Date: 23 Aug 2025
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Job Country:
China
Job State/Province: Shanghai
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About BHP
At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success
About the Role
As a member of the Global Function & China sub-function for China Sourcing, you will be working collaboratively with the Procurement team to develop and maintain the supply base in Best Cost Countries, in particular China, to secure supply and deliver value to BHP. The role will support Value Chain team to develop and execute category strategy by providing market intelligence, managing supply contracts and relationships in China, and achieving value by managing supply chain disruption, inflation and supply chain sustainability.
The Sourcing Specialist will provide the Value Chain with supplier pre-qualification, due diligence and supply chain solution to validate supplier capabilities and alignment with BHP values and standards. He/She will provide support to the Category Manager and end users in the Assets during the implementation and life of the contract.
The Sourcing Specialist will provide the Value Chain with supplier pre-qualification, due diligence and supply chain solution to validate supplier capabilities and alignment with BHP values and standards. He/She will provide support to the Category Manager and end users in the Assets during the implementation and life of the contract.
Key Accountabilities
- Conform with the BHP Charter, Code of Conduct, GLDs, FLDs and relevant statutory obligations
- Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety and environment responsibility and to sustainable development
- Identify and introduce value opportunities, technology & innovations and the best practice in market into the Company
- Support Value Chain to develop and execute category and sourcing strategies, supply contracts and trial plans
- Collaborate with project study teams, project excellence team and portfolio sourcing team to identify sourcing opportunities in Emerging Market and execution plans in individual project phase.
- Prequalify suppliers in Emerging Market, develop and maintain the supplier relationship in market.
- Support the business to manage the suppliers’ performance. Make sure the deliverables and performance of the suppliers are in line with project requirements.
- Support team and managers to track and report key initiatives and team performance
- Identify risks associated with managing category activities and business demand, and ensure that effective controls are identified and implemented
About You
Ideally, you will have work experience gaining from a fast-paced commercial environment or similar with experience within mineral resources industry or other manufacturing industries which has significant global footprints.
You will have the opportunity to develop your engagement and collaboration skills in developing stakeholder relationships. Likewise, you will be a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills and a high standard of oral and written communication skills.
You Will Also Possess The Following
- Post qualification commercial experience (of at least 5 years) from a large multinational organization
- Excellent communication and engagement skills, global mindset and experience of overseas exposures is preferred
- Work experience in mining/mineral processing/metallurgical industries and related manufacturing, engineering and/or construction sectors.
- Work experience in major project execution is preferred.
- International experience
- Competency in project management
- Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team based environment;
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities;
- An inquisitive nature and flexibility to work in a team distributed across time zones; and
Languages
- Fluency in business Mandarin and business English, both verbal and written, is essential
- Capability of business Spanish adds bonus value to the role
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected].
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