Why explore
- Work on Rio Tinto’s top priorities and deliver lasting sustainable impact
- Gain exposure across our global commercial business
- Interact with senior leaders, and assist in managing key relationships
- Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto
About the role
PACE is an internal management consultancy embedded within Rio Tinto, based in Montreal, Perth, Brisbane, and Singapore. It comprises a team of management consultants and Rio experienced team members focused on working with each part of the business on opportunities that will deliver the highest possible value. Rio Tinto has established PACE to support the business in many areas where it has previously sought external management consulting expertise.
We are looking for a Manager - PACE Consulting to join our established internal management consulting team. This is a crucial leadership position to ensure PACE accelerates the delivery of lasting value to our ‘clients’ by applying consulting experience, analytical insights, business knowledge, and relationships.
This is a great opportunity for a team player with extensive strategy consulting experience to work on projects that deliver value to the commercial business and beyond.
Reporting to General Manager - PACE Singapore, and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the PACE team, you will:
- Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and Exco across Commercial, North Asia and other parts of the Group to frame critical problems and translate them into an actionable scope of work that can be delivered by the PACE Team.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key leaders to ensure the projects are prioritized and aligned with the organization.
- Work with PACE leaders to identify and scope consulting projects that create value for product group assets and functions.
- Autonomously deliver one or more projects at a time, managing the interfaces and ensuring strong collaboration with clients and their teams.
- Provide coaching and feedback to develop the PACE consultants on your project.
- Develop and present project findings that will deliver sustainable short- and long-term outcomes.
- Develop and lead the project work plan for a combined team of PACE and client team members to deliver outcomes.
- Have the opportunity to work across different PACE hubs
About you
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
- Bachelor Degree qualifications
- Substantial experience (5 years+) leading projects in a top-tier consulting firm with a focus on strategy and/or business improvement.
- Extensive experience in leading and coaching teams to unleash their potential.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting analysis, ensuring accurate and updated data from varying sources, and interpreting complex results to find key opportunities.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise critical thinking and challenge pre-established conceptions.
- Good understanding of business improvement principles and practices.
- Experience in project management and change management.
- Experience in scoping abstract ideas and translating them into actionable strategies.
- A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
It will also be beneficial if you have:
- MBA, other language skills.
