Principal Advisor Technical Marketing

Principal Advisor – Technical Marketing

• Key role in formulating insights and driving collaboration between commercial and assets.
• Opportunity to influence our commercial decision
• Based in Singapore, global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

The position of Principal Advisor carries responsibility for providing timely and accurate advice on product value, future business and industry context, and global industry trends to the Iron Ore resource development, strategic production planning, business development, business evaluation and strategic partnership teams based in Singapore and Perth. The role takes carriage of value-in-use analysis for strategic product pricing and placement and provides voice-of-the-market and voice-of-the customer inputs to Perth-based teams.

The role is responsible for providing technical analysis and strategic advice on product value, competitor value assessment and future market positioning. It will also engage with key customers in the market to understand iron and steel trends and value parameters.

What You'll Do

• Product Value Analysis: Key role in driving product assessments for our iron ore products through value-in-use analysis, including practical knowledge of iron ore product use, to influence Rio Tinto's iron ore operating assest as well as market development studies to achieve maximum value. (40%)
• Support to RTIO: Working closely with Iron Ore product group teams to provide commercial context and insights of Rio Tinto iron ore products, competitor products, competitor operational and pricing strategies from both a technical and operations perspective to ensure future product pricing and value assumptions are fit for purpose and reflect the most relevant future market and customer requirements. The role will leverage the capability of the Pricing team, Market Analysis team to inform the advice ultimately provided to Iron Ore product group. The role will also provide inputs into the Iron Ore sales & marketing planning process as required. (20%)
• Collaborate across Commercial: Work closely with the Iron Ore Sales and Marketing teams in Singapore and Perth to collaborate on improvements in VIU modeling and methodologies, provide inputs to commercial strategy and commercial projects.(20%)
• Technical Marketing: Work with Technical Marketing teams in regional offices to communicate market development projects and collaborate to understand customer raw material trends and value drivers. (10%)
• Technical engagement: Participate in technical engagement particularly with ASEAN and JKT customers, support product research programs, support customers with technical knowledge to make the best use of our iron ore products and contribute to new customer development. (5%)
• Coordinate analysis of external demand factors (technical, regulatory, others) which may influence future demand and value. (5%)

The role will also be remotely located from the reporting manager, and therefore will have a leadership responsibility including  defining priorities, setting work programmes and being a self starter.

About you

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

We're looking for a curious, independent thinker with a passion for market dynamics and a sharp analytical mind.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in a technical discipline including metallurgical/chemical/process/mining engineering, geology/metallurgy/chemistry/other geoscience or mathematics/physics.
• Minimum 10 – 15 years industry experience
• Proactive working relationship with peers in iron and steel industry
• Comprehensive understanding of resources industry market and pricing information
• Experience in product value assessment in the iron ore industry
• Experience with customer engagements and working directly with steel mills on the use of iron ore products

Bonus points if you have:

• Post-graduate in a field related to iron and steel making or iron ore processing/mining is highly desirable.
• MBA, Masters in Commerce or Masters in Minerals Economics is highly desirable

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Commercial puts the company's value over-volume approach into practice, with the goal of maximizing the value of our physical flows to improve both our business and that of our customers.  Headquartered in Singapore, and integrated with Rio Tinto's assets, hubs, and offices globally, our Commercial group works hand-in-hand with our product groups to ensure both the amount and types of products we produce meet our customer's needs, and manage the trade-off between volumes, quality, cost, and capital expenditure.

Application Deadline: 23rd August 2025(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto."

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.

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