Specialist - Metal Management and S&OP

Why explore

• Opportunity to work in a world class organization within the aluminium business

• Drive meaningful strategies for the business

• Gain exposure across both Commercial and Product Group leadership

• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

We are looking for a Specialist - Metal Management & S&OP to join our team to support the planning, execution and delivery of our primary aluminium products to customers, optimizing value for a combined production rate of 1.2 million tonnes per annum from our four aluminium smelters in Australia and New Zealand.

The role is an exciting opportunity for someone able to manage high complexity in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple stakeholders and products for value-based decisions over the execution (0-3 months) and strategic (4-12 months) ranges.

Based in the Commercial hub office in Singapore, the Specialist - Metal Management & S&OP is a vital support function across our commercial and operational teams. The role requires a strong level of communication with key stakeholders including the Sales, Logistics, Customer Service, and our Casthouse operations teams.

Reporting to the Manager - Sales & Operations Planning Pacific, your core role responsibilities will be:

• Key interface between our Commercial and Operations teams, for both the strategic and tactical supply chain planning horizons.

• Determining the optimised view for the allocation of demand to our system capacity production, providing the strategic fact base and presenting insight and recommendations in our monthly S&OP cycle.

• Identifying value creation opportunities for the system, determining the business justification through cost benefit and options analysis and alignment with stakeholders.

• Lead weekly execution meetings and routines with our supply chain stakeholders (logistics, operations, customer services) to manage variation in the delivery of the ‘make’ and the ‘move’ and coordinate mitigating actions where necessary.

• Owning delivery of finished goods inventory targets and forecasting over the strategic range, contributing towards team and business targets of working capital reduction whilst maintaining robustness of supply for customers.

• Be a change agent for the continuous improvement of our planning and execution processes, identifying and contributing to initiatives enhancing our digital capability for managing and sharing our supply chain data.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in business, finance, engineering or related field.

• 5+ years in supply chain scheduling, logistics and/or inventory management.

• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.

• Experience preparing and presenting throughout the S&OP cycle for demand and supply planning.

• Ability to analyse data, build options and present recommendations based on financial valuations quickly and effectively.

• Exposure and knowledge of the primary aluminium industry.

• Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Cast house operations experience in aluminium or related industry.

• Advanced knowledge in Excel.

• Exposure to Anaplan and SAP systems.

What we offer

Be recognised 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

• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees

• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions

• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan

• Wellbeing benefits

• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter

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

Where you will be working

Our Commercial function at Rio Tinto connects our product groups, customers and suppliers from mine to market. We bring together Sales & Marketing and Trading (Sell), Global Procurement (Buy), and Marine & Logistics (Move) to buy, sell and move the materials the world needs, by partnering across the value chain to optimise outcomes for our customers and the Group. Headquartered in our global Commercial hub in Singapore, and with a strong presence in Chicago, Frankfurt, Antwerp and across Asia in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, we work as one team to deliver customer centric value, safely and sustainably.

Work at the heart of our global Commercial hub in Singapore, partnering cross‑functionally across Buy, Sell and Move to shape strategy and deliver mine‑to‑market value around the world.

Application Deadline: 18 September 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.” 

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.