Team Lead, Logistics Operations & Business Improvement

Team Lead, Logistics Operations & Business Improvement

• Join a global company offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities
• Outside industry experience? Add diversity to our team!
• Permanent Role Based in Chicago IL

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Reporting to the U.S. Manager of Execution, you will be responsible for providing leadership and guidance to logistics officers who are handling US Sea execution day-to-day activities. Specific responsibilities include:

• Lead a team in delivering day-to-day operational sea movement of products from Rio Tinto's US assets to customers and warehouses and be the first point of escalation for execution
• Develop, monitor and improve processes to ensure shipments are flowing in a timely manner
• Develop, monitor and improve processes to ensure vendors are paid on time and correctly per contract
• Identify and actively seek methods to sustainably eliminate bottlenecks
• Develop business improvement ideas, participate in implementation and ensure the value delivered is being captured
• Assist with development of tools/systems to automate reporting and measurement and monitor RTL value add/cost performance
• Keep track and reports on US Sea execution KPIs
• Provide guidance, assistance and operational support to other logistics officers as required
• Managing Logistics Execution US team when manager is away.

What you'll bring:

• Drive to deliver results and identify opportunities to improve the business
• Effective leadership and coaching skills
• Analytical mindset
• Curiosity to learn and improve
• Ability to effectively interact with and influence stakeholders
• Adaptable to change
• Bachelor degree is a minimum
• ERP knowledge is a plus

Experience in:

• Leading, developing and engaging a team of diverse professionals
• Collaborating and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
• Business improvement for systems and processes

What we offer

Here is just a glimpse of our industry leading rewards package:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan including 6% defined company contribution
• Generous 401k matching program
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

Where you'll be working

Built around a dedicated hub in Singapore and regional offices in Chicago and Frankfurt, our commercial teams are an 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

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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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.

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