Principal Business Improvement

At MMG we mine for progress through the development of our people and partnering with local communities to drive economic growth and the value we deliver to our shareholders. We work in complex jurisdictions and across diverse cultures and communities, and vastly differing experiences with resource development. A long-term outlook, commitment to international standards and our respect for people, land and culture underpin our success.

Why MMG?

With the world taking steps towards a transition to a low carbon economy, MMG is focused on the critical materials required to help make this change. As we look ahead, our portfolio and focus places us in a strong position to drive future growth for our business. This is an opportunity for you to be a part of this exciting future and become our next generation of business miner.

Our people are as diverse as our assets, and the work is varied. Based on our Melbourne Head Office, you will partner with colleagues from Peru, Africa, China, Laos and Australia, to gather information and provide best practice advice and governance to align the assets to MMG’s strategy. We recognise and respect the unique value and perspectives each person contributes to our safety, production and operational excellence outcomes.

About the Role

The Principal Business Improvement role contributes to our Asset Management and Operational Excellent team and is a key business support unit that works closely and collaboratively with our global assets.  The role purpose: 

• Collaborate across MMG to develop continuous improvement programs to deliver SSHE/Volume/Cost/Value outcomes.
• Provide specialist support to identify, review and implement business critical initiatives and/or optimisation in systems and processes, to drive sustainable improvements and create value across our operational, support, and service functions.
• Establish metrics for the function to determine process performance and to drive improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Support Assets in establishing business improvement processes to deliver sustainable improvement in SSHE/Volume/Cost.
• Working globally to identify, engage and manage a range of stakeholders to support the evaluation and implementation of continuous improvement activities and initiatives.
• Provide thought leadership and advice in relation to business improvement, building organisational capability through tools, methodologies, and frameworks to enable benchmark performance.
• Providing coaching, advice and mentorship to individuals and teams on approaches to improvement and transformation.
• Review and implementation of frameworks to support initiatives (i.e. Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen)
• Respectfully challenging conventional management and operational practices to enable business improvement by influencing in a varied way, tailoring approach to suit the audience.
• Working with senior managers to break the cycle of short-term solutions, embedding a business improvement culture.
• Collaborate broadly, working with other functions to implement baseline ways of working.
• Instil a creative problem-solving approach, facilitating regular workshops, bringing Lean methodologies and creativity together, along with operational excellence and continuous improvement resources.
• Apply effective control and governance by identifying risks and effective management and tracking of projects.
• Develop and implement communication and change strategy per business improvement initiative.
• Provide oversight for a pipeline of business improvement activities across the organisation.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal, leadership, collaboration, coaching and facilitation skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to converse in the language of the mining operations and explain complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Ability to win trust and cooperation among colleagues and business stakeholders.
• Ability to influence and lead without direct line authority.
• Ability to understand broader business vision and identify optimal opportunities for business improvement to advance operations.
• Ability to assess business improvement initiatives through considered and quantified assessment of factors such as value and ease.

Knowledge

• Mining and processing operations
• Understanding of the interdependencies between various functions of a Mining Operation from both a technical and operational perspective
• Understanding of Inputs, Throughputs and Outputs of a Mining Operation including Theory of Constraints
• Understanding of Consulting Methods
• Understanding of Project Management Methods
• Understanding of Mining Best Practice Methods
• Understanding of Framework(s) that support Operational Excellence (ie TQM, Six Sigma, Lean)
• Understanding of the practical application of Business Improvement to deliver real, transformational results.
• A strong commercial understanding of the end-to-end mining value chain

Experience

• The minimum of 8 years’ experience in industries with Lean based operating systems (e.g. automotive, manufacturing, health, finance, supply chain logistics)
• Experience in engaging subject matter experts and technical and operational mining teams.
• A blend of business acumen and large-scale, global improvement.
• Experience in Executive engagement is highly preferred.
• Experience in Vendor evaluation and engagement is highly preferred.
• Mining industry exposure ideally.

Education, Qualifications, Tickets, Licences

• Appropriate tertiary qualification e.g. Engineering, Business, Technology.
• Continuous improvement e.g. Six Sigma.

At MMG, we invest in our people. We offer:

• Competitive salary packages and incentive plans
• Varied work that provides broad, global experience and exposure including opportunity for secondments and projects
• A values-driven and collaborative work environment, bringing diverse people together
• Hybrid working arrangements allowing you to maintain the flexibility and balance you value
• Southbank office close to public transport and amenities 

We mine to build wealth through the development of our people; the investments we make in local communities; and the value we deliver to our shareholders. At MMG, we mine for progress.

We invite you to explore this opportunity and grow with MMG.

Please note, screening and interviews may take place prior to the advertised closing date. MMG will not be accepting third party applications at this time.