Principal Portfolio Strategy and Development | Australia
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
We are seeking a motivated professional with the imagination, motivation and resilience to strengthen and enhance BHP’s portfolio by helping generate, evaluate and execute new business ideas aligned with BHP’s strategy and individual Asset strategies.
Key accountabilities include:
- Assist in the evaluation of targeted projects and execution of transactions, develop business cases, and communicate findings to stakeholders
- Identify opportunities to establish and improve high value, complex and highly strategic commercial arrangements for our Assets
- Assist in the management of diverse internal and external teams
- Build relationships with key industry participants, advisors, and other stakeholders
- Represent BHP at important industry events to position BHP as the preferred partner of choice, strengthen market engagement and generate proprietary deal flow
- Maintain an overriding commitment to health and safety and BHP’s charter values and Code of Conduct
About You
- Relevant tertiary qualification/s in either business, Law, Finance, Engineering or Geology
- Experience in working on transaction origination and execution in corporate/business development, investment banking or private equity, preferably in the minerals industry
- Sound practical experience with applicable corporate finance principles and valuation methodology, transaction structuring, due diligence and risk assessment
- Experience in dealing with and managing a variety of external parties including in M&A / commercial negotiations.
- Knowledge of the basics of mining and the global minerals industry is essential
Attributes, Skills and Experience
- Ability to apply understanding of operational and technical disciplines to identify value-added business development opportunities
- Exposure to originating, structuring, negotiating, managing, and executing transactions
- Experience working with internal and external multidisciplinary teams efficiently and effectively
- Experience with corporate finance and valuation principles and applying them on a daily basis
- Strong presentation and communication skills, with ability to structure and present complex ideas and information in a simple, articulate, balanced and persuasive way
- Proven ability to develop strong relationships, effective in managing and influencing key stakeholders
- Self-starter, resilient and team player with a high level of maturity, excellent people and project management skills
- Comfortable with ambiguity and constant change; the ability to work in a fast-paced environment is a must
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with impeccable business judgement
- Demonstrated ability to thrive under tight timelines and competing priorities
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.