Procurement Manager

A Snapshot 

As Procurement Manager based in our HQ in Sydney, you will report to the Associate Director – Sourcing & Execution based in Singapore 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 domestic travel may be required (25%).