Materials Coordinator

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the Role

Bring your experience in Supply Chain, Operations, Maintenance or Engineering to drive materials management and repairables improvements across Alcoa’s WA Operations Workshop and Australian refineries.

Based at Pinjarra and reporting to the WAO Workshop Manager, this permanent, part-time role offers an average of 21.6 hours per week.

As Materials Management Co-ordinator, you’ll collaborate with Workshop, Engineering, Maintenance, Stores and Procurement teams to optimise inventory, reduce total cost of ownership and improve supplier performance. A key priority is reducing unplanned workshop work by at least 50% through improved availability of repairable items.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the Repairable Item Management System (RIMS) and implementing agreed strategies.
• Overseeing critical spares, stock levels, returns and slow-moving or obsolete inventory.
• Partnering with Procurement to reduce costs, improve supplier performance and ensure contract compliance.
• Leading cross-functional supply chain improvements, supplier assessments and repair standards reviews.
• Strengthening supplier relationships and leading annual inventory and storage audits, including follow-up actions.

What’s on offer

• Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.
• 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregivers.
• My Alcoa Benefits program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.
• Generous leave entitlements including a leisure a day off every 4-week period.
• Connect and be part of a community that celebrates diversity through our employee inclusion groups.

What you can bring to the role

• Strategic level critical thinking and proactive continuous improvement capability
• Technically savvy and to have advanced interpersonal skills to achieve the outcomes necessary to meet our business requirements.
• Passionate about developing and maintaining strong working relationships with Maintenance staff, Procurement and suppliers, utilising your wide network of internal and external contacts
• With the ability to influence, engage and negotiate, as well as problem solve complex issues,
• Confident and sophisticated in verbal and written communication,
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field,
• Mechanical/Electrical expertise with solid understanding of Materials Management, Procurement, Planning.

Additional information

• Interviews may progress prior to the closing date, although all applications will be considered.
• You will only be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview, this process can take up to four weeks from the closing date.

Be part of shaping our organisation and join us in building a legacy of excellence for future generations.

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About the Location

As one of the world’s largest alumina refineries, our Alcoa Pinjarra Refinery produces approximately 4.7 million metric tons each year. Located within the Shire of Murray in the Peel region of WA, just east of the Pinjarra town site, our workplace offers an inclusive and respectful environment, where we embrace change, new ideas and equal opportunity to succeed.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.  Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.    

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!  

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.