Manager Decision Evaluation - Adelaide, Australia - BHP

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Manager Decision Evaluation | Copper SA | Adelaide

At BHP, we are dedicated to supporting our staff to develop, grow, enhance their skills, and achieve their full potential. With a wide range of operations worldwide, we provide an inclusive and diverse environment with exceptional career prospects. Our focus is on establishing a secure work setting where our team members are strongly aligned with our values and goals, and where the expertise of our workforce is fundamental to our triumph.

Come and join us in this journey towards success.

At BHP, we are dedicated to supporting our staff to develop, grow, enhance their skills, and achieve their full potential. With a wide range of operations worldwide, we provide an inclusive and diverse environment with exceptional career prospects. Our focus is on establishing a secure work setting where our team members are strongly aligned with our values and goals, and where the expertise of our workforce is fundamental to our triumph.

The aim of Decision Evaluation is to lead assessment tasks for decisions regarding significant capital investments, strategies, planning, and business opportunities throughout the Company to ensure that the value of each business decision is evident and well-informed.

This is achieved by delivering independent, thorough, and high-quality economic assessments of proposed decisions at a portfolio level and investment opportunities, taking into consideration risks and uncertainties. To maximize our impact, we engage in a collaborative and commercially savvy manner.

Decision Evaluation is a part of the Portfolio Strategy and Development (PS&D) global function, which also encompasses Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Transaction Analysis, Corporate Planning, and Strategy & Market Intelligence.

We are looking for a Manager-level candidate to join our team in Adelaide, supporting the growth of BHP's Copper South Australia business.

Reporting to the Head of Decision Evaluation, your responsibilities will include:

• Being the trusted advisor for crucial investment decisions and integrating best investment practices, capabilities, and technology across the organization.
• Building a broad network of influence, integrating functions, operations, and regions to address complex issues and promote robust functional/asset integration throughout BHP.
• Contributing to the development of BHP's strategy, value chain, competitive landscape, and identification of opportunities to deliver exceptional long-term risk-adjusted returns for shareholders and stakeholders.
• Supporting the development of commercial opportunities (including transactions) aligned with BHP's strategy and portfolio priorities.
• Outlining, evaluating, and communicating the risk-reward proposition of strategies, plans, and decisions; enhancing investment decision quality by enhancing investment methodologies, processes, capabilities, and culture to maximize BHP's long-term value.
• Assisting Asset leaders in making decisions related to portfolio capital allocation, investments, functional initiatives, commercial agreements, Business Development proposals, and transactions.
• Identifying, engaging with, and managing a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Planning, monitoring the delivery of, and overseeing evaluation support to create value and steer the achievement of project outcomes.
• Conducting presentations and leading workshops via storytelling to connect, influence, and engage the audience.
• Applying insights on industry trends and market dynamics to enhance decision-making and planning.
• Leading and nurturing a perceptive, intellectually curious, value-oriented team of thinkers capable of thorough analyses with a responsive commercial focus.

The ideal candidates could come from various backgrounds such as geology, processing, consulting, investment banking, corporate finance, law, or engineering. Regardless of background, and leveraging strong financial modeling capabilities, candidates should provide commercial insight, analytical expertise, and strategic thinking, along with robust communication, influencing, and leadership skills.

Key responsibilities involve creating shareholder value by framing, evaluating, and clearly communicating proposed investments to senior decision-makers.

Whether working independently or in cross-functional project, planning, or commercial teams, you will need to influence and challenge thoughts, develop comprehensive valuations, prepare succinct reports, and clearly convey outputs and insights to senior management and other crucial stakeholders.

Successful candidates will possess the following:

• Demonstrated experience leading a team focused on financial evaluations to support investment decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to establish credibility through strong technical skills, leadership, and excellent communication abilities.
• Comfort working with complexity and ambiguity to steer risk and value-based decision-making.
• Experience in creating and overseeing diverse, interdisciplinary teams with a track record of delivering high-quality outputs promptly.
• Effective communication skills, including experience in preparing, writing, presenting to, and influencing Senior Management and Business leaders.
• Experience reviewing and comprehending multi-disciplinary reports/documents and conveying key outcomes, takeaways, and insights.
• Advanced stakeholder management skills, particularly with other subject matter experts, senior stakeholders, and external parties.
• Evaluation experience encompassing framing, financial modeling, and analysis.
• Completion of a relevant tertiary qualification in finance, commerce, law, engineering, or science.
• Experience in mining or natural resources value chain is advantageous.

Application deadline: Tuesday, 14 May 2024

At BHP, we are dedicated to recruiting individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the role requirements. Throughout the recruitment process, various checks may be conducted to demonstrate applicants' suitability for a role, including police/criminal background checks, medical assessments, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work verification, and/or reference checks.

If you are currently employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email or apply through our internal job portal.

Our substantial business size, stability, and scope not only offer significant opportunities for professional growth but also competitive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and an outstanding employee share program. We understand that our employees have various essential aspects in their lives besides work, hence we provide benefits to help you balance work and life, including flexible work options, generous paid parental leave, extended leave entitlements, and parent rooms.

At BHP, we acknowledge the strength in diversity. We are committed to cultivating a safe and inclusive work environment where everyone can thrive and perform at their best daily. Our focus is on building a more diverse workforce that mirrors the communities where we operate, creating an inclusive environment where everyone is respected and treated fairly. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, understanding that genuine diversity encompasses gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, educational levels, and many other aspects of your identity.

BHP is dedicated to providing a recruitment process that is fair, unbiased, and accessible to all. If you have a disability, we are open to adjusting our process to ensure fairness for your unique situation. If you would like to discuss your circumstances and our recruitment process, please contact us via email.

As a leading global resources company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, our products are distributed worldwide, managed by our sales and marketing teams in Singapore and Houston.

We center our focus on providing the resources needed for global growth and decarbonization. Copper supports renewable energy, nickel powers electric vehicles, potash sustains eco-friendly agriculture, while iron ore and metallurgical coal supply the steel essential for global infrastructure and the energy shift.

A resource mix tailored for today and tomorrow.

With over 80,000 employees, you'll encounter BHP personnel from various locations worldwide, showcasing our global presence and impact across different regions.