Category Specialist

Our Opportunity

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

Roster:  Monday to Friday

The primary purpose of the Category Specialist is to provide specialist procurement advice on Fortescue's Mobile Equipment and Decarb Execution category to assist stakeholders to plan, develop, source and manage contract arrangements to effectively meet business objectives. 

This role will also assist with category strategy development and implementation of strategic procurement activities supporting Fortescue’s mobile equipment categories.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage contracts to ensure agreed performance standards are met and cost outcomes are achieved.

• Deliver value through the effective management of key supplier relationships.

• Develop and implement category strategies aligned to Fortescue’s business objectives and manage the end-to-end sourcing process.

• Apply structured and effective negotiation strategies, with a clear understanding of all parties’ positions, to manage high-risk and/or high-value contracts.

• Ensure business objectives are achieved through strong governance, compliance management, and the proactive identification, assessment, and mitigation of risk.

• Provide accurate analysis and reporting of relevant data across all stages of the procurement lifecycle, with a focus on mobile equipment.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure procurement activities are fully aligned with business needs and opportunities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Mobile equipment or resource sector experience, preferably in a contracts and procurement/supply chain team.  
• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, commerce, law or similar.  
• Effective writing skills and attention to detail (e.g. drafting concise recommendations, contract conditions, contract correspondence and variations).  
• Effectively self-manage with an ability to efficiently manage priorities. 
• Excellent stakeholder management skills. 
• Show a level of resilience to challenging and changing circumstances. 
• Well-developed lateral thinking/problem-solving ability. 

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.