Advisor Sales
Based in Shanghai – China
Reporting Line: Senior Manager Portside Sales
About the role
As RT's portside business continues to grow, we are seeking a Port Sales professional to support our expanding operations. This role will focus on customer engagement, contract negotiation, and market development in collaboration with the Iron Ore PST team.
Reporting to the Senior Manager Portside Sales, and working in a collaborative and exciting environment you will:
Develop and maintain customer relationships and engagement plans.
Negotiate and sign portside sales contracts.
Identify new business opportunities with existing and potential customers.
Support marketing plans and SME mill segment analysis.
Provide tiered sales solutions based on customer segmentation.
Ensure contract performance and resolve customer issues effectively.
Collaborate with ports for logistics and marketing.
Deliver market intelligence and pricing insights.
Independently manage 10–15% of annual sales targets.
About you
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
Bachelor’s degree or above in Marketing, Economics, Finance, Geosciences, or Engineering.
Fluent in Mandarin and English.
5–7 years of sales experience.
Strong communication and influencing skills.
Preferred background in Steel, Mining, Shipping, or Commodity industries.
Experience in cargo/scheduling handling is a plus.
Where you will be working
You will be based in our office in Shanghai.
Since Rio Tinto established its first office in Beijing almost 40 years ago with just three people, the Group has built partnerships with China that span supply, innovation, knowledge transfer, culture and procurement. It's a relationship that has been transformative for Rio Tinto and which continues to make a significant contribution to China’s growth story.
The company’s history in China stretches back over a century, when Rio Tinto made the first borates sales to the country. Since 1973 when Rio Tinto was one of the first foreign companies to export iron ore to China, it has shipped over 2.5 billion tonnes of the commodity, more than any other mining company. This extraordinary volume has been driven in large part by the pioneering joint ventures and partnerships that the Group has forged in recent decades.
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.
Every Voice Matters
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.