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Location: Brisbane

Remuneration/Benefit: Competitive remuneration and benefits

About the role: We are seeking a self-motivated and customer focused commercial professional to work within our Aurizon Network Customer team for 12 months.

Customer and externally orientated, you will have the opportunity to work with every part of the Aurizon business, supporting the commercial management of customer infrastructure projects and new business opportunities within the Central Queensland rail network. You will be well versed in your customers’ contracts and their operations to best respond to their project requirements.

You will be constantly learning and enjoy working with every part of the business to provide mutually beneficial outcomes for your customers and Aurizon Network. This is your chance to work with a great team of people, delivering critical commercial outcomes in a supportive high-performance culture.

Working with Aurizon Network’s customers, you will:

• Develop, enhance, and maintain trusted customer relationships.
• Manage customer infrastructure project enquiries and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Draft and conduct effective negotiations of contracts and commercial arrangements and, assist in the commercial implementation of those contracts as required.
• Assist in developing and drafting proposals and relevant business cases.
• Develop and execute customer account management plans, including negotiating and securing new business opportunities.
• Anticipate customer needs and negotiate positive outcomes.
• Build and maintain exceptional relationships across all functions in Aurizon communicate customer requirements, issues, and opportunities to interdependent teams.

About you:

Ideally, we are seeking an applicant that has a strong background in stakeholder and contract management/administration, high level engagement, negotiation and communication skills and someone that can see the big picture and be driven by achieving outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong interpersonal skills including negotiation, presentation and written communication skills.
• Financial literacy and commercial acumen with the capacity to analyse data for problem solving (data collection, organisation, analysis, interpretation, presentation).
• Contract/legal drafting and contract management skills.
• Customer centric mindset with high level skills in the identification, specification and delivery of customer service in a large commercial organisation
• Experience in an infrastructure, utility or rail logistics business, and / or exposure to a regulated commercial environment will be highly regarded.

What we offer you:   

At Aurizon, we support the development and growth of our employees. With a national portfolio of operations, we offer long-term and exciting career opportunities.  
 
Some of our benefits include: 

• Development and growth opportunities. 
• Access to mentoring and development programs. 
• Discounts on selected health insurance funds, personal travel, gyms, vehicles and retail brands. 
• Parental leave program and super booster.  

About Aurizon. 

Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 100 ASX company. Each year, we deliver more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities right across the country. Aurizon is crucial to the Australian economy, connecting miners, primary producers and industry with international and domestic markets.  

Look to Aurizon for a diverse and collaborative culture. 

At Aurizon, we are proud of our diverse, collaborative, creative and high-performance culture. We celebrate the contribution of every employee and provide opportunities for career development in a dynamic, caring, and inclusive work environment. 

To learn about us and our company values, please visit www.aurizon.com.au/careers