Procurement Specialist, CAPEX

Procurement Specialist, CAPEX

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

• Grow your career in a global mining organization

• Based in Labrador City, NL

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other. 

About the role

We are looking for a Procurement Specialist, CAPEX to join the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) Procurement team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in managing procurement activities for large capital projects while partnering with stakeholders across the business to deliver value, drive efficiency, and support strategic sourcing initiatives.

Reporting to the Procurement CAPEX Lead, you will lead end-to-end sourcing and contracting activities for capital projects, engage with major suppliers, and contribute to the continuous improvement of procurement practices and supplier relationships.

What you'll be doing

• Prepare and manage competitive sourcing events, including bid package development, bid evaluations, commercial analysis, and award recommendations.

• Lead supplier negotiations related to pricing, commercial terms, scope clarifications, contract conditions, and value improvement opportunities.

• Identify and deliver opportunities for cost savings, spend optimization, demand management, strategic sourcing, and continuous improvement.

• Negotiate, develop, and implement supplier contracts and master service agreements.

• Independently lead complex and high-value sourcing and negotiation activities.

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align procurement activities with business needs and project objectives.

• Contribute to the enhancement of procurement processes, tools, templates, supplier engagement practices, and stakeholder experience.

What you'll bring

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in procurement, project management, technical, or related commercial environments.

• Demonstrated experience managing sourcing and contracting activities for large or complex projects.

• Strong negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, and commercial acumen.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Assets

• Experience with SAP, Ariba, and Power BI.

• Professional procurement designation (SCMP, CPSM, MCIPS, or equivalent).

• Bilingualism (English and French).

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions 

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program 

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans

• Attractive share ownership plan

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts 

Where you’ll be working

We are a leading North American producer and exporter of premium iron ore pellets and high-grade concentrate with average iron grades greater than 66%. With a team of over 2,700 employees, IOC is committed to providing value and continuity for our customers, employees, communities and shareholders through our unique mine to port approach, taking advantage of our full integration and wholly owned infrastructure to deliver our high-quality concentrate and pellets to our customers across the globe. 

IOC’s operations include a mine with five operational pits, a concentrator and a pelletizing plant located near Labrador City in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.  We also operate a wholly-owned 418 km railway, the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L), that links our Labrador operations to Company-owned port facilities in Sept-Iles. 

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

À propos de Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto est un chef de file mondial du secteur des sociétés minières et des matériaux. Nous sommes établis dans 35 pays où nous produisons du minerai de fer, du cuivre, de l’aluminium, des minéraux critiques et d’autres matériaux nécessaires à la transition énergétique mondiale et à la prospérité des personnes, des communautés et des nations. 

Nous exerçons nos activités depuis 150 ans, en nous appuyant sur les connaissances accumulées au fil des générations et sur les différents continents. Notre mission – trouver de meilleures façons de fournir les matériaux dont le monde a besoin – nous guide dans notre quête d’innovation et d’amélioration continue, dans le but de fabriquer des produits à faibles émissions et répondant aux bonnes normes environnementales, sociales et de gouvernance. Mais comme nous ne pouvons pas y arriver seuls, nous nous attachons à créer des partenariats nous permettant de résoudre des problèmes, de créer des situations mutuellement avantageuses et de saisir des occasions.

Respect and Inclusion
Chez Rio Tinto, nous accueillons favorablement et encourageons les candidatures d’Autochtones, de femmes, de membres de la communauté LGBTQ+, de travailleurs âgés, de personnes handicapées et de représentants d’origines diverses.

Nous sommes déterminés à créer un milieu inclusif où les employés se sentent à l’aise d’être eux-mêmes. Nous souhaitons de plus que chacun ait l’impression que sa voix compte, que toutes les cultures sont respectées et que les points de vue, aussi variés soient-ils, sont non seulement bienvenus, mais également essentiels à notre succès. Nous nous traitons mutuellement avec équité et dignité, sans égard à la race, au genre, à la nationalité, à l’origine ethnique, à la religion, à l’âge, à l’orientation sexuelle ou à tout autre aspect distinctif.