Specialist - Commercial Gov&Improvement

About Orica

At Orica, it’s the power of our people that leads change and shapes our futures.  Every day, all around the world, our people help mobilise vital resources essential to progress. Established in 1874, we have grown to become the world leader in mining and civil blasting with a diverse of team of more than 13,000 across the world. 

It’s an exciting time to join us – we are shaping the future of mining through digital and automated technologies, embracing new ways of thinking, pioneering innovation and reimagining the way we work.

About the role

The Specialist – Commercial Governance and Improvement plays a key role in enhancing commercial performance and ensuring strong governance across the organization’s commercial processes. As part of the Global Commercial Governance and Improvement Team, the role focuses on improving and integrating systems, processes, and data to create enterprise-wide value. It involves upholding group standards, implementing controls, and promoting commercial excellence through learning and innovation. The specialist collaborates with technology and transformation partners to accelerate delivery and improve efficiencies across the business. Additionally, the role provides global advisory and subject matter expertise to ensure the effective use of commercial tools and systems, supporting large-scale enterprise transformation.

What you will be doing

• Governance
             o    Oversees the design of standard commercial business processes and provides expert guidance, prioritizing improvements across key areas such as Market Intelligence, Bid to Contract, Field Site Services, Order to Cash, and Issue to Resolution, based on business needs and project allocation.
             o    Supports with strategic roadmap execution and alignment of regional stakeholders.

• Process 
             o    Acts as a global process owner for assigned online and offline commercial processes, with priorities adjusting as the role evolves and based on the business environment and priorities.

• Systems
           o    Identifies improvement initiatives and develops action plans for implementation (online or offline).
           o    Provides quality data insights (data analytics) to mitigate risks and develop potential business cases supporting strategic initiatives and projects.
           o    Works with Master Data Owners and Regions to develop key action areas that deliver maximum value from a user experience, customer need and business outcome.

• Capability development
           o    Enables commercial competency development aligned with Orica’s standard organisation design. 
           o    Designs and delivers training based on system or process changes or capability gaps, while also providing quality data insights for Orica’s sales metrics.
           o    Garners external knowledge to support drive for innovation and support the development of action plans for implementation.
           o    Ensures the integrity and optimisation of standard global processes, data, systems, and knowledge to drive business performance excellence.
           o    Leads the global rollout of commercial processes and collaborates with key functional and regional stakeholders for systems requirements and value proposition.
           o    Gains end users' buy-in by delivering group-wide initiatives and projects effectively based on their needs and organisational requirements.
           o    Partners with regional and global functional groups to achieve commercial discipline and deliver enterprise-wide value.

What you will bring

• Demonstrates strong proficiency in conversational English, both written and verbal, along with well-developed mentoring and coaching skills.
• Possesses 3–5 years of SAP specialist and large-scale project management experience, ideally within a regional or global organization, with a preference for international or regional project exposure.
• Proven ability to lead virtual or site-based teams, including building a collaborative approach in the development of the direction and operations of the workstream.
• A proven self-driven influencer with strong stakeholder management skills, capable of effectively managing processes across diverse groups at both strategic and operational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, including prioritization, planning, task delegation, and coordination across multiple functional teams.
• Able to build structure and show initiative in ambiguous situations and establish best practices.

What we offer

As part of a truly global company, you will have the ability to grow and learn in a diverse, collaborative culture. We foster relationships and learning through connected global and local teams, promote flexible and diverse career paths and support the development of your knowledge and skills. 

You will be paid a competitive salary, learn from talented individuals across multiple disciplines and be able to thrive in a safe workplace within a collaborative culture. Ignite your career at a place where your distinct potential can find its home.

We respect and value all

Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone’s contributions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, nationality, age, military or veteran, marital or disability status.