Contracts and Procurement Manager

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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Job Description

A Project Director level role with the critical responsibility of leading and expanding the Contracts & Procurement team. The position may be based in Perth or Brisbane:

• Provide a key role in a client P&C team responsible for procurement & contracts activities.
• Setting up procurement plans, sourcing strategies and leading the market engagement process, tender formation and analysis, negotiating and finalizing agreements.
• Management and administration of contracts and claims
• Strong contract knowledge from initial set up to managing variations and claims.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Helping the team grow through business development with our existing clients.
• Provide and drive the direction of the strategic, operational and technical diagnosis of the client needs.
• Support client's organisation and senior management in improving their capacity to develop and deliver major projects and programs efficiently and effectively.
• Under the direction of the Manager, contribute to the business success of the Organisation by assisting in the areas of submissions, fee bidding, and financial management and reporting, budgeting, and business planning.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified in one of the following fields: procurement, construction, cost management, or project management.
• Commercial Management experience preferably gained within the construction environment or Natural Resources.
• A strong and demonstrable experience in providing procurement and contract administration advice and an ability to manage and report directly into the client and their key stakeholder group at both project and programme level.
• Business development experience or aptitude is a preference.
• Experience of working within a Client focused consultancy environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills– MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with staff at all levels
• Excellent verbal and written English with excellent report writing skills.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to multitask.
• Strong time management skills, quick thinking and resilience to deal with a fast paced environment.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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