Principal Performance & Improvement (Technology)

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 Potash

In 2021, BHP approved a CA$7.5 billion investment in Jansen Stage 1 in Saskatchewan, Canada, which is aligned with their strategy of growing exposure to future facing commodities in world-class assets. Potash opens a new front for growth and is an expandable resource that can support a century or more of operations. Potash provides BHP with greater diversification by commodity, country, and customer.

Purpose

Reporting to the Head of Technology Potash, the Principal Performance & Improvement plays a critical role in driving and maintaining the business performance and effectiveness of the Potash Technology Team. This position will collaborate with the wider Technology function and customers across Potash. Through strategic planning, the incumbent will support the Potash leadership team’s decisions on the direction of financial, workforce, and operational activities. The Principal Performance & Improvement will prioritize action towards critical issues, which will require information to facilitate efficient decision making.

The role will support the Technology Lead Team to plan and deliver strategic improvements across the Potash function. This includes portfolio management, people strategy, operating model, stakeholder engagement, risk management, operating discipline, business processes, and the BHP Operating System's (BOS) maturity. 

Work Location

Downtown, Saskatoon office. 40 hours per week. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

About the Role

• Supporting the Head of Technology with improving the maturity of BOS across the team
• Supporting the Head of Technology's coordination of executive level papers, cascading key leadership priorities and delivery of quality executive-level reporting to the Technology and Potash Leadership Teams
• Facilitating the Corporate Alignment Planning process, working closely with the Technology PMO team to articulate the value of the portfolio and drive improvements for focus areas
• Managing performance of the Technology budget and workforce plan, including uplift in operating discipline and commercial acumen of the wider team
• Developing and maintaining leadership routines, engagements, and team development sessions to optimize the effectiveness of the leadership team
• Leading improvements associated with delivery of the business plan and delivery of the Technology team's commitments, including operating model, Employee Perception Survey, and delivering to customers

About You

• Exceptional people and communication skills that can be employed to effectively influence senior stakeholders, build relationships, and generate buy-in to create a high-performing team culture
• Passionate about improvement, problem-solving, and offering solutions
• Strong analytical skills with the capacity to absorb and synergize multiple domains (financial, operational, commercial, and technical), to understand the value-drivers of the business so as to translate these into strategic narratives
• Highly organized with the ability to handle multiple requests at any time so as to plan well into the future, and most importantly, to perform with resilience through high-pressure scenarios
• Have strong networks within the broader Technology team and understand the value of maintaining relationships
• Communicates confidently, in both written and verbal mediums and can tailor communications to specific stakeholder groups
• Highly collaborative and can draw on subject matter expertise within the wider function to distil complex technical information into executive-level communications
• Have an overriding focus on safety, wellbeing, and a culture of care for the wider team, and respects the integrity of confidential information

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in any related discipline

About the 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 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.

BHP offers relocation support and assistance to new employees and their immediate family members, should it be required. More details on the relocation policy could be shared with candidates during the interview and offer stages.

The application due date is October 13, 2023.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and unique BHP employee share program.

At BHP, we recognize that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.

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.