Principal Marketing Strategy

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team in Singapore or Australia as part of our Iron Ore Marketing Strategy and Technical function.  Reporting to the Manager Commercial Strategy Iron ore, this role is responsible for providing support in the development and execution of the Iron Ore commercial strategy.

Key Accountabilities

• Provides commercial expertise in sales and marketing asset planning, conversion of strategy into tactical sales plans and marketing initiatives.
• Provide deep market intelligence, by understanding specific structural trends, customers, competitors, products, custom and practice, and end use, to protect BHP’s inherent competitive position in the external market.
• Recognises the interdependencies of complex global dynamics / trends and drives outcomes to manage emerging risks or one-off disruptions.
• Monitor industry development and technology changes, and assess the impact on our products, markets and product value proposition.
• Actively engage and participate in research and/or strategic projects and provide analytical/commercial support on project work that inform decisions and market strategies.
• Works independently and collaboratively to create and implement changes in the Supply Chain that will increase efficiency and effectiveness and drive value and performance.
• Participate in cross-functional projects, summarising and effectively communicating information and insights into commercial opportunities to support mid to long-term assessments and productivity projects across the business.
• Liaise with the broader Marketing function to establish and improve tools and processes to support continuous improvement that enable decision-making.

About You

• Minimum 5 years work experience in commercial or analytical field – ideally within the resources sector and/or demonstrated strong commercial acumen. Iron Ore exposure is highly advantageous.
• Demonstrate ability to think strategically, with a record of influencing business outcomes.
• Curious and passionate about steelmaking, the iron ore market and value proposition
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills with an ability to simplify complex challenges into clear messages.
• Excellent stakeholders’ management skills with senior leaders, cross-functional teams, and/or external agencies
• Self-motivated equipped with capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader functional objective.
• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering or Business discipline
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills. Additional languages advantageous.
• Proficient in PowerPoint and Excel tools, with the ability to develop narratives and data-driven presentations.

Applications close 7th August

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. 

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.