Infrastructure Procurement Commercial Director

1 month ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia HKA Birmingham Full time
Job Title: Infrastructure Procurement Commercial Director

HKA is a leading global consultancy in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness and litigation support. We anticipate, investigate and resolve complex challenges by harnessing world-leading multi-disciplinary expertise and experience.

About the Role

As a trusted independent consultant, expert and advisor, you will deliver solutions amid uncertainty, dispute and overrun, and provide the insights that make the best possible outcomes a reality for public and private sector clients worldwide.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop infrastructure project delivery and contracting models and procurement strategies for major, complex, and/or high-value construction projects.
  • Deliver procurement transactions in mining, energy, water, road, rail, oil & gas, housing or other relevant engineering construction sector.
  • Provide expert advice to clients and industry stakeholders relating to strategic aspects of procurement to support client outcomes.
  • Lead complex commercial negotiations in relation to construction contracts.
  • Foster and maintain relationships with key clients and identify potential client pursuits to grow HKA service offerings.
  • Manage business development opportunities such as bid preparation and leveraging industry presence, to expand the infrastructure portfolio, particularly within the Asia Pacific region.
  • Coordinate and manage business and team initiatives, relating to areas of improvement and fostering development of a team.
Requirements
  • Proven project experience, in-depth knowledge of construction commercial principles and a willingness to learn and develop.
  • Strong business results orientation: ability to align procurement and commercial agenda with broader business context.
  • Excellent business intuition, strategic thinking and thought leadership.
  • Strong people leadership and management abilities, with demonstrated experience developing and leading high-performing teams.
  • Demonstrable ability to apply proactive thinking, developing strategies to overcome portfolio, program and project challenges, while driving organisational capability.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management, networking and people engagement skills and proven ability to collaborate and build relationships at all levels in complex, dynamic environments.
  • Experience developing procurement and delivery strategies for major capital and revenue infrastructure spend.
  • Experience in planning and implementation of market engagement initiatives, including supplier soundings and market briefings, with a focus on capturing feedback for the development of procurement strategies.
  • Experience developing robust standard form or bespoke contracts, and negotiating with suppliers to achieve competitiveness and risk reduction.
  • Experience leading teams to manage tendering processes from requirements gathering through to contract award, including control of quality, championing innovation, obtaining value for money and securing our clients' strategic outcomes.
  • Experience developing and implementing commercial principles, in particular the application of specific pricing and payment mechanisms, tailored risk allocation and optimisation of performance and incentive regimes for the planning of procurement strategies and contract development.
  • Sound working knowledge of public sector procurement and probity principles.
  • Experience in learning, development and training, with a focus on enhancing team capabilities, knowledge sharing and performance management.
  • Degree qualification in engineering, project management, business, quantity surveying, law, commerce, or other relevant discipline.
About HKA

HKA is a global consultancy with a thriving ED&I committee working hard to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for a truly diverse set of employees. We are committed to providing an efficient and insightful recruitment process giving candidates a true reflection of life at HKA. We are committed to responding to all applicants who apply by the closing date. All HKA employment decisions are firstly made on merit and shall be made without regard to age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, marriage, and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, or any other basis in compliance with local legislation.

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