maritime (Minerals Australia), this role will be responsible for building and managing the logistics demand in Minerals Australia.
In this role, you will:
- Transform BHP’s Inbound Supply Chain by insourcing freight requirements to BHP’s MSCE function
- Writing business proposals, developing growth strategies and plans and increasing the regional logistics pipeline for Project shipments in Australia
- Develop effective relationships with internal projects stakeholders and work closely with Project Commercial (Major and Asset) and Projects (end customer)
- Working alongside Procurement (opex and capex) to provide detailed inbound supply chain expertise advising on freight cost choices.
- Applying an understanding of the end-to-end Supply Chain to enhance efficiency, drive optimisation, and maximise value.
- Collaborate and work in conjunction with the EPCM and IPT contractors to provide freight end to end solutioning for Projects
- Understand Project Logistics budget and delivering savings back to the Project
- Go to market for Supply Chain services including Ocean Freight Requirements and Pre and Post Carriage requirements.
- Execute and optimise shipping practices by applying material, ship and port knowledge.
- Apply logistics management procedures and requirements to safely and efficiently meet stakeholder demands.
- Identify and assess risks, make risk informed decisions using BHP’s risk management framework and build a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
- Work within a global team based in Americas (Chile and Canada) and Asia (Australia, Singapore, Philippines and India) time zones
About You
• Collaborative team player that can work in a global, diverse team
• Possesses an understanding of end-to-end business value chain for mineral extraction and the associated key value drivers
• Strong customer service skills
• Skilled with developing and communicating strategies and complex messages to stakeholders
• Embraces an attitude as a self-starter, with an eye for detail and agility to change
• Demonstrates creative thinking, pursuing new and unique approaches to tackling challenges
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to express details and facts in a confident and articulate manner
• Superior interpersonal skills to engage, influence and build solid working relationships with stakeholders across the organization
• Sharp negotiating and networking skills
• Analytical thinking, ability to effectively convey compelling value propositions and work to build consensus.
• Thrives in a business development environment
• Experience with sourcing of containerized, out of gauge and break bulk cargo
• Experience with MS Office (Excel, Word, PPT)
• Experience working in a project logistics/freight forwarding company a plus.
• Degree in Supply Chain is preferable but not a must
Applications close 20th December
About Our Process
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.
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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.