Principal Sales Liaison

**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**:
Reporting to the Lead Sales Liaison, the Principal Sales Liaison is responsible for liaison with customers to support relationships and interactions for the sales and marketing of Copper (cathode/concentrates) in Korea and Nickel in Korea and Japan and identifying external market opportunities to drive the respective commodity strategies following direction from the Lead Sales Liaison.

Accountabilities:

- Demonstrates and instils an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
- Demonstrates commitment to the BHP Charter and Code of Business Conduct.
- Provide necessary preparatory and liaison to facilitate contract negotiations with suppliers and customers.
- Negotiates and conclude contracts with suppliers and customers as directed by the Lead Sales Liaison.
- Builds and maintains long term favorable relationships with customers and other key relationships.
- Prepare tactical plans for the respective region(s) as part of the overall strategy for the specific commodities.
- Collect, maintain and synthesize specific commodities market intelligence and exchange with relevant key relationships. Extra focus on comprehensive understanding of overall Base Metal market and value-chain in Korea/Japan.
- Translate market information, indices and knowledge into value generating trading opportunities.
- Consulted for the development of specific commodities sales plan and options, including placement, price targets, technical understanding and promotion.
- Contributes to creating value in competitive sales situations through deep commodity understanding, combined with a strong customer centric approach.
- Assist the Lead Sales Liaison with projects as required.

**About You**:
Pivotal experience:

- Experience in a commercial and/or relevant business discipline
- Experience in Base Metal marketing and good understanding on nature of the commodities market
- Experience in the relevant regional market is advantageous.
- Experience in customer relationship management
- Experience in contract negotiations
- Prior experience in Copper Cathode, Copper Concentrates or Nickel sales and marketing is highly desired.

Skills and Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in a commercial, economics and/or relevant business discipline
- Customer relationship management skills
- Strong negotiation and sales skills

**Language**:
Fluency in English and Korean

**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.

**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.