Procurement Graduate (Jan 2026)

What’s on offer?

• A permanent job with long-term career development in our local or global operations.
• Annual increases built into your compensation package with many benefits unique to Alcoa.
• Monthly ‘Graduate Days’ and team building activities to build connections with your fellow graduates.
• More time doing the things you love with a leisure day scheme offering 13 additional days leave
• Working locally, in an onsite environment enabling you to return home to friends or family every night.
• Inclusion and diversity networks; shaping a culture where everyone is welcome, respected and heard.
• Be part of our commitment to sustainability, delivering world class technology and innovations that lead the aluminium industry!
• A workplace culture that strongly values your safety.

This is your opportunity to shape your career through the skills and experience you bring to the role now and by training for the roles you may want in the future. Our success depends on great teams, where you can thrive and do your best work in a supportive environment.

About the role

This is a permanent opportunity, starting with a three-year customised graduate development program. You will work procurement professionals and rotate across our corporate offices, bauxite mines and alumina refineries based in the city, Peel and Upper Southwest regions. Stay connected with your community, hobbies, friends & family! Our sites are all within driving distance; achieve the ultimate balance in life without having to miss out on hands-on site experiences.

What you’ll be doing

As a Procurement Graduate at Alcoa, you to learn, grow, and develop hands-on experience and expertise in:

• Key procurement processes including   category management, sourcing  contract development and contract and supplier performance management.
• Strategic procurement activities including participation in tenders and contract negotiations.Working on multiple procurement and contract activities and projects meeting defined deadlines whilst gaining exposure to procurement process .
• Gathering and analysing data for the region and potentially on a global basis with additional guidance.
• Building your commercial acumen to become a key contributor to driving business opportunities within the procurement group.

Development and mentoring

Throughout the program, you will be provided with:

• coaching, mentoring, hands-on and professional training.
• diverse experiences; from working in our corporate offices, to a local on-site environment within our 2 mine sites, 3 powerhouses and 2 alumina refineries.
• an increasing level of responsibility
• an opportunity to use your innovative thinking, your motivation to learn and passion for growth to shape the future of our business.

About you

To play a part in our ongoing success we are seeking someone who:

• Is a self-starter with the ability to work autonomously.
• Uses initiative and takes ownership of their work.
• Has strong communication and well-developed people skills.
• Thinks analytically and be open minded with a creative and collaborative approach to problem solving.
• Drives positive outcomes with the ability to engage with and understand customers.

Become a valued part of the team that’s reinventing the aluminium industry for a sustainable future, revolutionising the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies. 

If you are on the path to graduate by the end of 2025 or have recently completed tertiary qualifications in Logistics & Supply Chain, Commerce or a related discipline, we want to hear from you!

Recruitment Process

• Submit online application* (resume, cover letter, transcript).
• Complete 10-min video interview.
• Finish psychometric testing (1-hr).
• Attend Assessment Centre (case study, team activity, interview) or Panel Interview.
• Reference check.
• Pre-employment medical.

*Please note that applications close midday Australian Western Standard Time of the posting end date.