Manager, Procurement

A Snapshot

As Procurement Manager based in our HQ in (Sydney), you will report to the Procurement Director – Sourcing & Execution and work closely with various teams and leadership across the Asia Pacific region, making your mark in a number of ways:

• You will join a diverse team and collaborate with talented people across AirTrunk to help us deliver data centre capacity with speed and scale in the APJ region.
• You will take ownership of the end-to-end procurement process ensuring on time and flawless execution of RFPs till contract award.
• You will have the opportunity to identify, formulate and implement ideas that would contribute to more efficient delivery.

Your Day to Day 

• Manage the procurement of various categories within the CAPEX domain within Australia.
• Develop, execute and monitor to ensure on-time execution of tenders across multiple countries from supplier on-boarding, RFx initiation, pre-tender briefings, post-tender interviews and clarifications, proposal evaluations, negotiations, supplier recommendations till contract award.
• Achieve efficiencies through bidding, negotiation and strategic initiatives.
• Understand customer requirements to establish and implement a robust procurement plan that deliver value to the business
• Work collaboratively with Category Managers to innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Lifecycle.
• Communicate expectations to internal teams within AirTrunk and build positive relationships, influencing others to achieve desired outcomes.
• Facilitate compliance with AirTrunk's supplier qualification process
• Provide inputs to support Supply Chain's optimization of the logistics function
• Partner with Supply Chain to build up materials management systems, processes, and tools
• Support the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Program through the development and scoring of supplier commercial performance KPIs, attending Supplier Business Reviews (SBRs) and delivering on any assigned action items

Requirements 

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Contract/Cost Management or Business Administration from an accredited university.
• 5+ years’ of relevant experience in a performing procurement related work, contract negotiation and bidding, with 3+ years managing CAPEX categories preferably in the Data Centre space.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload, work with multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple functions to manage complex projects within cost and schedule to deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Highly proficient in MS Office
• Some travel may be required (<25%)