Principal Advisor Commercial Strategy and Product Advancement (Aluminium Products)

• This is a 12-month contract (maternity leave replacement)
• Be a leader in the energy transition, decarbonization, and ESG evolution
• Join one of the world's largest Metal, Minerals and Materials Groups
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive team

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Advisor – Strategy and Product Advancement (Aluminium) to be based in either our Chicago or Montreal offices.

As a Principal Advisor – Strategy and Product Advancement (Aluminium), you will help formulate, shape and/or refine the Go-to-Market Commercial and investment strategies for the Aluminium products of current and planned operations in alignment with Commercial Strategy, Group Strategy and ESG objectives.

Join this fast-paced team that is accountable for driving the investments and long-term commercial and product strategy across the global Aluminium smelter system. Rio Tinto is committed to being the partner of choice for the Green Future and this role will support establishing the strategy to put this vision into action.

Reporting to the Manager, Strategy Aluminium, you will:

• Work with Sales, Market Analysis, Market Development, Technical Marketing, Product Group, R&D and other functional teams to monitor the market and industry for trends for primary and recycled Aluminium that provide value growth opportunities for Rio Tinto and its customers; evaluate and contribute to business cases for new Commercial opportunities and initiatives.
• Define, syndicate and implement the Commercial Go To Market strategy for a specific suite of Aluminium products by:
  • Analyzing commercial, industry, technical, operational, and financial data to support value creative business opportunities, decisions, and strategic directions,
  • Defining the product portfolio of the future to support the needs of key market and customer segments,
  • Supporting and influencing the development of Rio Tinto’s value proposition, pricing policies, brand management activities and sales enablement tooling,
  • Developing strong collaborative working relationships across internal stakeholder teams,
  • Understanding and educating internal stakeholders on the key value drivers for the Aluminium business, and developing high quality materials to support strategy development and implementation, ensuring that the voices of the customer and the operations (market to mine) are well represented,
  • Identifying and supporting the implementation of business improvement opportunities associated with markets, customers and operations.
  • Ensuring that prioritized business cases for investment projects critical for the Commercial Go To Market strategy are delivered on time and on budget.
• Provide the relevant strategic input, based on the Go To Market strategy for Aluminium products, for:
  • Studies required to progress Rio Tinto long-term projects,
• The development of new markets and partnerships, new products and new assets
• Support senior and executive management on business reporting activities and synthesis of information for communication
• Support strategy execution, and project manage select strategic growth projects.

What you’ll bring

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

• A University degree in either a technical or commercial discipline,
• Experience in strategy development and the evaluation of commercial opportunities based on complex business problems, with the ability to present strategic ideas in a simple and digestible manner,
• Analytical ability to consolidate insights from a diverse set of internal and external parties that will inform and illustrate key opportunities / threats,
• Ability to effectively navigate ambiguity and change context to develop workable and sustainable solutions,
• Commercial awareness partnered with Rio Tinto’s principles of care, courage and curiosity,
• Influencing skills with the ability to translate strategic and technical content into actionable insights,
• Project management and change management experience, particularly in a matrix organization; stakeholder engagement and business partnering skills key requisites,
• Experience in strategy implementation and execution,
• Ability to travel around 10% of the time
• Fluent language skills of French and English – spoken, written, and reading

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Experience in the aluminium industry or other commodities / mining fields,
• Prior experience in management or strategy consulting.

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

Where you’ll be working

Built around a dedicated hub in Singapore and regional offices in Chicago and Frankfurt, our commercial teams are entrepreneurial, fast-paced and highly specialised part of our business.

Our team has a deliberately open and entrepreneurial culture where we reward the creation of value through innovation and risk taking. You get to work alongside inspiring and creative colleagues and learn and grow every single day.

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

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.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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