We are looking for an experienced Senior Advisor – Business Applications & ERP to take a leading role in shaping the future enterprise application landscape for U.S. Borax.
ERP will sit at the heart of this position, representing approximately 70% of the role, alongside responsibility for the broader business applications environment and enterprise application architecture.
The timing of this appointment makes the opportunity particularly significant. As U.S. Borax transitions towards greater independence, you will have the opportunity to influence the future ERP and application environment from an early stage, helping determine how systems are designed, implemented, integrated and governed for the standalone organisation.
You will act as a key bridge between the business, IS&T, implementation partners and application vendors – understanding business requirements, translating them into clear functional and technical requirements, and ensuring ERP and enterprise application solutions support both immediate operational needs and the organization's longer-term strategy.
You will have substantial involvement across ERP renewal, modernization, implementation, configuration and future-state design.
This is not intended to be a deeply hands-on ERP configuration or development position. Instead, you will provide ownership, direction and oversight, ensuring implementation partners and service providers deliver solutions that meet business requirements and that technology decisions remain aligned with the organisation's longer-term application strategy.
We are therefore open to backgrounds including senior ERP Business Analysts, Enterprise Applications specialists, ERP program professionals and application architects, provided you combine strong ERP knowledge with the ability to operate effectively between business and technology stakeholders.
The role is largely remote, with onsite presence in Boron and/or the new Burbank professional-services office driven by business and project requirements. In the short term, approximately one day per week onsite should be anticipated. During key phases of the ERP transformation, additional onsite presence may be required to support stakeholder engagement, requirements alignment, negotiation and critical programme activities.
You will bring significant experience across ERP and enterprise business applications, combined with the ability to understand business needs and translate them into practical technology solutions.
You do not necessarily need to come from one specific ERP discipline. The successful candidate could have developed through Business Analysis, ERP programme/project leadership, Enterprise Applications or Application Architecture. What is important is substantial ERP transformation experience and the ability to operate effectively between business stakeholders and technical delivery partners.
You will ideally bring:
We are looking for someone who sees ERP transformation as part of a long-term enterprise applications journey, rather than simply a finite implementation project.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity not only to help deliver a major ERP transformation, but to take ongoing ownership of the environment they help create – shaping how enterprise applications evolve as U.S. Borax establishes itself as a standalone organization.
U.S. Borax is a global leader in the supply and science of borates, with a long-established operation in California and products used across a diverse range of industries and applications around the world.
U.S. Borax is now entering an exciting new chapter as the business transitions from the wider Rio Tinto Group to operate as a more independent, standalone organization. This transformation creates a rare opportunity to help build and shape the technology environment of an established business as it moves towards greater independence. Rather than owning a narrowly defined area within a large corporate technology structure, you will have the opportunity to take genuine end-to-end ownership, influence key technology decisions and help establish the systems, architecture, partners and ways of working that will support U.S. Borax for the future.
For technology professionals, this offers the best of both worlds: the scale and complexity of an established industrial organization combined with the ownership, visibility and influence typically associated with a much smaller business.
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.
Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.
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We're finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. Iron ore for steel. Low carbon aluminium for electric cars and smartphones. Copper for wind turbines, electric cars and the pipes that bring water to our home. Borates that help crops grow and titanium for paint.
