Our Opportunity

Work Location: Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

The Best Value Country Sourcing (BVCS) Specialist provides specialised procurement and sourcing support to Fortescue’s current mine site operations, with a focus on securing best-value supply outcomes from low-cost countries and competitive global supply chains.

This role will be embedded in the Contracts and Procurement Fixed Plant and High Volume category team, providing category wide support to identify best value supply sources and optimise category strategies.

The immediate priority is to identify and deliver sourcing opportunities that improve total cost, reliability, lead time and continuity of supply for Fortescue’s operating sites.

The role will work closely with category specialists, China procurement, engineering teams, China operations, logistics and commercial stakeholders to ensure sourced products meet operational, safety, quality, cost and performance requirements.

This role suits someone who is commercially minded, analytical, resilient and comfortable working across technical, operational and global supplier environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute best-value sourcing strategies across low-cost countries and competitive global supply markets, aligned with Fortescue’s operational demand, specifications, risk appetite and total-cost objectives.
• Support the category team to prioritise sourcing initiatives that reduce cost, improve equipment availability, shorten lead times and strengthen continuity of supply for current operations.
• Lead sourcing and supplier negotiations across BVCS supply opportunities, including RFQ/RFP management, commercial evaluations, and cost analysis to deliver value-driven procurement outcomes.
• Identify, pre-qualify and onboard capable suppliers, ensuring quality, safety, compliance, warranty, technical, logistics and service requirements are understood and met.
• Ensure procurement activity complies with Fortescue processes and addresses trade, customs, sanctions, Incoterms, ESG, quality and supply chain risk considerations.
• Provide spend, demand, market, supplier, total-cost and benefits reporting throughout the procurement lifecycle.
• Create and maintain credible and trusting relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure sourcing effort is aligned with operational priorities and business opportunities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in procurement, sourcing, or supply chain roles, preferably within mining, heavy industry, mobile equipment, fixed plant, MRO, or aftermarket environments.
• Communication skills in Mandarin or other relevant languages will be highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience sourcing from low-cost countries and/or global supplier markets, including supplier discovery, qualification and performance management.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in RFx processes, negotiation, contract management, landed-cost analysis and total cost of ownership decision making.
• Ability to work with technical stakeholders to understand specifications, drawings, quality requirements, warranty expectations and operational constraints.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trust with site operations, maintenance, engineering, logistics and commercial teams.
• Effective writing, analysis and reporting skills, with high attention to detail.
• Ability to self-manage, prioritise multiple sourcing initiatives and remain resilient in challenging and changing circumstances.
• A bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Commerce, Law, Engineering or similar is desirable.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.